How to Teach Swimming Course
This course equips aspiring swim instructors with essential skills to deliver safe, engaging, and progressive swimming lessons for diverse groups, covering safety protocols, lesson planning, technique instruction, and inclusive practices over a structured 6-week framework.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
How to Teach Swimming Course provides a straightforward, step-by-step approach to conducting safe and effective swimming lessons for people of all ages and skill levels. You'll gain knowledge in water safety, basic CPR, and emergency response strategies, followed by creating organised sessions using tested methods that progress from beginners to advanced swimmers. Develop a 6-week training plan, improve swimming strokes, handle groups with varying abilities, and manage risks, behaviour, and inclusivity confidently in each session.
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Develop skills
- Water safety & rescue: implement lifeguard emergency action plans, CPR, AED, and first aid promptly.
- Swim lesson planning: create 6-week programmes with defined objectives for every level.
- Stroke teaching: instruct proper freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly techniques.
- Group handling: arrange mixed-age groups, maintain suitable ratios, monitor advancement, and encourage progression.
- Inclusive teaching: modify exercises for those with water fears, low stamina, or health issues.
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