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Recommendations for Conducting
the Lessons - part 1
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Teaching from the side of the pool by giving directions is
quite possible under certain conditions, but it should not be
attempted with children five years of age (or younger). For
one thing standing at the poolside, you might be tempted to
use your foot; but pushing someone's head with your foot is
strictly taboo. You need to be in the water with these young
children all of the time, demonstrating and giving them moral
and physical support. A child seven or eight years old who
is very eager to learn would probably be able to understand
your directions from the deck, but even he would benefit by
your being in the water with him. Not until Lesson VII of
this series does the child become independent of the teacher.
Do not attempt to teach a child to swim in water that is
over his head until you reach the point in the lessons calling
for deep-water exercises. Children are born with the fear of
falling and of loss of support. If you are using your back-yard
pool, let some of the water out (if your filter system will allow
this) so that the shallow end is no more than waist-deep for
the child.
Even if the shallow end of your pool is roped off, and you
are assured of the children's safety, you should keep your
group together; during most of each lesson, you will have
them do the same things at the same time. When you are
working with one child, either have the other children watch
or have them practice their bobbing, kicking, or whatever is
in order. This is the rule, but it is not without exception. With
your third eye you may see one of the children experimenting
only because he is "unwatched." It would be a mistake to draw
attention to his activity or to insist that he do what the group
is doing. Your time spent with a single child should be for a
short period, and then you should go on to the next child; you
cannot expect young children to practice by themselves. But
whatever you are doing, the old rule still holds: "Do not turn
your back on a child who can't swim."
Encourage the children at every opportunity and herald the smallest successes.
The most wonderful thing about teaching beginning swimmers is the vast number of
accomplishments often attained in a short time. These are glory days for
the novice swimmer. When he becomes an intermediate
swimmer, there is not so much to learn, and there is more
drill in perfecting strokes and not as many satisfactions; so it
is not unnatural for children to lose interest in swimming at
this stage. But in the beginning, they are progressing when
they get water on their faces, and even more progress is made
when they are able to put their faces down in the water;
there is also a growing sense of satisfaction with each lesson
as they improve themselves in the art of holding their breath.
There is something in each lesson that the child learns which
you can note as worthy and successful. Do not take even the
smallest accomplishment for granted; do not hesitate to let
each child know that he is doing magnificently.
The review at the beginning of each lesson will serve partly for warm-up, partly
for practice, and largely to demonstrate what has already been learned. It is
psychologically more astute to comment on the child's strength before you
attempt to correct a weakness. For example: "Tommy, your kick is strong and
steady, but you need to pull your arms one-at-a-time toward your stomach instead of together."
Related terms include learning how to swim and swim fitness.
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