Dear Swim Professor: I recently signed my 5 year old up for a Swim 101 class next week at the your Chesterbrook location and I just have some follow-up questions: The lessons are from 4:00 to 4:25 for 5 days.  What will Elaine have learned in this time frame?  Am I missing follow-up classes that [...]

Dear Swim Professor: How would I get a beginning swimmer to kick properly with the kick board? I used the kinesthetic feedback and manipulated their legs for them. I even had swim lessons student show me the difference between good and bad kicks, but they reverted right back to kicking with their legs up under their [...]

Dear Swim Professor, I’ve been a swim instructor for 30 years and love my job.  I generally teach infants and young children to swim, and have prided myself in turning reluctant swimmers around.  That is the most rewarding part of my job. This summer, I’ve taken on a 13 yr old girl, much older than [...]

Swim Lessons University will offer its’ second annual Learn to Swim Instructor conference in Las Vegas, New Orleans, Orlando, and New York for the 2011-2012 year. Jim Reiser, “the Swim Professor,” will give four presentations at the one-day event.  The 2011-2012 topic agenda is as follows: 10:00 AM  – 11:15 AM My Favorite “Learn-to-Swim” Progressions: [...]

Last night one of my instructors got this question/comment from a parent: “I don’t see why she has to learn to breathe to the side… I think it’s just fine to breathe to front.” Wow!   That just shows why the majority of our swim lessons participants are “beginners” and not near enough parents know enough, [...]