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Blog: What learning looks like with Swim Discovery

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Hey Swim Discovery family. Welcome to the podcast designed to equip parents around the world to help their children discover how to swim. And welcome to part two of at what age, how long does it take for kids to learn to swim? If you haven’t already go back and listen to part one where Jim and Jeff breakdown a study from the Australian journal of science and medicine in sport to show us exactly at what age and how many swimming lessons it takes for each age to learn front crawl swimming.

How many swimming lessons do you need a two years old and how many swimming lessons do you need at eight years old for each child be able to learn freestyle. If you’re joining us again, here’s a little recap from that conversation. It is July and that means we are about halfway through the swim season and about halfway through the amount, the traditional Lincoln, the time that parents are involved in organized swimming lessons.

And so if you are listening to this podcast and your child is involved in swimming lessons, you got to ask the question. Can your child swim yet because of those swimming lessons. And that really correlates to the second question, which probably I should have asked first, but nonetheless, is, is your child safe yet when they are swimming in your pool or your lake or going to any body of water, are they safe yet?

You know, I don’t think most parents get into swimming lessons. With an idea of what to expect, or even at, with the endpoint in mind of what is SAFER. Okay. So they sign up, they go, oh my gosh, my kid can’t swim and they’re not safe. I need to make them safer ASAP, which means I need to teach them how to swim.

And what this study found  is age seems to be a driving factor for the rate of progression. Meaning the more developed a child is typically on average, not in all cases, but on average, They will learn quicker and I’ll go one step further, most likely retain that information better. And now let’s jump back into part two of at what age and how long does it take for kids to learn to swim with Jim and Jeff Wood.

Right now swim schools, pressure parents from the age of six months saying. Some start at four months, four months, four months. I’m sorry. I’m going to get a little animated here because I it’s just, I can’t believe it. And buyer beware to parents