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Why Treading Water Is An Essential Confidence Boosting Skill plus, Become a More Outstanding Swimming Teacher
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Can you tread water? How often does it feature in your lessons? Treading water is an important skill to learn for many reasons. Also, this week, fine-tune your teaching practice to be even more outstanding! Hi, Mark here. I hope you've had a great week. This week, we are talking treading water and I give you a free printable download that explains everything you need to know. But first... Calling all Swimming Teachers!Have you seen my definitive guide to teaching outstanding swimming lessons?My very popular book How To Be A Swimming Teacher is packed with tips and helpful guidance. Inside you will discover:
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Give Your Confidence A Boost - Learn How To Tread WaterTreading water is an important skill to learn. First off, it is an essential part of water safety and personal survival. On top of that, it boosts confidence, particularly when swimming in deep water. Anything that boosts confidence can only be good! Check out my printable download for the finer details about how to tread water and how to teach treading water by clicking here or download your printable by clicking the link below.
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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.
Hi there, Mark here. Hope all is well with you. You know the situation. A swimmer’s breaststroke timing just won’t come together. Their front crawl breathing is throwing the whole stroke off. Their backstroke position keeps falling apart. Or you need another way to break down butterfly without making it more complicated. Sometimes you need a better progression. Sometimes you need a different drill. And sometimes you simply need another way to explain it. That’s exactly why I’ve put together...
The Swim Teach Weekly 1–2–3 One teaching goal. Two ways to communicate it. Three phrases to try. Hi there, Mark here. Hope all is well with you. Welcome to this week’s Swim Better Weekly - one small change to make swimming easier. The problem Putting your face underwater can feel like too big a leap. You may tense up, hold your breath or pull away as soon as the water reaches your nose and eyes. When that happens, even a simple exercise can feel overwhelming. Why it happens Going underwater...
The Swim Teach Weekly 1–2–3 One teaching goal. Two ways to communicate it. Three phrases to try. Hi there, Mark here. Hope all is well with you. Welcome to this week’s Swim Better Weekly - one small change to make swimming easier. The problem Do your legs sink when you swim front crawl, leaving you feeling as though you’re dragging them through the water? This creates extra resistance, making every length feel harder and more tiring than it needs to be. Why it happens Your body position is...