Halloween Classroom Ideas That Will ‘Wow’ Your Studio’s Children and Parents

With October’s arrival comes one of our favorite holidays: Halloween. And while you may think Halloween’s popularity is due to the over-abundance of candy, or the opportunity for children and adults to act with ridiculousness like walking around their neighborhoods in homemade to designer costumes, ring doorbells and shout nonsense, don’t be misled.  Halloween is […]

The Class Skills Worksheet Just Keeps Getting Better

Haven’t started using our Class Skills Worksheet yet? There is no better time than now! With the latest enhancements, we have made this worksheet even more powerful thanks to great feedback from you. The Class Skills Worksheet can be found by going to Classes > Class Skills/Levels. In the Display settings at the bottom, select […]

What are the Best Workouts for Curing Swimmer’s Shoulder?

The shoulder is so mobile because it’s efficient, smooth-working mechanism of muscles, tendons, ligaments, bone, and cartilage. On the flip side, that’s a lot of moving parts to injure while swimming competitively. How your swimmers train, both in the pool and on dry land, will go a long way to preventing or causing swimmer’s shoulder. […]

Dealing with Increased Swim Class Size

There is always in an increase in numbers at the beginning of the season and that means classes must accommodate more students. These increases change the dynamics of classes and make your job a little more challenging.  Especially since you’re trying to ensure that everyone is receiving equal attention and maximum practice time during lessons. […]

Drowning Prevention: What’s the Best Solution?

Did you know that each year, 350+ drowning deaths among children in the U.S. occur in swimming pools? And did you realize that most of these deaths are preventable? There are two types of drowning prevention devices that could help to prevent drownings: those that are intended to keep a person afloat when in the […]

Goal-Dominate vs. Child-Centered: Two Different Methods of Teaching Swimming

The teaching strategy that your school uses can greatly affect a child’s growth and behavior. There are two main types of teaching methods – each distinct in its ways of cultivating a child’s swimming skills. There is a goal-dominate strategy and a child-centered one. Great care should be taken in determining which method is best […]

The Five-Question Concussion Quiz

How much do you really know about concussions? Find out by taking this quiz: True or False: You should not allow someone to go to sleep if you think he has a concussion. True or False: If you didn’t black out, you don’t have a concussion. True or False: Only a CT scan can identify […]

Skills Progression Reporting – Building a relationship with your customers

Skills Progression Reporting Now Available – Release: March 7, 2019 Having a successful program, whether it is a gym, studio, pool, etc., goes beyond building a relationship with your students. It is important to also build a strong bond with the parents and guardians of your students. Your families want to know that their child […]

Things Nobody Tells You About Working Remotely

There are plenty of advantages of working remotely for workers and their companies. Research has revealed that companies offering remote options enjoy more creative and less robotic employees, lower attrition and a terrific hiring benefit. For the remote employees there is better work/life balance, greater control over the working environment, and the ability to make […]

3 Facts About Working Remotely That Aren’t Too Good to Be True

While considering the transition to working from home, consider 3 facts that you may have thought were too good to be true: You Can Work When You’re Most Productive You can take advantage of the lack of set of hours and ride waves of productivity and creativity, whenever they sweep in. Feeling particularly unmotivated at […]