What are good private swim lessson ideas for a six year old girl?

Question

I am a competive swimmer and I'm about to give my first private lesson toa six year old girl and I need ideas.

Answer 1

I've been teaching swim lessons for the past six years and I have learned that each kid is different, in body type, endurance, and willingness to learn.

Start with the wall-glides and floats - (buoyancy and streamlining = key essentials to ALL strokes).

Follow with kicks (use kick-board if possible) - Check for power from the thigh muscles and not just below the knees).

While kicking work on side breathing - (breathing is essential for when they are ready to learn arm movements- otherwise they will stop to breathe and sink).

If they are ready work on the arms- (again, watch for their movements and that power is coming from the whole arm).

Practice treading water (if they are comfortable enough).

End with something fun (slides, rings, pennies, you name it).

-Basically, start each lesson with the basics, and build each stroke one part at a time (ie legs, breathing, arms,) Then combine them all. Then move to the next stroke. As they get better at some things, you can put more focus into the areas they are struggling.

Best of luck!

Answer 2

It depends on what she already knows! By age 6 I was swimming competitively...

First off, get to know the kid. Talk to her and be personable. Start your lessons by sitting on the side of the pool and talking about what she knows how to do and what she wants to learn. From there, you'll be fine to go based on what she can do. Start with your safety precautions and make sure she knows never to swim alone, etc.

The skills part should come easy for you. If she needs to start from the very begining, teach her how to get in and out of the pool safely and how to do bobs and float on her back, etc. Give her swimmies or a bubble if she uses it. Show her that you can do things like go under water wihtout a problem. Do skills drills together, she will be more willing if somoene else does it too! Be extremely suportive and upbeat, tell her every time she tries something that it was awesome and she should try it again. Repetition is key at that age. Let her have fun too. Play games that will improve her skills like diving for pennies or kickboard races or follow-the-leader.

It really depends on her skills level. Relax, have fun and you'll do fine ( =

Good luck!

Answer 3

first of all ;learn her how she can take a long breathe with head in water(in the same place without moving)and start counting from 1-5,then count from1-10,and so on .now she can move in water,from the wall to you(2meters only)and increase gradually.after 4 weeks she will learn floating and step1: move legs for 1week, then move right arm, after move second arm and so on.
note:
don't forget at the first of the training (5minutes)stretched muscles and hopping and jumping that is very important.

Answer 4

What you need to do is tell the girl that instead of wearing a regular bathing suit to her classes she needs to wear a sweat suit or something, that way she gets the feeling of having been in a pool with her clothes on so that way if by any chance she falls in the water in her clothes she will know what to do. It is also fun!