Experienced Swimming Teacher offering 1:1 & small group lessons to kids and adults (10y+ experience) - FIN/STA Level 2

Methodology

 Teaching to children and adults;
 Scheduling of lessons and determining the break‐down of goals;
 Research of precise exercises to reach goals step by step, in and out of pool;
 Use of games to teach water‐skills, useful in reaching main goals;
 Target corrections to make pupils aware of mistakes;
 Importance of creating good feeling with students;
 Use of exercises of other disciplines (Water Polo, Aqua Gym, Synchronised Swimming) to improve the confidence with water.

A good instructor needs to know swimming stroke techniques, but I believe this is not enough.
My personal aim is providing high quality services to my students.
I schedule lessons and determine the break-down of goals.
I explore and plan specific exercises to reach goals step by step.
Sometimes I propose exercises outside the pool to help pupils understand a single swimming stroke’s element and to increase their athletic abilities.
I like to enrich my lessons with exercises of other disciplines such as water polo, aqua gym and synchronised swimming to improve pupils' confidence in the water and have more fun.
I clearly explain and repeat exercises as many times as required. In particular with children, I use simple language and different ways to explain the same exercise.
Furthermore, I find demonstrations to be a useful method of clarifying verbal explanation.
I ensure that students comprehend the purpose of exercises by querying the reason behind specific tasks.
I introduce games, in particular with children, to teach water skills and reach main goals, while adding fun to lessons.
I use my creativity to propose new games and sometimes I require pupils to suggest their ideas to have interactive and personalised lessons.
I give great importance to targeted corrections to make students aware of mistakes. During or after every exercise I provide feedback to explain mistakes and/or to encourage good performance. It’s important to praise each little improvement!
I am very keen on creating a good feeling with my students, as I wish for them to feel comfortable during my lessons. Pupils should enjoy themselves while learning how to swim.
Safety is a must. I never leave pupils alone and I take care of them from the beginning to the end of lessons. Swimming pools have several dangers and many rules must be respected by the users.
It is my priority to teach the right behaviour in swimming pools as part of my lessons.