Learn to Swim

Here are things to help beginner swimmers continue to practice their skills so they don’t regress during quarantine.

Practicing Early Vertical Forearm Out of the Water

Early vertical forearm is so important! Make sure you are practicing it to get a jump start on learning how to swim!

Talking to Your Child About Water Safety

Here are some safety tips for around the water for your children as well as the link to a fantastic article about drowning and how to be safe with your child.

Practicing Arms out of the Water

Practice your freestyle, backstroke and butterfly arms out of the water to really get that muscle memory down before the pools reopen!

Learning to Swim in the Bathtub

Here are some tips and tricks for the beginner swimmer and what you as a parent can do with them in the bathtub to help them learn basic skills

Arm and Shoulder Exercises for the Butterfly Swimmer

Here are some dry land exercises that are good for swimmers who are getting ready to learn butterfly. Practicing these movements will make it easier to perform in the water when learning the stroke.

Core Strength for Swimmers

Core strength is a crucial part of swimming regardless of what age or ability level you are. Check out this post to get some ideas on how to work on your core out of the water!

Dryland Breaststroke Drills for Beginners

Here are some drills you can do out of the water to help learn the movement for breaststroke or to practice it if you just learned and need to work on your muscle memory!

Swim Technique – Butterfly

Drills to learn and practice butterfly. NOTE: THIS IS FOR IN THE WATER DRILLS

Swim Technique – Breaststroke

Drills to learn and practice breaststroke. NOTE: THIS IS FOR IN THE WATER DRILLS

Swim Technique – Backstroke

Drills to learn and practice backstroke. NOTE: THIS IS FOR IN THE WATER DRILLS

Swim Technique – Freestyle

Drills to learn and practice freestyle. NOTE: THIS IS FOR IN THE WATER DRILLS