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Confidence Changes Everything in Swimming
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Whether you’re just starting out or teaching others, confidence in the water is everything. This week I’m sharing 5 essential skills that boost confidence - and a free lesson plan for teachers to help nervous swimmers thrive. Hi, Mark here. I hope that you’ve had a great week and all is well. I am starting the week off with some confidence boosting. This week, I am covering the basics of learning to swim that need to be tackled before fine-tuning any actual swimming technique. 5 Essential Confidence Boosters For Beginners1. Discover your level of buoyancy Knowing if you’re a floater or a sinker helps you work with the water, not against it. To learn more about your relative density, click here. 2. Learn how to relax It’s easier than you think — and it’s the foundation of everything. For more in-depth information on how to relax, click here. 3. Learn how to glide Gliding connects floating, relaxing, and streamlining. Find out more about gliding by clicking here. 4. Stopping and standing mid-swim A vital (and often forgotten) survival skill for beginners. Click here to discover a simple explanation, along with some clear diagrams. 5. Learn how to submerge Holding your breath and sinking unlocks comfort and calm underwater.Going underwater is explained right here, so click and discover. Teachers, Grab Your FREE Confidence Building Lesson PlanHelp your nervous swimmers gain confidence and enjoy the water with this 30-minute lesson plan straight from my bestselling book, 101 Swimming Lesson Plans, (Click here for a preview.) there are plenty more lesson plans where this one came from. Need More Lesson Plans Like This One?Get 101 Swimming Lesson Plans — covering everything from first splashes to advanced strokes, for kids and adults alike. Click here to find out more. That’s it for this week! Practice these confidence-boosting skills — or help your students with the free lesson plan — and feel the difference. Happy swimming! Cheers Mark ps - did someone forward this to you? Subscribe here. |
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I've been teaching swimming for over 30 years and I built Swim Teach so that I can share all my knowledge, wisdom and experience from the thousands of swimming lessons I have had the pleasure of teaching. Take a look back through my previous newsletters and see what you missed.
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