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Freestyle taught in the order it should be learned: body position, then breathing, then the kick, then the arms. Not the other way round.

Breaststroke is the stroke everybody thinks they can do. Learned properly it is pull, breathe, kick, glide — in that order, and never all at once.

Knees, weight or heat ruling out running? A swim instructor’s pathway from first lessons to genuine cardio training exercises in the pool.

How swim instructors use sports psychology with nervous learners: graded exposure, small wins and calm breathing — confidence built lesson by lesson.

A beginner’s warm-up takes five minutes on the deck and a few easy lengths. What to do, what to skip, and why static stretching waits until afterwards.

A beginner’s targets should be skills they can name, not distances or weights. The eight milestones worth chasing, and what to do when you stall.