Have you ever tried a wetsuit for teaching? Have you ever thought about a wetsuit for your “learn-to-swim” students? While I started wearing a wetsuit back when I taught in “unheated  pools,” now even when I teach in heated, warm water pools (87 plus degrees)–I won’t teach in anything else! Why? I’m a better teacher [...]

Here is a recent email I received: Coach Jim, I don’t know where you find your swim teachers, but I’ve got one thing to say… “Keep up the good work!” My son Zach has been w/Ms Kali at Still Hopes on the Saturday am class. She has worked the class well to suit his needs.   [...]

How to Teach a Preschooler to Swim from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit Would you like to hear how to make teaching your 3 & 4 year olds more fun and effective? Enjoy some terrific teaching techniques and even watch some FREE video footage from “Swim 101,” How to Teach [...]

How to Teach Children to Swim With Autism from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit In the new DVD, Teaching Children to Swim with Austism Spectrum Disorder,Vi Hendley, M.Ed. & Autism Resource Specialist and Jim Reiser,M.S., “The Swim Professor,” share 10 Success Strategies Every Teacher Should Know. In today’s article, while [...]

Having Autism Spectrum Disorder makes it exceptionally difficult for individuals to communicate with others and relate to the outside world. Autism is currently our nation’s most prevalent childhood developmental disorder. Recent studies from the Centers for Disease Control show that as many as one in 166 children born today are on the autism spectrum. Children with autism are being turned down by the dozen in cities across America just like yours. Not because swim teachers don’t want to help, but because most swimming instructors don’t feel like they have the knowledge necessary to teach these special children successfully–and most of them don’t. I recently teamed up with Vi Hendley, who brings in 28 years of teaching experience with individuals who have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).