You are going to absolutely love our upcoming latest addition to Swim Lessons University. It our brand new “paperless” Swim Proficiency & Water Safety Awards System.  Here’s a brief summary of how it works: Each child gets a silicone bracelet (Lance Armstrong type) which features 6 major skills that he or she will be working [...]

IT’S OFFICIAL!  Swim Lessons University and WABC have partnered to bring you and your staff convenient, affordable training for Swimming Instructors!  TEACH LIKE A PRO & SWIM STROKES 201 Online Tests and Certificates of Completion are now available! After you and your staff go through the Swim Lessons University DVD course, you can purchase our [...]

Listen, 1x per week of swimming lessons is clearly 100% better than ZEROx per week, and 1x per week is a great way to maintain swimming skills over the winter and certainly make some improvement. However, IF you increase the frequency of swim lessons/practice from 1x per week to 2x per week you will CLEARLY [...]

Should babies be DUNKED in swimming lessons?  Listen to this FREE PODCAST! New podcast will be posted on the website approximately every two weeks and they will be announced in our newsletter.  If you are not already signed up to receive the free newsletter, sign up today at www.swimlessonsuniversity.com

My Definition of Swimming and Swimming Skill Benchmarks What does it mean to learn to swim?  In an effort to help my “swim lessons parents” understand what a child can potentially learn at a variety of ages, I developed a list of “Swimming Skill Benchmarks”  for infants, toddlers, and young children.  Because the question, “How [...]

Mark your calendars for April 10th, 2010 to attend a terrific  one day conference.   The clinic will be held near Washington, DC in Gaithersburg, Maryland and costs just $49.00! Speakers include Jim Reiser, “The Swim Professor” &  founder of Swim Lessons University Steve Fenning, Owner of Vero Beach FL SwimAmerica Steve Haufler, Head Coach of [...]

Teaching a baby or toddler to swim can be an invaluable experience. In my most recent article on About.com, I answer three frequently asked questions about swim lessons for infants and toddlers. 1.  Can a baby or toddler learn to swim? 2.  Can an infant or toddler learn freestyle or backstroke? 3.  Can you drown [...]

Jim Reiser’s article,  How to Choose a Swim Instructor, was selected as a “Rising Star” and featured on the WikiHow home page under “new articles.” By the way, Swim Lessons University’s feature of the week is “Bathtub Baby 101,” How to Make Bath Time Your Baby’s First Swimming Lesson, and it is discounted this week [...]

Dunking Infants and Babies is always a big topic of discussion when it comes to learn-to-swim and swimming lessons for infants and toddlers.    Should baby swimmers or toddler swimmers be dunked or not? View my recent article on About.com and the five rules I train swim instructors to follow when it comes to Infant-toddler swim [...]

Watch 7 minutes of sample video footage from Teaching Babies Better,  Jim Reiser’s brand new Swim Lessons DVD for Infant & Toddlers! In Teaching Babies Better, ” The Swim Professor” shares 22 Ways to Improve Infant & Toddler Swim Lessons, while also showing awesome underwater footage and sound teaching principals throughout the Baby Swimming presentation [...]