need private swim lessons for daughter who is on swim team to better her strokes, area watertown,CT?
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If she is on a team and not improving stroke during practice look at joining a different team with different coaching attitudes. If her practice is just dozens of kids swimming laps with no feedback she is being short changed. If the YMCA is not an option and she really needs the private lessons talk to her coaches and see if they will help out. Sorry I don't have specifics for your area, but try USA swimming for other options.\nGood luck
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www.poolandspa.com\n\nGood Resource
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You should find an American Red Cross Learn to Swim Program. Most local pools and athletic clubs offers swim lessons to adults and children. Ask if their instructors are American Red Cross certified. That means they are proficient in each skill and stroke, as well as have been trained in how to teach swim lessons to all ages.
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i need my daughters teacher on there.MAGNOILA ELENENTRY
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Aqua Tech Dive Center\n1800 Logan Ave.\nSan Diego, CA. 92113\n\nCheck out their website for their rates.
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butterfly stroke is my best swimming stroke.its very easy too!
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Try the website www.waterparks.com  it has a bunch of info and helpful links.
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I've had the same experience, my coach just left last week. There's nothing you can really do about it, life goes on. Stay on the swim team, because you never know what will happen. My friend quit swimming after her previous coach was fired, and she missed two whole years of a new coach, who turned out to be one of the greatest coaches in the U.S. There will always be hope for another swim coach, let him/her in and decide whether he/she is good enough, if not, ther are other choices. Wish you luck!
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It really depends where you live, how old the kids are and what level you wish to attain.\nIf there is a YMCA or any city lessons that would be a great way to start.\nIf you are interested in competitive swimming check out usaswimming.org for a team near you. There are often lessons for the kids and "Masters" instruction for adults, even if you are a beginner.\nPost more specific info and I can add more detail.
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Contact them for lesson info:\n\nPasadena Yacht & Country Club \n18-hole (Private) \n6300 Pasadena Point Blvd S\nSaint Petersburg, FL 33707\nUnited States (Pinellas County) \nPhone: (727)381-8337 \nFax: (727)381-8251 \nE-mail:  hightee@aol.com
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Hi, I'm not sure what area you're looking for specifically, but if it's a masters swim club, (for people over 19), try this website: http://www.usms.org/\n\nClick on the top tab that says "Local Programs." You'll be directed to a clickable map of areas that have masters swim programs. Good luck!
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The younger the better for swimming - before any fears could develop and put her off the water etc..As for reading...going through picture books every day and saying the words is really important now. Then introduce books with the word under each object, to start the understanding of linking words to pictures and how they sound...Good luck!
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If you're in school, you can join the swim team. If not, check with your local YMCA and see if they have any swimming leagues. =)
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For swim lessons, where kids have fun, here are some good ones:\n\ntag.. you would be amazed how much fun it is in the water, walls are base.. so much fun. and they have to do a set while they are doing it ( for more experienced swimmers ) \n\ncone.. have an orange cone in the bottomo of the pool, and have 2 or 3 kids per lane.. you can play power cone or poison cone..  the object of the game is either to have the cone in the bottom of your lane at the end of the set. \n\nThose two are more when you ahve a workout and you want to have fun.. \n\nthere are reflex games, that are a lot of fun:\nstand in the middle of the pool and pick names for both ends.. and whenever you say the name, everyone sprints to that side.. you can change the names, and trick the kids.. and award points to whoever gets there first\n\nand I know many more.. if you choose me as best answer and email me, i can give you more
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You definately want to be able to do a background check on them and get references and ask if they are willing to get certified in cpr and first aid or coaches safety training.  You want to ask them about their coaching philosophy and about the type of environment they want to have on the team.  From this question you can see if they will fit with what you want the team to be.  Some swim coaches are very serious, no games, hard practices, all about performance, even in rec leagues, and some coaches see rec leagues as being about the swimmers experience and having it be fun for everyone and giving everyone the chance to swim everything, etc.  You also might want to ask them if they are willing to get into the water in order to help teach beginners on the team.  Also, ask how they do meet entries.  Is it about letting everyone try everything, or will the fastest kids get the most events and the slowest kids get fewer entries with whatever is leftover?  Finally, I'd give them a couple situations and ask how they'd deal with it.  For example, a parent being upset with their kids meet entries, two swimmers verbally or physically fighting at practice, or a parent comes to the coach with concerns that their child is being made fun of or picked on at practice because of their weight or skills.  It is most important to make sure the coach has a coaching philosophy that matches what you want for the team, and that the coach is able to deal with both the parents and swimmers in a manner that you agree with, because that is where most of the problems come from with age-group swim coaches.
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I would try your local track. Thats where they all say to start at. Good luck as Im tryin to get my daughter there too.
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Try this book: Breakthrough Swimming by Cecil Colwin\n\nOr this book: Swimming Fastest by Ernest W. Maglischo\n\nI would look for a video rather than a book.  Are you trying to teach her every stroke or simply freestyle?\n\nYou remember how hard is was to learn the timing of fly anf breast don't you?  Try focusing on the basics of freestyle and alternate breathing than move into other strokes.  \n\nPeople work best when only concentrating on one or two important objectives at a time.  Don't try to make your girl a world class IM'er the first week.  Let her feel the water, learn to enter, pull through and exit properly with each stroke and than work up from their on kicking, body position and breathing.  Remember you need patience just like your first coach.\n\nAlso you may simply take her to a coach in your area, look for youth swimming classes or a school that is known for their talented swim program and set up a few minutes in the water with that coach.  It may really speed things up.\n\nKK