Top tips for improving your backstroke

Top tips for improving your backstroke: Are your knees above water during the kick? When you’re practicing your backstroke, use a kick board and place it over your knees. Then kick while keeping your knees under the water. Think ‘ballerina toes’ to keep your legs straighter, as it will minimise bending of the knees. You can…

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How to improve your Freestyle Kick

“How do I improve my Freestyle Kick?”. Great question and we have a number of suggestions to help you on your way.  The kick that comes with freestyle is called a flutter kick. It is simple and efficient, if done correctly. Some things to watch out for and work on to create the perfect flutter…

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Swimming throughout the cooler months

We live in a tropical climate, and even though we call the upcoming months ‘winter’, they really are ‘just cooler’. There are so many benefits to swimming year round. In this blog we would like to write them down, AND tell you how we and you can keep your swimmers comfortable and warm throughout the…

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When To Start Swimming Lessons?

“When is the best time to start swimming lessons?” This is the most common question we receive from prospective parents with young children. Our answer? “The best time to start swimming lessons is, as soon as your baby is born.” While the number of drownings is still going up in our country, the one thing…

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Social Development and Swimming

The physical benefits for children of swimming at all levels, from birth through to competitive swimming, are numerous and well known. Less well known perhaps, is that swimming serves as a wonderful aid to the development of the social skills and behaviours of the child. Infant, toddler and pre-school swim classes provide the child with…

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What To Look For In A Swim School Brisbane

Swimming vs Survival skills

What You Should Look For In A Swim School Once you have made the decision to send your kids to swim school, choosing which one in Brisbane they go needs careful consideration. It’s much easier to get it right the first time than it is to change teachers just when your child’s getting used to…

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Year Round Swimming

Year Round Swimming Aug 18 Written by: 18/08/2010 11:04 AM  Heading into Easter marks the end of Queensland’s hotter weather, and with this change in seasons many parents choose to forego swimming lessons in favour of other winter sports or activities. WAIT! There are several critical issues to be considered by parents in respect of…

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Benefits of Swimming Lessons for Adults: Why Adults Should Learn To Swim

Benefits of Swimming Lessons for Adults - Hampton Swim School Brisbane

The Benefits of Adult Swimming Lessons The benefits of swimming can be enjoyed by adults as well as children. Parents should consider jumping in for their own health and fitness, as well as an opportunity to enjoy the water with their kids. In the course of teaching a babies’ class earlier this week, I demonstrated a…

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Swimming Lesson Etiquette

Swim Lesson Etiquette Aug 18 Written by: 18/08/2010 11:08 PM  For parents attending their first swim lesson with their child, or for even those seasoned swim school parents – here are my Top 10 “Swim Lesson Etiquette Tips” that will help ensure your child’s lesson goes “swimmingly”! 1) Arrive early so that both you and…

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Influential Sports Coaches

How Coaches Influence Athletes - Swimming Career

A Sports Coach Should Also Be a Mentor From humble aquatic beginnings at my local Swim Club and then subsequently through my many years of training up and down that black line in preparation for swimming for Australia, I was fortunate enough to be coached by two gentleman who, apart from their obvious contribution to…

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When Not to Swim

When not to Swim

                  Many parents struggle with the decision regarding whether or not they should allow their sick child to participate in their regular swim lesson. It’s not always easy to know whether your child should attend swimming lessons when sick or stay home. That’s because ‘sickness’ in children…

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To Goggle or Not to Goggle

Learn About Water Safety With Hampton Swim School

The wearing of goggles in swimming pools is commonplace and indeed goggles are often worn by children in swimming lessons from a very young age. However, it may surprise many parents to learn that the decision to have their child wear goggles is one that may potentially endanger their child’s life! Why Google are used…

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