This programme contains full recordings which have already taken place at STA Conference 2022 at Leicester Marriott.
Open Water Safety Panel
There will be an expert panel discussing and answering open water swimming based questions. The panel consists of open water Olympic medalist Keri-anne Payne, Professor Mike Tipton, ice swimmer and open water coach Leon Fryer and Dr Heather Massey
Julie Kamara – How retained reflexes can impact your learn to swim programme
We are all born with primitive reflexes. Reflexes are a baby’s friend in the first year – they help the baby to Thrive and Survive. For some of us these reflexes integrate into our bodily systems with ease, for others retained reflexes can be detrimental to our developmental timeline. Why is it important to consider reflexes in our swimming classes? Because swimming requires co-ordinated and fluid movement. If reflexes are still operating in children’s system, they will hinder all swim strokes, safety skills and swim practices. We will look at two common challenges in children, We know that some swimming teachers are seeing:
- A lack of rotation or over rotating in children
- A resistance to back work, the fear of being on the back or an inability to relax into a supine position
Do you ever wonder why some children find back work difficult beyond?
Do you ever wonder why some children find rotating to breathe difficult?
We’ll briefly outline which reflexes support or hinder the above practices and bring an awareness to the importance of understanding Reflexes in the Aquatic Environment. I look forward to seeing you all!
Dawn Whittaker – Developing Neurodiverse Communication and Education Strategies to Advance Water Safety
Understanding the different ways children and adults with neurodiverse conditions think, learn, process, behave and react is vital for advancing communications in water safety education. During this seminar, Dawn Whittaker will share her personal and professional experience to change the way you might think about neurodiversity and how you can tailor your communications to effect positive change in water safety education.
Aquabatix – Practical Pool Session
Let’s get Artistic. Join Aquabatix in the pool for a practical session covering how to teach a variety of core artistic swimming skills. Featuring body balance drills, enhanced sculling techniques and team work, the session promises to be fun and informative and provide you with an enhanced set of creative aquatic skills to add to your everyday swimming lessons.
- CPD Value
- ½ Point
- Cost
- £18.00
- Validity of Programme
- This programme does not expire.
- Length of Programme
- Approximately 2 hours 11 minutes.
- Assessment Criteria
- None.