Star Swim Schools was established on the principle that water skills and safety are invaluable life lessons. As one of Cranbourne’s premier swimming schools, Star provides adults and children alike with a nurturing environment in which to develop their swimming abilities. We are also pleased to be registered as SWIM Schools Australia!
About Us
Star Swim Schools was established with the understanding that water skills and safety are invaluable life lessons for babies, offering quality training sessions and tangible results for students through our developmentally appropriate learn-to-swim environment. Our 49-week year-round baby swimming lessons Clyde ensure consistent learning opportunities to accelerate progression through levels faster. Located at Erina we boast a state-of-the-art 7 lane 25m indoor heated pool providing you with all the space you require for learn-to-swim lessons.
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Learn to Swim
No matter, if you are an adult learning to swim for the first time or an elementary school student looking to enhance your skills, establishing comfort in water, is a prerequisite for progress. This includes becoming adept at entering and exiting pools even without an accessible ladder nearby.
Ideally, this involves practicing swimming in a safe and controlled environment such as a public pool or swim school. Furthermore, learning proper breathing techniques can help relax and build up confidence when in the water.
Another way of learning swimming is by finding an experienced swimming instructor. They will show you proper swimming strokes and lifesaving techniques, as well as the correct form for each stroke – something especially essential for beginners. Once comfortable in the water, confident swimmers can explore its benefits.
Adults Swimming Lessons
Swimming lessons for adults can be invaluable, and learning at an older age needn’t necessarily be more difficult than when learning as a child. Furthermore, our instructors have experience working with students of all levels of ability – our lessons are the perfect opportunity for adults looking to increase their aquatic proficiency!
Royal Life Saving Society Australia recently conducted research that provides insight into the types of adult learn-to-swim programs available across Australia and demonstrated that most participants still failed to reach national benchmarks at the end of their program.
Baby Swimming Benefits
Water strengthens their muscles, encouraging independent movement while improving balance and co-ordination outside of the pool. Swimming builds nerve pathways; research shows that 4-year-olds who swam as babies retain better memory retention than non-swimmers.
Baby swimming is an energetic activity that utilizes their entire body, while simultaneously improving digestion and sleeping patterns.
Bonding Time
Swimming not only builds core muscle strength, but is an invaluable way of strengthening their lungs and heart as well. Swimming also stimulates both sides of their brain simultaneously which creates important neural pathways necessary for learning and memory development.
One-on-one time during a swim lesson provides parents and babies the perfect chance to create special bonds, especially those more dependent or fearful in water. For younger babies this could be especially special!
Before beginning swimming lessons, getting your baby comfortable in water is also essential. Playing in the bath, gently splashing it over their body, and conversing are all effective ways of building their trust and association with swimming. Once they feel more at ease in water, they’re more willing to learn in it, so don’t delay in getting your little ones in a pool as soon as you can!
Confidence
Early exposure to water can help your baby feel more at ease with it. Even if they don’t want to submerge themselves initially, playing games in the water like reaching for toys floating at the surface can build confidence and encourage exploration.
Being immersed in water can be both exciting and stimulating to a baby’s brain, helping develop better motor skills while potentially decreasing their risk of drowning.
Keep swimming sessions as regular as possible to help your child adjust to it, making it part of their weekly routine and helping them feel proud of their progress even if it means only spending a few minutes in the water. Making sessions fun through games, songs and colourful floating toys will also make them feel at ease in the water.
Physical Development
Baby swimming lessons provide an exercise regime designed to gently stretch every muscle in your child’s body from their legs and arms to their heart and lungs. Swimming strengthens both physical and neural pathways within their brains while improving cardiovascular wellness.
Studies demonstrate that infants who learn to swim are ahead of their peers in developing both gross and fine motor skills, such as balance and self-propelled movement. Furthermore, studies show they possess greater spatial orientation skills – they follow instructions more easily in swim class settings or at home.
Babies who regularly attend swim classes tend to develop better balance, which contributes to early crawling and walking skills. Furthermore, they’re capable of holding their breath underwater – an indicator of healthy lung development – while learning to swim may even promote improved eating and sleeping patterns – an added bonus for parents!
Safety
Drowning remains one of the main causes of young child death, so it’s vital that infants and toddlers learn how to swim from an early age. Doing so will enable them to remain safe around water later on and could even help overcome any fears they might have regarding it.
Swimming can also help your baby develop their coordination. Moving their arms and legs at the same time in water will build muscles required to sit up, crawl under furniture, cruise furniture and eventually walk.
Aquatherapy is an easy and safe form of exercise for the heart and lungs, stimulating appetite stimulation which may benefit babies with upset tummies. Furthermore, the one-to-one time you have with your baby in warm water helps strengthen bonds as both of you focus on one another instead of distractions like TV and cell phones – reminding them of the comfort they experienced in utero.
Final Verdict
At Swimming class Clyde, our adult classes cater to swimmers ranging from beginners to triathletes. Sessions focus on stroke development, fitness training, and speed work to keep swimmers challenged and interested. Once adults reach green swim school benchmarks, they may advance into Swim School where they refine freestyle while improving endurance – private lessons may also be offered.
