SwimAmerica has approximately 100 programs in the United States with international programs in South America, the Caribbean, Indonesia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and China. The program was developed in 1987 by the American Swimming Coaches Association in response to its members concerns that they constantly encountered children interested in swim team who had limited abilities in the water. The organization convened ten swim lesson directors whose programs consistently sent capable swimmers to teams in their areas. From these meetings, the SwimAmerica Station Method was born. The station method allows swimmers to progress at their own speed and work in classes where everyone is working on the same skills. Along with a Program Director on deck assuring that the lessons are of the highest quality, the SwimAmerica program teaches people of all ages how to swim technically correct in the quickest time possible. Go to www.swimamerica.org for more information.
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The Wendy Fereday Swim School recently shared with us a letter they received from swim mom Erin. “We took the boys to our pool in the neighborhood for a quick swim yesterday evening to get out some bedtime energy. Decker and Jax were playing with an inflatable water polo goal they recently got. Ames, age 3, went to check it out and I had my eyes on him the whole time from where I was sitting. He leaned over at the edge of the pool and reached too far in the water and fell in head first in the pool. I instantly got up from my chair and ran to help him (I was close enough where I knew I could get to him if I needed to) but I stopped at the edge of the pool because I could see him do the “turn around and save yourself” routine. He was kicking his legs and reaching to the edge of the pool just like you’ve taught him since he was tiny! After he grabbed the edge of the pool, he started to pull himself out of the pool and he was crying. I hugged him and told him “Ames, you did it. You turned around and saved yourself!” He kept crying and saying “I fell in the pool” and I just kept saying over and over again “you turned around and saved yourself” and gave him lots of big hugs. Then the boys came over and told him good job for saving himself and he got so proud of himself.”