What are the Best Swimming Classes for Kids?

Developing a strong swim program for children is a smart way to get families invested in your swim center. Not only are these foundational classes catalysts for repeat swim center clients, odds are you’ll rope in some lap swimming parents or teens that are inspired by the facility and your fantastic staff.

The 4 Most Common Swimming Injuries

Swimming is a healthy activity that’s accessible to nearly everyone, regardless of fitness level. The health benefits of swimming are well-documented. While swimming is certainly a net benefit to one’s health, any physical activity brings with it the risk of physical injury. Swimming is no different.

How to Prevent Swimmer’s Ear

You can find lots of advice about how to cure swimmer’s ear, but the far better approach is to avoid getting swimmer’s ear in the first place.

How to Get Rid of Swimmer’s Ear

Swimmer’s ear is no fun. Yet anyone who swims regularly runs the risk of contracting it. If you’re unsure what swimmer’s ear is or whether you have it, read about what it is and what you can do to prevent it. 

What is Swimmer’s Ear?

Anyone can get swimmer’s ear. It’s not simply an issue for competitive swimmers. In fact, you needn’t be swimming at all to get swimmer’s ear – but it certainly increases the chances. So what is swimmer’s ear anyway? Swimmer’s ear (otitis externa) is an infection that occurs in the outer canal of the ear when […]

Equipping Your Children’s Gym: Champagne Taste? Beer Budget?

The right mix of equipment will help attract the types of students you want at your gym. The equipment your gym needs depends entirely on what events and skills will be taught there and how much space you have and yes, your budget.

Life Skills Gymnasts Learn

There are life skills that gymnasts learn through the daily grind in the gym that will have a positive influence on a life-time of attitudes, reactions and decisions. The daily grind, in fact, helps each gymnast grow as a person as well as a gymnast. What are they? Test your older gymnasts and see if […]

10 Reasons Gymnastics Lessons Are What Toddlers Need

Being involved in physical activities of all kinds has an amazing effect on toddlers. But gymnastics in particular has specific benefits that parents want to make sure their toddlers are developing. To explain more about these specific benefits, it’s important to understand the senses that we are “born” with and ones that need to be […]

Learning Skills Also Teaches Children Resilience

Resilience is the ability to adapt well to adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or even significant sources of stress. Resilience is the never quit attitude that makes children determined to master a skill or accomplish a goal. Learning resilience can apply to both everyday occurrences and those that may rarely occur. You may first think of […]

Planning the Care of Your Aging Parents

If your parents are in their golden years, keep in mind that even gold can lose some of its glow with the inevitable effects of old age — and sooner or later, older loved ones will need assistance. “It’s never too early to start planning for their future care,” says Virginia Morris, author of “How […]