from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit Would you like to learn an easy way to construct great swim lesson plans for your beginner swimmers? It’s as easy as 1-2-3! Read on! Steps Determine what skills are most age-appropriate to teach your beginner swimmers on a daily basis. The age of [...]

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 [...]

How to Teach a Child to Back Float in Swim Lessons in 60 Seconds or Less from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit Would you like to learn how to teach a young child (age 3 & over) to float on the back in one minute or less? Read on! Steps [...]

I received an angry phone call from a parent (the parent was not at the swimming lesson): “My son is on a swim team and doesn’t need a life jacket. Why does he have to wear a life jacket during swimming lessons?” Read my answer and insight on whether or not flotation devices should be [...]

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 [...]

How to Teach Freestyle to Children from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit Have you ever wandered if there was an easier, step-by-step approach to teaching freestyle to young children? In this article, you will get an inside look at some of “The Swim Professor’s” secrets to success! Steps Practice the [...]

About.com, a New York Times Company, recently signed on Jim Reiser as a guest author. Would you like to see Jim’s first article with About.com: Swimming? Get Jim’s latest tips on how to prevent crying in Parent and Toddler Swimming Lessons. Check out the article today:   “How to Prevent Crying in Infant or Toddler [...]

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 [...]