Are you looking for a way to prepare your swimmers for the next level of swimming? Do you want to give them a taste of what it’s like to be part of a swim team? Our Advanced Lessons program is designed to bridge the gap between swim lessons and swim team, giving swimmers the skills, confidence, and experience they need to succeed in a competitive environment.
What Are Advanced Lessons?
Our Advanced Lessons are based on the Level 3 and Level 4 classes from Swimming Ideas, adapted to run like a mini swim team practice. Here’s what makes them unique:
Skills Covered
Advanced Lessons cover a variety of skills and topics to prepare swimmers for team practice:
Staffing and Swimmer-to-Instructor Ratios
To set up staff and lanes for our Advanced Lessons program, we follow a carefully designed approach that focuses on individual attention while maintaining an efficient, safe learning environment.
Class Offerings
Offering a wide range of classes throughout the week is essential for meeting the diverse needs and schedules of swimmers and their families. Here’s why it’s important to offer as many classes as possible:
Why Advanced Lessons Work
Advanced Lessons are a great way to transition swimmers from lessons to swim team. They learn new skills, improve existing ones, and experience the thrill of swimming in a team environment. They also gain confidence, endurance, and speed in the water—setting them up for success in competitive swimming.
To encourage regular attendance and provide incentive for enrollment in a full session, it is advisable to offer a discount for those who register for the entire 8-week session. This discount recognizes the commitment of swimmers and their families, while still allowing some flexibility in attendance. It is important to communicate to parents that while their child is not expected to attend every single day, the full session enrollment provides benefits such as cost savings and the opportunity to fully immerse in the program.
By offering a range of classes during the week and providing incentives for full session enrollment,swimming programscan accommodate various schedules, maximize class sizes, promote skill development, and foster a positive and flexible learning environment.
How Level 3 and Level 4 is similar to Developmental swim practice:
Level 3 and Level 4 of Swimming Ideas are similar to a developmental swim practice in several ways. First, they both emphasize the importance of learning how to breathe properly while swimming. Breathing is one of the most challenging aspects of swimming, and it can make a huge difference in the swimmer’s performance and enjoyment. Level 3 and Level 4 teach swimmers how to breathe to the side on front crawl, how to keep their head still and eyes up on backstroke, and how to coordinate their breathing with their strokes on breaststroke and butterfly.
Second, they both introduce the swimmers to different strokes and drills that help them improve their swimming technique. Level 3 and Level 4 cover the four competitive strokes:front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. They also teach the swimmers how to do the elementary backstroke, the sidestroke, and the dolphin kick. These strokes andskills help the swimmers develop their swimmingrepertoire and versatility. Moreover, Level 3 and Level 4 use various drills, such as rotation drills, sculling drills, and arm drills, that help the swimmers practice specific aspects of each stroke, such as the catch, the pull, the recovery, and the timing.
Third, they both use games and fun activities that make the learning process more engaging and enjoyable. Level 3 and Level 4 incorporate games and challenges.
You can leverage the same general formula for swimming success with “Activity, Activity, Challenge.” Check out our blog post on how to leverage this formula for both lessons and swim teams.
What are the benefits of following Swimming Ideas’ level structure and lesson plans?
Following Swimming Ideas’ level structure and lesson plans has many benefits for both the swimmers and the coaches. Some of the benefits are:
- The level structure provides a clear and logical progression of skills and goals for the swimmers. The swimmers can see what they have learned and what they need to learn next. The level structure also helps the swimmers track their improvement and celebrate their achievements.
- The lesson plans provide a detailed and comprehensive guide for the coaches. The lesson plans include the safety topics, the review skills, the new skills, the games, and the equipment for each session. The lesson plans also include the testable skills and the performance metrics for each level. Thelesson planshelp the coaches plan and deliver effective and consistent swim lessons.
- The level structure and the lesson plans are based on the best practices and the latest research in swimming and coaching. They are designed to help the swimmers develop their competence, confidence, character, and connection in swimming and in life. They are also designed to help the coaches enhance their knowledge, skills, and professionalism in coaching.
Tools for success: What to use
You’re going to need a way to show videos, pictures, and write out sets. We use the Lesson Plans found on this website with a short throw projector and a Google Chromecast.
Projector we use:
The projector is awesome because we can load up Lesson plans for levels 3 – 4 and follow them together.
Membership provides tools that make swim instruction easier, effective, and fun! Check out all we offer today.
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