How Swim Spas can help your (grand)kids learn swimming
Getting young children comfortable around large bodies of water can often be a stressful time for parents, let alone making sure your kids can keep themselves safe while they’re in the water.
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Dragging your little ones along to swimming lessons can turn into a draining and painful process for everyone involved. Leave the tantrums behind and consider a different approach. Owning a Swim Spa affords you a personal backyard oasis with the incredibly valuable benefit of a manageable water environment.
Swim Spas feature an enclosed body of water akin to what you would expect in a standard above-ground swimming pool. In a Swim Spa, you can dial up the heat to make it a more inviting space for the little ones. This is a perfect area for you to get your child in the water with you and encourage them to relax. The bubble-blowing exercise is a great way to get your child engaged and building their confidence in a foreign environment.
Learning to float is the next step, it’s important to remember that being still in the water is an unusual experience and will take some time. Once your child is comfortable and confident blowing bubbles and floating on both their front and back, they’re ready to get some strokes going. You can pull them around the Swim Spa while encouraging them to practice a freestyle stroke to prepare them for moving through the water with some speed. In between their strokes, encourage them to tilt their head and take a breath.
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Once your child is ready to start swimming on their own, you can really start to maximise your use of some crucial Swim Spa functions. Dial your current up to a low level to provide a low level of resistance for your child to swim against, this will allow them to practice their stroke and their endurance. As your child builds confidence and stamina with their swimming, you can begin dialing up the current to provide more resistance and encourage the swimmer to swim harder and faster.
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Many Swim Spas have dual zones, which offers an additional benefit when teaching someone to swim. Dual-zone refers to a Swim Spa having a dedicated swim area, as well as its own Spa Pool area. This means after you have talked your student through their lesson and got them set up and practicing their stroke, you can find a comfortable seat in the Spa end to enjoy a hydromassage while supervising your student’s progress. No more dreading the weekly swimming lesson, it can be an enjoyable experience for everyone!
Written By our Swim Spa Expert - Josh Hanna