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Swimming Ideas Podast

by Swimming Ideas, Jeffrey Napolski · English · Sport

Fun and effective strategies for swimming lessons, teams, and Aquatic Professionals. Listen to best practices and interviews with other members of the swimming community to get the most out of your swimming program.

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 30 min
Latest: 4 Dec 2023
Language: English

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4 Dec 2023 · 28 min

SIP 102: Consistent Dedication to the Mundane

Consistent dedication to the mundane like streamline Everyone has excellent streamline habit (all the time without thought). That to NOT do a streamline would make the swimmer physically uncomfortable. A feeling that excellence is expected with allowance for failure, improvement, and progress. Swimmers feel watched, celebrated, and encouraged to improve through feedback, attention, and coaching. See "Finding Deliberate Practice," "SIP 052: Swimming is a Habit," and "SIP 067: Deliberate Practice." Your framework and routine should reinforce the key things you want to accomplish with your…

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S1 · E101 · 13 Nov 2023 · 27 min
SIP 101: Routine for Developmental Swimming
Establishing your habits, your consistency, and defining the framework that will lead to better swimmers faster. Why routine is important: SIP 052: Swimming is a habit (swimminglessonsideas.com) SIP 045: Importance of Routine (swimminglessonsideas.com) What is our routine and why do we do it? Warmup: 100 IM K 50 Swim 2 x 25 Position 11 Question of the Day What is the order of a 100 IM swim event? Learning Set: Two small groups that switch back and forth Group 1, Skill 1 3 x SL on BK; stay underwater until you get to the flags if possible. Group 2, Skill 2 3 x SL + 1 FLY stroke NO KICKING! Do…
S1 · E100 · 31 Oct 2023 · 58 min
SIP 100: A plan, a formula, a guide
This can be that guide for you. But… you need to know where you're going. What are you going to have as your plan? What is your formula for success going to be? How will you structure your swimming developmental program for fun and effective instruction. Fun. Children. Establishing habit. Enforcing excellence. You need to have a plan, a formula, and guide. Where are you going what are you intending to do? What are you intending and what are you pulling from? Define your minimum skill level. - Who will you accept? - What will your tryout be? - What will you be teaching, training, or working…
E99 · 23 Oct 2023 · 30 min
SIP 099: Preparing for Developmental Season
Document how to run an effective Developmental swim lesson program. What elements do you absolutely need to be effective? - A plan, formula, or guide - Routine - Consistent dedication to the mundane like streamline ○ Establishing habit ○ Instilling discipline (hard work and precise body control) - Balancing the hard work with fun; activity, activity, challenge - Earning respect - Talking with parents - Know your progressions
E98 · 16 Oct 2023 · 25 min
SIP 098: Create Challenges and Games for Swim Lessons
How to come up with a game or a challenge. - Think of a core skill. - Put a roadblock into teaching that skill or performing it well ○ Examples - Evaluate whether it is fun ○ Achievable ○ Simple ○ Too difficulty ○ Teaching the wrong skill ○ Relevant enough to the original skill Games: - Think of a core skill, but in more broad terms like: ○ Streamlines ○ Gliding ○ Movement ○ Buoyancy ○ Pushing on water - Create rules and goals - Goals are objectives: what the people do, ideally doing the skill you want them to work on, or a target by which the swimmers must do the skill you want to work on…
E97 · 2 Oct 2023 · 31 min
SIP 097: Training Swim Instructors in person
Today we look at the lesson coordinator handbook for finding an effective instruction segment on training swim instructors in person. We will do a brief overview of what's included in the workbook as well as any discussion on why certain elements are included and what the activity activity discussion format looks like.
23 Sep 2023 · 17 min
SIP 096: Finding Motivation after a Summer burn
With all of summers insane madness Are you ready to push through into fall and winter programming? That's right with all the rush, activity, intensity, and pure energy that comes with the summer months where do you find the motivation to continue working on aquatic programming and hiring.? We're gonna take a look at how to set realistic and specific goals for yourself. Celebrate your achievements and reward yourself by for hitting specific milestones that you may have set in the spring Seek feedback and support from staff that may have left already, are still in high school and remaining in…
E95 · 18 Sep 2023 · 34 min
SIP 095: Repeatable Parent Tot Lesson Plan
Why we have a single sheet for repeating parent tot classes. What we used to do: - Follow the lesson plans based on day. - Challenges ○ People missed classes ○ Parents have VERY drastically different abilities, interest, and involvement. ○ New instructors not as familiar. - Have to find which day, which lesson ○ Different ability levels and ages in the classes; why are we resetting for advanced people for the new? What we did: - Used the same lesson plan online using a TV on the deck - Safety and state certification removed the TV from the deck What we're going to do ○ Projector inside…
E94 · 10 Sep 2023 · 20 min
SIP 094: Lesson Plans & Swim Instructor Struggles
We review the swim lessons plans found at www.swimminglessonsideas.com and see how our swim instructors use them including their success and struggles.
E93 · 25 Oct 2020 · 24 min
SIP 093: Three weeks with COVID-19 group swimming lessons
