Swimming Guidance - To learn to swim we must progressively .... post 29

©     Trust the teacher
©      Learn to listen
©      Learn to submerge in water
©      Learn to use both sides of the body
©      Through physical movement, feeling of movement, understanding the instructions    
        and the function thereof ....
©      Mentally visualise the instruction which must then be physically carried out
©      Develop the feeling of the physical movement which must be repeated to develop the
        muscles of the bod
©      Develop confidence with each learned skill
©      Develop confidence in a water environment in which we have not yet learned total free
        movement
©      Learn to adapt to moving against the resistance of water
©      Develop an attitude towards this learning process
©      Enjoy the setting of short term goals, then realise the feeling of achievement
©      Develop the rhythm of motion in the water
©      Realise the floatation of water
©      Have FUN!
©      Then we must learn to co-ordinate the individual skills we have learned

To learn these skills and life skills requires knowledge, care, patience, repetition, consistency, routine, discipline, kindness and fairness from a Teacher