All Learn to Swim Programs have the responsibility to teach students Personal Safety Survival Skills such as floating, sculling, treading water, cold water survival, etc. Here are a few progression pointers for teaching treading water: Show then teach the child the hand motion of sculling. While standing, scull hands outwards then inwards. Hand and forearm act as one entity to cover a larger surface area. Then get the child to kick vertically while sculling hands [...]

A common teaching error is to have students repeatedly practice a skill with poor performance. Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect performance. Break the skill down, into parts... work on body position, breathing and kicks before adding any arm propulsion. Work from basic body alignment positions of floats and glides before adding any propulsion from kicks. Check muscle tension, to efficiently perform, muscles must be relaxed; neck, shoulders, hips, legs, feet. Gradually [...]