Swimming Guidance Introduction Module 1 post 20 ....

We, like the mammals of the ocean who slowly nurture with much love care and patience to independence their young need to teach our young how to survive in the environment we are born from

The human mind has the ability to see a skill being performed or demonstrated, the human body to feel physical movement, to hear instruction explaining the skill/s, is able to remember to associate what has been learned.   Through repetition and regular practice movement becomes easier, skills become more efficient, comfortable, confidence, rhythm is developed. Skills learned and experienced become instinctive when an instruction is given. All senses will develop. Hearing, listening, seeing, feeling, touching, smelling, tasting, understanding. Combined, the physical mental emotional development, the sense of achievement co-ordinates to realise the purpose of the repeated skills

Each of us has a personal rhythm. Water has her own rhythm. The ‘feel of water’ is that state when we find the balance between our rhythm and that of water

The mind which has not been taught skills is like that of a computer.  It can only know and respond to commands which have been programmed into its database.  The human mind can only comprehend and respond to what it has learned. Patient repetition, regular consistent practices, stimulation, encouragement, praise, sense of humour, no expectations, good observational skills, quiet, the warm environment will be happy, share a sense of well being with a positive outcome for all ages

We can only learn when we learn to listen ….

Learning/teaching, communicating within the value system of courtesy and good manners encourages respect given, respect received which builds a relationship of trust Never break a promise. Except for the teacher or responsible adult in the water discourage any and all physical contact of each other amongst swimmers 

The environment, quiet (noise is chaos) teach one skill at a time. Set short term goals for short term achievement. Do not teach the obvious.
Use an acceptable voice level, explain the skill, demonstrate it specifically, speak using proper language rather than substitute words. By using this method we learn to understand the meaning of an instruction, we respond/react to it. Never ‘assume’ an instruction is understood. Maintain eye contact at even level to ensure the skill of listening, to confirm that an instruction given is heard ....
 
These are the necessary ‘life skills we develop/learn/teach for swimming and for life ....

post 4   http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2013/10/when-do-we-develop-conscious-thought.html

post 5   http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2013/10/about-conscious-fear-to-develop-power.html
post 7   http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2013/11/thinking-effects-on-us-and-others.html 
post 8    http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2013/11/even-athletes-need-to-go-back-to_3.html
post 11  http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2013/11/using-proper-languange.html
post 13  http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2013/11/about-being-heard-in-water.html
post 15  http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2013/11/trust-lead-by-example.html
post 17  http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2013/11/assume-you-are-understood-post-17.html
post 18  http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2013/11/courtesy-and-good-manners-post-18.html
post 19  http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2013/11/about-hearing-and-listening-post-19.html
post 23  http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2013/12/learn-to-visualise-post-23.html

 

We follow these 'blog posts' to enrich our own lives by our realisation of the 'life skills' we learn and teach continuously