October 2010 Blog Posts (6)

Hiring Swim Instructors

When I hire swim instructors, I am looking to hire “classy” people. Look for someone you believe is not just clean in appearance, but also clean minded. Classy people know when to talk. Most people talk without thinking. Classy people don’t. Even little things like good manners say a lot about a person. I admire people who always show consideration to others even when they don’t show it back. Classy people don’t use foul or derogatory language. Did you know swearing was something Coach John… Continue

Added by Jim Reiser on October 30, 2010 at 6:41am — No Comments

Swim Instructor Evaluation

If you’re going to have a great swim school staff, as a swim school owner, you have to do a number of things well:

1. Have a proven approach to selecting and hiring (and yes, even firing).

2. Have a full-proof swim instructor-training program (one swim school owner who uses the Swim Lessons University curriculum called it “foolproof!” What a complement, LOL!)

3. Have ways of holding your…

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Added by Jim Reiser on October 28, 2010 at 10:42am — No Comments

URL for the Learn To Swim Show

The Learn To Swim Show is here.
It's Thursdays at 1 p.m. Eastern time, Beginning October 28, 2010.

Added by Melon Dash on October 26, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments

How Could a Learn-to-Swim Radio Program Be Effective?

On October 28, 2010, Miracle Swimming Institute will begin hosting a radio pilot program, "The Learn To Swim Show." It will be available to listeners around the world, Thursdays at 1 p.m. Florida time and 10 a.m. California time on the internet at WorldTalkRadio.com.

If you put a beginning swim class of adults into a pool, they’re usually apprehensive. The first thing you want to ask them is, “What…

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Added by Melon Dash on October 20, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

The Learn To Swim Show Launches October 28

What if everyone in the world who couldn't swim listened to internet World Talk Radio on October 28, 2010 and heard that they're not weird for not being able to swim? That they aren't failures? That it's not their fault that they've tried lessons over and over and haven't become swimmers? Do you think those people might feel a little better about not being able to swim?

Do you think if I presented them with an outline of what happened to swimming instruction in the beginning and if… Continue

Added by Melon Dash on October 3, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments