How to Find a Good Swim Instructor for Your Child
Finding a good swim instructor for your child can make a difference in a lifetime relationship with water.
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Ask your friends who have children if they know of a good swim instructor.
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Check out local swim clubs during lesson time.
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Watch the instructors with their students. Are the kids having a good time? Are they learning? Enjoying the swim lesson and learning to swim are equally important.
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Talk with instructors you like. Find out what and when they teach. If a class is not convenient or there is no space in it, ask for recommendations of other teachers.
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Ask the local swim coach if he or she knows any good private instructors. Swim team members may teach private lessons on the side.
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Attend your child's lessons, but don't interfere with the class or the instructor.
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Spend time in the water with your child before or after the lesson. Try to review some of the swim lesson concepts. This is possible even if you are not an experienced swimmer yourself.
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Tips & Warnings
Care and kindness are vital qualities in a swim instructor who works with very young children and beginners. For more advanced swimmers, a teacher's swimming expertise is necessary for your child to develop good stroke technique.
Small classes are better than individual instruction, as children learn not only to swim but how to interact with other children in the aquatic environment. Six children to one instructor is the maximum optimal class size.
Use your intuition about the pool facility. Does it feel safe? Does it seem sanitary?
Watch your child's first lesson. If you don't like or trust the instructor, do not continue with the lessons.
Never leave a child unattended near a swimming pool.
