Why Adult Private Swimming Lessons? At our swim school, we regularly get enquiries about our private adult swim lessons. This is a typical statement that we hear from adults who are looking for private adult swim lessons: “I am 40 year old male afraid of water. Want to learn swimming to overcome my fear and …

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How Teaching Swimming in Done in the U.S USSSA the largest swim school association in the U.S, with over 400 member schools around the U.S and in 16 different countries, held its annual conference in Orlando, Florida in October 2017 under the banner “Breakthrough to Excellence”. Teaching swimming was at the core of this conference …

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The most frequently swimming questions asked by parents  Parents often ask how they can teach their own children to swim. Sometimes teaching swimming looks so easy, even to those who are not good swimmers themselves. Do you really need a swim teacher and pay for swim lessons for your child to learn swimming? Parents teach …

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Anxious Child In Swimming Lessons Anxiety in the water for a child learning to swim can be a common problem but the ways this anxiety manifests can vary. A swim teacher once asked for guidance with a particular concern. She had a toddler who kept having poop accidents during her swimming lessons. After the third …

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12 Fascinating facts about Swimming In this blog, we are listing 12 interesting facts about swimming by looking back at its long history, how it has been blended into different cultures, and some less-known statistics.   Swimming in the Stone Age Yes, people swam even then. Prehistoric man learnt to swim in order to cross …

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Children who are competent swimmers can swim in water independently, smoothly, and efficiently with good technique. Universally, the vast majority of parents sign up for children’s swimming lessons in order for their kids to become competent swimmers. Swimming Looks Easy But, Learning Swimming Is A Process When you watch good swimmers in any FINA World …

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Blue Wave Swim School is Nominated for Major Awards for Kids Activities We have been going for awards for three years now. We are not scared to be judged and we love to get recognitions for all the hard work and all the energy and effort that we invest into running the best swim lessons …

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Father’s Day is on June 18th this year. It’s the one day a year when we celebrate fatherhood. At Blue Wave Swim School, we don’t really think it’s enough. Dads have busy lives. They deserve to be spoiled a little bit more often. In fact, we believe at every weekend we should have a ‘Father’s …

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With warmer weather and school holidays on the horizon, most families have already started planning their summer trips. More likely you will be spending your summer break somewhere warm with an easy access to a nice swimming pool or sandy beaches or a lake or river-your family will be around water. Water is fun and …

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My journey to discover how Blue Wave Swim School’s learn-to-swim programme and children swimming could continue to improve took me to Paris recently.  Attending the French Federation for Aquatic Activities for Early-Years & Leisure (FAAEL) ’s 35th anniversary international congress in April  was a great opportunity to deepen my understanding about the French approach children …

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