What I Teach
My learn-to-swim program focus on the four fundamentals of swimming. These are breathing, buoyancy, balance, and coordination. Learning and practicing these fundamentals will allow swimmers to start developing the skills needed to reach the milestones outlined in my learn-to-swim program.
Milestone One
A swimmer can jump into the water assisted and float
Skills taught: water acclimation, how to breathe when around water and not inhale or swallow water, submersion, how to float on front and back, verbal cues for safely entering water, and pool safety.
Milestone Two
A swimmer can jump into the water, swim back to the wall and climb out.
Skills taught: how to use arm pulls and kicks to move through the water, how to crab walk along the side of the pool, how to climb out of the pool without using the steps.
Milestone Three
A swimmer can swim short distances with the swim-float-swim sequence.
Skills taught: the swim-float-swim sequence, elementary backstroke, sculling.
Milestone Four
A swimmer can tread water for 30 seconds and swim 25 meters of freestyle.
Skills taught: side breathing, streamline, backstroke, breast stroke, dolphin kick, treading water.
Milestone Five
A swimmer can perform each competitive stroke (freestyle, backstroke, breast stroke, and butterfly) for short distances.
Skills taught: butterfly, flip-turns, egg-beater kick to tread water.
Milestone Six
Increase stamina with each swim stroke by being able to swim longer distances without getting fatigued. Work towards reducing the amount of time swum for fixed distances.