With winter fast approaching, leading swim school Kingswim is highlighting the importance of why swimming lessons should be a top priority, even when it’s cold outside.
For many children, finding availability with swim centres during summer has been tough due to long wait lists and density caps.
Kingswim area manager, Anne Brown, says that after potentially missing out on summer lessons, the cooler months provide a great opportunity for parents to take advantage of quieter lesson enrollment periods.
“While swimming lessons should be a priority all year round, families who are yet to re-enroll or enroll for the first time, should use this opportunity to get a head start on preparing for the busy summer ahead, with some wait lists as long as two months prior to Christmas.
“Quite often kids don’t want to play outdoor sports in the cooler months and it can be a struggle thinking of indoor activities to keep them occupied that don’t involve a screen, however swimming is the perfect way for children to keep fit while still remaining warm,’
“With Kingswim’s heated pools and state of the art facilities, it’s easy to dip your toes into swimming lessons.” says Anne.
Once you’re in the pool it’s easy to stay there all lesson, but the hardest part of winter swimming for our students tends to be the journey from the car to the centre so Anne has prepared some helpful tips to make the process as easy for the family as possible.
Before arriving at your swimming lesson
To make sure your child is ready and prepared for their swim lesson, changing them into their bathers at home can make this a smoother process and help get them excited for their upcoming lesson.
Don’t forget to prepare a swim bag ahead of time, with a spare change of clothes, towel, swimming gear and extra layers will ensure your children will beat the winter chill and guarantee nothing is forgotten at home.
For any kids with hair that can be hard to tame, a swimming cap will keep their hair dry and tangle free.
If you do forget something at home, Kingswim staff are equipped to help with anything you may need from an umbrella, nappies, towels or anything else you may need.
After your swimming lesson
If your lesson is in the evening, shower and change your children into their pjs at your local Kingswim to save changing again once you get home, which means more time to spend together ahead of dinner or bedtime.
For any kids that get peckish after their lesson, some pre-prepared snacks like cut up veggies or fruit, will keep them satisfied until you make it home.
Swimming will release feel-good endorphins from the exercise, relax your children’s bodies and guarantee a good night’s rest that will have parents see a fuss-free bedtime routine.
Often kids can be reluctant to get into the water when it’s so cold out, but once they’re in and learning important life skills like water safety, confidence, coordination and improving on their fitness and social skills, they’ll be thanking you in the long run.
About Kingswim
Kingswim has taught more than 18 million swim lessons to Aussie kids over the last 30 years. Kingswim offers programs for babies from 12 weeks of age, right through to graduate level swimmers, who graduate being able to freestyle one kilometre nonstop. Kingswim has 20 centres across the country. For more information on programs and the benefits of childhood swimming lessons please visit www.kingswim.com.au.
