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The Joy of Aquatics

A podcast for Aquatics Industry professionals targeting: Teachers of Swimming and Water Safety

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Pre-existing Medical Conditions in Aquatics

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/08/28

Patricia English is studying her Master's Degree at Central Queensland University. What's it in you ask? It is an investigation of the risk management of pre-existing medical conditions to minimise the incidence of fatal and non-fatal drownings within Australian Public facilities. Listen to Trish talk about why she decided to study this and what the implications could be for the industry. Take the surveys at the links below. It should take around 15 minutes to complete and at the completion of the

19:49

Rural and Regional Support for Swimming Teachers:...

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/08/06

Cassee Evans from Capella, QLD (population less than 1000), talks to Joy about the challenges of a rural/regional teacher and how she finds support. What do you do for support? Social Media is great for our remote colleagues but what else is there? Cassee Evans: www.streamlineswimming.com.au

36:11

Programming Essentials: Alina Graham: Part 2

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/07/31

After 5 episodes now of programming information, Alina Graham gives us the last of her ultimate list of programming essentials. What elements need to be considered? How complex is writing a program? How does all of this impact teachers?

36:05

Programming Essentials: Alina Graham: Part 1

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/07/24

After 4 episodes of programming information, Alina Graham gives us her ultimate list of programming essentials. What elements need to be considered? How complex is writing a program? How does all of this impact teachers? This is part 1 of 2. YES! That's how big this list is.

33:20

Programming Series: Across Multiple Sites Part 2

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/07/20

The conversation continues this week with Chris Dellit and Mark and Peter Dalle Cort. We are in the process of trying to find out about what goes into programming and how teachers can ask for help, guidance, support, or even request changes or make suggestions to better the program. It can be scary for teachers to approach management with suggested changes. These conversations can be hard and if not met with respect on both sides of the fence, relationships and teaching outcomes can reduce. How

23:20

Programming Series: Across Multiple Sites

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/07/10

Continuing the conversation with Chris Dellit, we add in her two sons who both manage Swim Schools. It's interesting to hear how the programming works across multiple sites. Quality Control is a big deal for large swim schools and hearing their creative solutions to this problem is wonderful.

30:08

Programming Series: Skill Building Experience

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/07/03

With over 40 years experience behind her, Chris Dellit, an award winning teacher talks to us about how she developed her program and how it's still evolving. Love Laugh Swim: Teachers have the ability to influence students in ways we cant imagine.

30:36

Programming Series: Sarah Morris from Central Queensland

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/06/18

What goes into a program? How do people create their own programs? What can Teachers do if they don't like the programming being offered? To kick off this series, I spoke with Sarah Morris, a fierce defender of her program to find out how she created it and what teachers can do if they don't like or disagree with the programming being offered.

41:50

COVID: Considerations on Restarting

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/06/04

It was great to catch up with Darren Lange, from Darren Lange Swimming Academy in Toowoomba, in Australia, after 16 years! An Olympic Swimmer and swim school owner for 26 years, Darren talks to us today about what considerations swim school owners have to think about before they can re-open as the COVID-19 Pandemic restriction are slowly lifted. Darren talks about his survey of his customers, teachers and other swim school owners and a few things teachers may not have considered regarding

28:22

Part 2: Returning to Work - UK

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/05/29

As swim schools start preparing (some already returned) to work, teachers need to know what changes they may come across when returning to work. Let's face it, teaching swimming is going to look very different for quite some time! What this will look like may be totally different for each country, state, local council, shire, facility and teacher. I have interviewed three swim schools from three different countries, Heidi Pare - USA, Michael Phelps Swimming Saskia Kirby - Aus, Kirby Swim Mark

30:56

Part 1: Returning to Work: What will it look like?

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/05/29

25:35

International Water Safety Day: Autism Swim Safety

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/05/15

Children with ASD are 160x more likely to drown than children without ASD. Autism Swim is an organisation who has set out to change that. On International Water Safety Day 2020 it's vital this key statistic is shared among our industry so we can help make changes for some of our most vulnerable populations. Listen to Erika Gleeson's water story and check out her work at www.autismswim.com.au

39:45

What Can Be!

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/05/08

Roslyn Laurie is a celebrated author and an award-winning swimming teacher. Her journey through this life has been challenging and the lessons she has learned by raising three children, two of whom have autism, she's now ready to share. Join us in this episode as Ros shares her secrets and discusses how to work with children with autism. The wonder woman will also share a little about her journey to gaining her insightful knowledge. Ros' story is heartbreaking. She is filled with courage,

15:13

Facebook Support Groups

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/05/01

More support is available in many social media groups. Alena Sarri takes us through her Facebook Groups (The Swim Instructors Group, Instructor Courses, Instructor Jobs) and why she created them. We are not JUST swimming teachers! We are Aquatic Educators!

29:41

Social Media: Friend or Foe

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/04/24

Tori Karg de Almeida talks to Joy about the pros and cons of Social Media during the COIVD-19 pandemic. A swimming teacher and swim school owner from South Africa, Tori also runs her marketing company specifically for swim schools. Tori's passion for swimming and marketing shines through as she explains why it's important swim schools and business owners stay on top of their social media accounts now. "Now is the time to Shine!" www.shineswimschoolmarketing.com

35:47

Worldwide Support

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/03/30

Catching up with ASCTA, STA, Austswim, & Starfish Aquatics to find out what support there is for teachers and owners during this time.

30:57

LTS Aquatics in Response to COVID-19

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/03/25

Today I caught up with Swim Australia's Executive Director, Gary Toner and Amanda Allen from the Shanghai American School who talk about their experience amid COVID-19 Pandemic and what this might mean for the future of Learn to Swim. #WeALLSwimTogether

29:14

Take it from a Parent!

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/03/20

What do parents really want? Valeria Goble is a parent of a young swimming and water safety student. What does she want from her lessons?

19:09

Intensives Vs Weekly Lessons

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/03/06

In this episode Julia Wood talks about the study Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre is doing with Deakin University in regards to intensives versus weekly lessons. She also ties that to parent satisfaction - what can we do to keep parents happy the education we provide their children?

25:44

School Swimming Lessons

The Joy of Aquatics ·

2020/02/21

School swimming can be a challenge for many teachers… Why is it so challenging and how can we do it better? School Swimming Legend, Bernie Wilson talks the ins and outs of the school swimming season.

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