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The swimwear is the easy part. What to ask a swimming school about female coaches, women-only sessions and private changing before you enrol.

How a swimmer travels from a first learn-to-swim class to an adult masters squad, and what has to be true at each step.

No stroke targets your stomach. What swimming realistically offers a beginner, why learning to swim well matters more than which stroke burns most, and who to ask about weight.

New swimmers arrive with bags of equipment they cannot use. What to buy for your first lessons, and what to leave on the shelf for a year.

Singapore’s famous pools reward people who can actually swim. A swimming teacher on what the Marina Bay Sands Pool experience is really like for weak swimmers — and why lessons come before bucket lists.

Hotel pools like the Mandarin Oriental Singapore Swimming Pool are part of many family staycations. A swimming teacher on keeping your child’s lesson skills alive on holiday — and staying safe at unguarded hotel pools.