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Do Your Swimming Lessons Include These Important Parts? Level-up And Be Outstanding
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Calling all swimming teachers! How ready are you for the summer ahead? How well-planned are you? Have you got any lesson plans at all? Hi, Mark here. Hope you’re well and that you’ve had a great week. This week, we take a detailed look at exactly what a successful swimming lesson should include, I give you a free blank template for your own use, and a link to 101 lesson plans in 1 downloadable document. Scroll down to find all the links you need. Most swimming lessons have some important parts that, as long as the teacher is well-planned and prepared, they should include. Well-planned and well-structured swimming lessons are always the most productive and result in good progress. But what exactly should a swimming lesson include? A gentle and progressive warm-up is followed by a main theme and usually ends with a contrasting activity. But there is a whole lot more to consider before you get to those parts. Take a look at the lesson plan below, or read the article here that details exactly what a typical 30-minute swimming lesson should include. What more lesson plans like this one? Just click here. Teachers - Need a Blank Plan to Write Your Own Plans?Download a template to use to write your own plans. This is a pdf that you can print out as many times as you like. I'm working on an electronic version, but for now, this one will hopefully help you out. Click the link below.
Before we get to the plans, let’s talk about the finer details…Planning is one thing. Actually, delivering the lesson and ensuring that your pupils make progress is quite another. My hugely successful book How To Be A Swimming Teacher contains everything you need to know when it comes to teaching OUTSTANDING swimming lessons. Everything from teaching different age groups to teaching adults and all the qualities of being a fantastic yet professional swimming teacher. Oh, and over 80 separate drills for teaching each part of the four basic swimming strokes. Click here to download your copy today and be outstanding. 101 Swimming Lesson Plans in One Downloadable File.It's been available for a while now and is proving very popular - a ready-made swimming lesson plans pdf that takes the hard work out of planning. Discover every swimming lesson plan from first entering the pool and building confidence to swimming in deep water, including plans written explicitly for adults. Click here for more details. Lesson plans that:
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I've been teaching swimming for over 30 years and I built Swim Teach so that I can share all my knowledge, wisdom and experience from the thousands of swimming lessons I have had the pleasure of teaching. Take a look back through my previous newsletters and see what you missed.
Swimming teachers are commonly asked about sinking and floating and why it does or does not happen to a person. Hi, Mark here. I hope all is well with you. This week I am answering a question I was asked about sinking when swimming front crawl. Scroll down and you will find links to my awesome front crawl resources. My ebook for beginners to improve and some drills and a 'how to teach' guide for swimming teachers. I received a message online that went like this: I find myself sinking when...
"If I kick harder then I will stay afloat and swim further." ...a common misconception among beginners learning to swim. Relaxed and smooth is the key to an effective and efficient front crawl leg kick. Hi, Mark here. I hope all is well with you. In this edition of Swim Teach News, we are looking at front crawl leg kick technique and a basic exercise to help practice and fine-tune it. If you're a teacher, my resource library is packed with drills and lesson plans to help make your teaching...
If you are one of those people that find aspects of learning how to swim like floating and breathing quite stressful, or you're a swimming teacher with pupils that just can't relax, then this week’s newsletter is for you! Hi, Mark here. Hope you've had a great week. Being 'at one' with the water helps to ensure that everything we do in the water including swimming is second nature and therefore not stressful. Essential elements of learning how to relax when swimming are: Learning how to...