In my last blog post, I talked about what a WSA and WSI was and what my experience was while learning to be one. In this post, I will talk about what an instructor actually does when they teach the lessons and what they have to deal with.
As I said previously, I had no idea what to do when I started teaching lessons. We were given lessons plans and progress checks but I found myself asking the other instructors A LOT about what I had to do, and how to teach certain skills. It took a lot of trial and error, and I send my apologies to very first class because that was mostly my error part.
Some of the skills we are supposed to teach in level one include how to enter the water, blowing bubbles in the water, teaching them supported back and front floats, and the arm and leg actions of swimming. Level one is basically to get the kids a lot more comfortable with the water and prepare them for the entry-level skills in level two.
The skills in level two basically add on to level one and this is where parents will see their kids start to actually swim and float on their own. Children in level three need to learn how to do their front and back floats on their own, as well as front and back glides. They also need to learn how to swim. Their method in swimming turns out more like a very basic stroke but it keeps them floating for the next level.
Level three is basically stroke refinement. In this level, the instructors review the swimmers skills from level two and add on to them. Swimmers will be taught rotary breathing, back crawl, and basic dives. In the class I taught, we learned sitting dives, kneeling dives, and standing dives in the deep end. We would usually do this at the end of class for something fun to do. The last levels are more stroke refinement and just improving on the swimmers skills. There are also courses in level five where you can learn dives, and lifeguard skills. (366)
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