Author : Bianca Ion

As the holiday season approaches, many families are keen to get their children involved in activities that will keep them healthy & active. One increasingly popular option is enrolling in holiday intensive swim programs, where swimmers can practice their swim skills no matter what level they are at.  These programs offer a unique and accelerated [...]

Remember that saying: once you learn to ride a bicycle, you never forget? It’s the same with learning to swim as well – these are skills that you don’t forget and are lodged in muscle memory. But what is muscle memory? It sounds confusing because memory isn’t actually stored in the muscles. Like all memory, [...]

Swimming is about the beach, and the long, lazy days of summertime, right? Right… and wrong. Swimming is a life-long skill that needs to be practised all year round – particularly when children are starting out on their learning journey. Regular lessons will help them to develop the skills and confidence they need to be [...]

Introducing your baby to a swim environment early – from around six months old – will have lifelong benefits. Caue Tench, who teaches baby swim classes at Coogee, says: “I see how early swimming creates a great bond between parent and baby. They get to spend quality playtime together, as well as helping the baby [...]

Studies in Australia suggest children begin to master water confidence and basic aquatic locomotive skills at around four years of age. But babies can begin getting familiar in the water from the age of six months. Guidelines from AUSTSWIM, the national swim teaching body, help inform the programs at AquaBuddies, defining the correct age to [...]

Learning to float is really important for children to master early on – not least because it is an essential for safety. If a child accidentally falls into water and they don’t know how to float, they are more likely to panic and get into difficulty. In conjunction with breath control and swimming mechanics, teaching [...]