What has it been like? What is our procedure? How do we teach? Challenges: Getting swimmers moving. Handling difficult swimmers. Coaching and commands. Resilience of children and adaptability. Tools: Lesson plans and TV for website lessons.
E92 · 5 Oct 2020 · 22 min
SIP 092: Are you comfortable teaching?
What should you do if you are comfortable? What should you do it if you're not comfortable? Covid-19 and the coronavirus pandemic is real. We just saw this week that the president got infected and foolishly hosted events without face coverings that subsequently infected many other people at a White house event. I know. This is insane. Right? If the white house can't stay safe, how can we expect to remain safe while teaching swimming lessons? We live in a world that requires us to go to work. Aquatic professionals need to bring in revenue. We need to have people taking lessons, using the…
E91 · 14 Sep 2020 · 36 min
SIP 091: Swimming Ideas' Levels
Find out what Swimming Ideas Level structure is and why we use it. Learn the nuances of each level and the progression of skills that takes a 3 year old who doesn't like the water to a competitive swim team swimmer. For all the information covered here go to: https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/resources/ Level 1: https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/blog/level-1/ Level 2: https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/blog/level-2/ Level 3: https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/blog/level-3/ Level 4: https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/blog/level-4/
E90 · 31 Aug 2020 · 32 min
SIP 090: Teaching Swimming, Method and Delivery
Today is all about the online course, Teaching Swimming, that comes with the companion PDF of the physical book available on Amazon. This training course covers the crucial skills your teachers need to begin having effective instruction. When your staff is confident, in command, and clear they can expand on having fun. We're going to review the basics of each section and give you a brief overview on how to be a better swim instructor.
24 Aug 2020 · 1 hr 5 min
SIP 089: Safe children that LOVE swimming with Julia Johnson
Teach better Parent Tot, Parent and Infant classes with Julia Johnson. Show notes here: https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/blog/sip-089-safe-children-that-love-swimming-with-julia-johnson/ Julia Johnson grew up in Michigan where she learned to swim during summer swim lessons by going to beaches and pools. She swam competitively in high school and then completed a few aquatrathons, sprint triathlons and a 5k swim in the years after graduation. Julia studied mental health and social work in college and realized that her passion was building mental health through swimming and coaching. Over…
E88 · 17 Aug 2020 · 34 min
SIP 088: Teaching Breaststroke Kick to Beginners
Breaststroke kick is difficult to do. It is an unnatural motion for many swimmers. There will always be that small subsect of people that have learned how to do it on their own and in fact prefer it to the flutter kick motion. I believe these are people that pushed the water in the "breaststroke way" when they were learning and stuck with it because it makes them move. Spent a lot of time watching children swim. For a long time I've been a proponent of "nurture over nature" and that genes are actually an expression of nurture over a longer timeline. Swimmers experience stuff in the water,…
10 Aug 2020 · 37 min
SIP 087: "How can I improve?"
I feel like one of the best ways to improve my coaching and teaching is to ask myself, "how can I improve?" We tell our swimmers to self-evaluate during their swimming. This is essentially what meditation is. Ask a question: https://anchor.fm/swimmingideas/message Meditation is training your brain to recognize it's doing something you don't want it to do and realigning it to your will. If we're good at meditating, then we're going to be better swimmers if we know what to look for. It is the coach and swim instructor's job to inform and guide the swimmer's thoughts so they can improve their…
E86 · 3 Aug 2020 · 40 min
SIP 086: Training Summer Swim Lesson Managers
What are the essential skills you should be teaching your lesson managers? You can find information at https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/resources/ Under the Level Description guides. They details the specific needs of each "level" and what to look out for including guidance for lesson managers. Criteria for an effective swim lesson manager: - Understanding of level structure, essential skills, and how to teach them. ○ How do you hold a child for supported front and back glides § Why is this so important? § Need to enforce and teach others how to do it. ○ Be outgoing and not afraid to…
E84 · 25 Jul 2020 · 36 min
SIP 084: Why "Challenges" have replaced games.
Intro: What are Challenges? Why have they replaced games? Quicker Individual based apply to broad ability levels tailored for groups sideways learning they are games celebrated success opportunities striving to "challenge" self improves overall swimming Live use Where you can find them Swim Challenges: The new swimming game standard. Practice Components Premium Swim Lesson Plans – Digital Only Developmental Swim Practices for Teams
E85 · 25 Jul 2020 · 29 min
SIP 085: Finding Deliberate Practice Opportunities at Swim Lessons and Practices
