Swimrite Durbanville

SWIMRITE TIPS to practise at home;

1. 🫧Practise blowing bubbles.
For beginners; blow soap bubbles, for more advanced students blow with your whole face submerged in water.

2. 🏊‍♀️Crawl stroke
For beginners forwards; walk while making swimming arms.
For more advance students;
Lie on your tummy on a picnic bench, make swimming arms, and small fast kicks

3. 🔙Back stroke
For beginners; walk backwards and make swimming arms backwards
For more advance students
Lie on your back on a picnic bench and make swimming arms. Focus on bringing the arm up to the ear.

4. 🚴‍♀️Bilateral integration
For beginners; ride a bicycle
For advanced students;
Cross Crawls- touching your right elbow to your left knee, then alternating

5. 🕷Muscle toning
For beginners; spider walks
For advanced students, skipping with a rope

As with any sport the more you practise in a safe environment the more you build muscle memory and self-confidence.

Coaching children with autism in water is an incredibly rewarding experience. The benefits that water provides for our neurodiverse children are substantial.

We salute our great teachers at ;
Edu-Play Group
Cheré Botha
Inspire
SNAP
Journey Montessori Preschool, Durbanville
NUTSHELL
VREDELUST College

Taking bookings in for term 2.

Swimming fosters growth of the whole body, soul and mind.

Bookings now open.

Teacher Susan plays a vital role as our chief transportation officer, overseeing the safe transportation of students back to school after their weekly lessons. Thank you for all the hard work that you do!