How to Teach Swimming Course
This course equips you with essential skills to teach swimming safely and effectively, covering safety protocols, lesson planning, stroke techniques, group management, and inclusive practices for diverse learners.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
How to Teach Swimming Course gives you a clear, step-by-step system to run safe, effective swim lessons for all ages and levels. Learn aquatic safety, CPR basics, and emergency action plans, then build structured sessions with proven progressions for beginners to advanced swimmers. Design a 6-week program, refine stroke technique, manage mixed-ability groups, and confidently handle risks, behaviour, and inclusion in every class.
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Develop skills
- Aquatic safety & rescue: apply lifeguard EAPs, CPR, AED, and first aid fast.
- Swim lesson design: build 6-week plans with clear goals for all levels.
- Stroke coaching: teach efficient freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly.
- Group management: organize mixed ages, set ratios, track progress, promote levels.
- Inclusive instruction: adapt drills for fear, low fitness, and medical conditions.
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