Why Adult Private Swimming Lessons? At our swim school, we regularly get enquiries about our private adult swim lessons. This is a typical statement that we hear from adults who are looking for private adult swim lessons: “I am 40 year old male afraid of water. Want to learn swimming to overcome my fear and …

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How Teaching Swimming in Done in the U.S USSSA the largest swim school association in the U.S, with over 400 member schools around the U.S and in 16 different countries, held its annual conference in Orlando, Florida in October 2017 under the banner “Breakthrough to Excellence”. Teaching swimming was at the core of this conference …

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The most frequently swimming questions asked by parents  Parents often ask how they can teach their own children to swim. Sometimes teaching swimming looks so easy, even to those who are not good swimmers themselves. Do you really need a swim teacher and pay for swim lessons for your child to learn swimming? Parents teach …

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When Your Child Can Swim Universally, the vast majority of parents sign up their children in swim schools to have swimming lessons so children can swim. Swimming can be for leisure or as a sport. Although not all families might be interested in their children becoming great swimmers but, the definition of a competent swimmer …

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Blue Wave Swim School is Nominated for Major Awards for Kids Activities We have been going for awards for three years now. We are not scared to be judged and we love to get recognitions for all the hard work and all the energy and effort that we invest into running the best swim lessons …

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Father’s Day is on June 18th this year. It’s the one day a year when we celebrate fatherhood. At Blue Wave Swim School, we don’t really think it’s enough. Dads have busy lives. They deserve to be spoiled a little bit more often. In fact, we believe at every weekend we should have a ‘Father’s …

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With warmer weather and school holidays on the horizon, most families have already started planning their summer trips. More likely you will be spending your summer break somewhere warm with an easy access to a nice swimming pool or sandy beaches or a lake or river-your family will be around water. Water is fun and …

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My journey to discover how Blue Wave Swim School’s learn-to-swim programme and children swimming could continue to improve took me to Paris recently.  Attending the French Federation for Aquatic Activities for Early-Years & Leisure (FAAEL) ’s 35th anniversary international congress in April  was a great opportunity to deepen my understanding about the French approach children …

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Which One to Pick; Private Swimming Lessons Vs Group Lessons The decision of whether to select private (1:1) or small group swimming lessons doesn’t always boil down to the cost implications, there’s more to consider when you are dealing with a child or adult who is really uncomfortable in the water. Children or Adults Could …

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Dos and Don’ts of Teaching Swimming from 2016 Nordic Baby Swimming Conference As the UK starts to warm up, I cast my mind back to a wonderful cold icy few days in Stockholm at the end of last year when I went to the Nordic Baby Swim Conference organised by the Swedish Swimming Federation and …

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