One of the most common misunderstandings about learn to swim classes is that each child has to be at the “exact” skill level.   While there are certainly benefits to dividing children up based on their skill level in swimming lessons and I definitely recommend it, you will always have a range of swimming abilities and [...]

Swim Instructors and coaches from every sport are always looking for that new piece of equipment that will help their students or athletes perform better. We all want to think of our programs as state-of-the-art, with the most up-to-date teaching methods, curriculum, etc., which includes our swim lesson tools. Personally, whether I’m coaching or teaching, [...]

Recently I led a round table discussion at the U.S. Swim School Conference in Las Vegas on Strokes Drills and Progressions. While we primarily discussed the importance of progressions and the purpose of progressions during that conversation, there is another aspect to this conversation that we didn’t get to discuss: Swim Lesson Drills. When, why, [...]

How to Teach Swim Lessons for Kids from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit When it comes to teaching swimming lessons, there are some basic guidelines that every experienced swim instructor follows. Whether they do it knowingly or naturally, here are some swim lesson basics that should take place in the [...]

When should you “play games” in swimming lessons?   When I coached USA Swim Age Group Swimming full time, I always reserved about 20 minutes every Friday for Water Polo unless we had a swim meet. For swim lessons, however, I think it’s a little different, especially if your lessons are 30 minutes or less. With [...]

When developing Swim Lessons Plans for Preschoolers, you want to start your class on the right foot.  Two of my favorite television shows for preschoolers are PBS’s “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood” and BBC Kids “Rosie & Jim.” One thing you will notice with these two shows as well as many other successful shows for young children [...]

I want to thank Coach Brad Kerr in Tennessee for his permission to post the following letter: Dear Coach Reiser: My name is Brad Kerr and I spoke with you last summer.  You basically gave me a free consultation on how I could go about starting a swim lesson company here in Tennessee.  I am writing [...]

Dear Swim Professor, I wanted to let you know I got my DVD’s today.   I wanted to write earlier, but have been extremely busy with lessons. Your swim lesson videos and swim lesson plans are so awesome!   I love the fact that you don’t display kids who already know how to swim to show [...]