I’ve been getting a lot of questions recently about newspaper and magazine articles and a Today Show spot about the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) easing their past stance that aquatic programs for children under the age of four would not reduce drowing or teach swimming. Now they cite benefits…
Many parents have asked me about water safety for their child and “survival swimming.” It shouldn’t be suprising since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14 years, despite a steady decline in drowning rates…
While I don’t like to promote baby swimming as a way to create a master race of super-children, this article in Sunday May 2nd issue of the Chicago Tribune is one of many that say that children really benefit from baby swim classes. I’m also not a big fan of the…
When I tell a mom or dad that we teach baby swimming classes at the Chicago Blue Dolphins Swim Studio, I often get a puzzled look on his or her face followed by the question: “They aren’t really swimming, are they?” When people think of swimming, they think of competitive…
If you are blind like me, swimming has always been a little challenging because I couldn’t see the pace clock, other swimmers, the practice on the board. Since I’ve started to do more stuff in open water with my team in the last 10 years, it’s…well…game over out there. The…
I get this question a million times: “My goggles leak when I swim. What are the right size goggles for me?” There are a ton of goggles out there in the market of all different shapes and sizes. You want to find a pair that fit into your eye sockets…
Finis Swimmer Snorkel We want to encourage all of our swimmers to purchase a Swimmer Snorkel this fall and bring it to practice on a regular basis. We’ve found in our teaching that the snorkel is an incredible tool for working on swimming mechanics without being encumbered by the…
Many of you have met or swam with Becca Mann, a 10 year old phenom that I’ve been giving lessons to for the last couple of years — really since the Swim Studio opened. She just recently won Cliff Bar’s Kid Athlete of November/December with “Chicago Athlete,” and she’s now…
