I have been swimming for a long time, but just recently took up teaching. This happened after speaking to the leisure centre manager in my area and asking him to provide adult swimming lessons. His reply was we can't provide one but maybe you should start teaching.
So I've started by teaching breaststroke - as we do in Europe. I find that people with little experience in water can find their balance in the water a lot easier with breaststroke.
However, I think my question applies to all strokes, is it a lot easier to teach someone to swim badly than to swim well? It would seem that teaching people to glide properly in breaststroke and glide between strokes, is harder than teaching them to just do the type of breaststroke most people do (i.e. head up - constant movement of arms and legs).
Any tips from anyone? Sorry if it a bit disjointed!!
A Mayim
Parents
Former Member
Steve Haufler's teaching progressions over at GoSwim.tv are an excellent resource for entry level teaching. While the students in the presentations are children, the progressions should transfer to any student.
As far as the glide in breaststroke goes, I was never taught a glide in my age-group days (30+ years ago). My current coach explained the glide and with a few drills I had incorporated it although it still feels like I'm slacking.
Steve Haufler's teaching progressions over at GoSwim.tv are an excellent resource for entry level teaching. While the students in the presentations are children, the progressions should transfer to any student.
As far as the glide in breaststroke goes, I was never taught a glide in my age-group days (30+ years ago). My current coach explained the glide and with a few drills I had incorporated it although it still feels like I'm slacking.
