Teaching private swim lessons?

Question

I know this sound dumb but I swim for a club and I'm going to teach private swim lessons to an 8 year old. I think he is a decent swimmer but not sure. I have no clue how to pass the time with him. If he is a good swimmer I can just change his stroke but what should i do if he can't really float that well?

Does anybody have lesson plans for a child that can swim pretty good?

Answer 1

Start off by figuring out where he is, having him do floating, streamline, kicking, etc., until you find out where he is, then go from there. If he's not too good, work on the basics for freestyle and backstroke. If he's intermediate, work on building up freestyle and backstroke, then on butterfly and breaststroke. If he's advanced, teach him what you know, you're a club swimmer, so you should be able to pass a lot of knowledge on to him.