Video length: 1-minute, 59 seconds
Other insights from Robert Straus, a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
A baby does not come with instructions from the factory.
Parents are not given a guide to assemble the life of the children that they bring into the world.
As a child learns to walk, head to a well-designed swim pool with spaces that are warm and shallow so that those walking activities can occur in partial depth with well supervised teachers. The pool can be a wonderful setting for learning to walk. This is often done with rehab in adults and can be a big benefit to the wee ones too. However, it is mandatory to keep the child's bottom low and understand how heavy the head is for the little ones.
A swim team can be the seed of failure for a swim school program.
Coaches like to coach competitive swimming. And, coaches who are absorbed with team activities may demand some time off on the weekend hours when the swim lesson program should be really busy.
The Olympics are great. But, only very few are ever going to experience the Olympics. However, learning to swim is something that should be universal.
Children need to learn how the aquatic settings of a pool makes a different environment and that environment needs to be friendly.
The girls ages 11-and-under can stay with the well programmed swim school activities and flip into the training for the swim team then. The boys can delay the swim team for a bit longer.
Roberts Swim Gym has a log roll. They play water polo and SKWIM too. Plus, there is a fun tow rope to pull the kids at a fast speed for a shorter distance.
It is an honor when parents grants permission for a coach / instructor to work with their child.
Be caring.