The Swim Professor

Jim Reiser, M.S.

Swim Lesson Games lead to Swim Skill Improvement

When swim instructors start teaching formal swimming strokes in their learn to swim classes, we often forget how monotonous the repetition involved with mastering a new stroke becomes.  This monotony leads leads to boredom, and boredom leads to uninspired students.   Uninspired students leads to students “going through the motions.”  If your students are “going through [...]

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December 16, 2011 - 3:35 PM No Comments

BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE – NEVER BUY AMTRAK POINTS!

I really enjoy traveling via Amtrak.  Traveling in their View Liner suite is great, and I prefer it any day over flying or a long drive.  But Amtrak is really “missing the boat” on their customer service and their “policies” on their Amtrak Guest Rewards system.  Suddenly they are reminding me of the airlines.  My [...]

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December 8, 2011 - 3:31 PM No Comments

Water Smart 101 – A Water Safety Lesson to be Taught in Public Schools

I am very excited to update you on the development of my new “Water Smart 101 DVD!”  After presenting this water safety lesson to nearly 10,000 children last year, and over 30,000 children in the past 4 years, I have tweaked it to the point that I can’t wait to share it with you.  We [...]

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December 6, 2011 - 10:30 AM No Comments