What can you do at your swim practice and swim lessons to promote Deliberate Practice, and how does mediation teach you to be a better swimmer. What is deliberate practice: https://jamesclear.com/beginners-guide-deliberate-practice " While regular practice might include mindless repetitions, deliberate practice requires focused attention and is conducted with the specific goal of improving performance. From < https://jamesclear.com/beginners-guide-deliberate-practice > The role of Coaching! How the challenge format promotes deliberate practice: they are specific opportunities to train the…
E83 · 6 Jul 2020 · 27 min
SIP 083: Writing swim practices during Covid-19
We're running our swimming during covid in a small 4 lane indoor pool. Fans Open doors 7 at a time 2 in each lane on opposite ends. 1 in the ada staircase lane. 1 coach; now 2 coaches 2 lifeguards Line up outside and walk them in with a coach chaperone They have their own 6 ft distant places for stuff. Come in their suits Come wearing masks Coaches wear masks throughout the practice Write practices in advance on website. Use TV screen with Fire and internet to show. Practice format: Philosophy: Moving Self guided On rest intervals Aerobic conditioning Challenging fun Socializing from a…
E82 · 29 Jun 2020 · 16 min
SIP 082: Teaching Private lessons during Covid-19
How should you protect yourself and others when you're teaching swimming lessons to individuals or duos? Today we're listening to a user submitted question and answering it after a brief unrecorded phone call. Rowenna and I spoke on the phone and we reviewed much of the same things. Her favorite games are Treasure hunt and diving games with multicolored toys labeled with numbers. I'm a huge fan of Treasure hunt too, and you can see a list of relevant swim games and challenges here: https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/games/ Things to consider: Remain distant if you can. Teach from the deck…
9 Jul 2018 · 22 min
SIP 081: Sun Protection for Swim Instructors
SUN SCREEN! SUN LOTION! SUN BLOCK! This is the most essential product you can buy. I'm talking about sun tan lotion. Sun block. We use this gallon jug. You can use this too. I suggest making it mandatory for all swim instructors to wear the lotion before they start their first lesson. When they're done teaching each class, they should get out of the pool, talk to parents, dry off, and lube up with sun tan lotion again. This is the number one best thing you can do (aside from not going outside) to protect your exposed skin from the damaging effects of the sun. Put your sun tan lotion on…
24 Jun 2018 · 26 min
SIP 080: Brief Autism Overview
Brief guide on Autism from American Red Cross Swimming Water Saftey book
11 Jun 2018 · 30 min
SIP 079: Do you need to license a swim program to be successful?
No. Most parents don't care what your swim program system is. They care about three things: 1) Will their child learn how to swim? 2) Does it fit into their schedule? 3) Is it within their budget? They're more worried about making the most out of their time and effort to bring their kid to swim lessons. They want progress, they want success, but they don't really care how you order your level structure. It isn't important to them. That isn't to say you shouldn't have a structure or a plan, but you don't need to drop thousands of dollars licensing a swim program to be successful.
4 Jun 2018 · 34 min
SIP 078: Central States Clinic Part 3
Dr. Alan Goldberg, www.competitivedge.com Getting parents to work with, not against you. Blog post about day 1 handout. http://swimminglessonsideas.com/2017/09/17/handout-for-first-day-of-swim-lessons-for-parents-what-to-expect/ Day 2 handouts: https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/completelessondocuments/Administration/Day+2+Handouts+(1).pdf Be proactive. How to teach your parents on your swim team. Learn how to interact with your swim lesson parents in a healthy way. Be proactive, take the first step, and be bold with giving information.
28 May 2018 · 32 min
SIP 077: Central State swim Clinic Part 2
21 May 2018 · 39 min
SIP 076: Central States Swim Clinic 2018
Recap from Dr. Alan Goldberg and Josh Davis.
14 May 2018 · 32 min
SIP 075: Swim team tryout script
Ok. The first thing is to get in the water. The second thing to do is to touch the bottom with your hand. Easy? Easy peezy? Now we're going to swim front crawl or freestyle with side breathing from here to there. (one length). Well done. Can you touch the bottom, here? Where did you learn how to swim? Ok. Now we're going to do back stroke all the way back. When you get to the other end I'll go like this it means stop. Ready? Okay go. Well done. Do you know how to do breaststroke kick? (demo) ok. Do whatever you know to me (1/3 of the way) stop when you get to me. Ok. Turn around, now we're…
7 May 2018 · 22 min
SIP 074: A quick update and reminder about structure
i'll be interviewing a person about how to teach swimming lessons to autistic kids. She is an expert in adaptive physical education for special needs children and will be an excellent resource. I'm hoping to connect with Nitro tash to get her take on her new swim lesson format with her pool in Perth, Australia. Look for updates to swimminglessonsideas.com and a new resource to take beginners from no program to a thriving successful one including. I understand that a lot of the material assumes an intimate knowledge of swimming lessons that not everyone has. I hope to address this in the…
30 Apr 2018 · 27 min
SIP 073: What to do when veteran staff suck
Correct your teachers that aren't performing like they should! Give initial feedback. Restrain anger and disappointment. Immediate debrief and followup. Frame things in the future. next time do this. Retrain. Deal with it in private.

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Language: English
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Typical length: 30 min
Latest episode: 4 Dec 2023
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