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How long will it take for my child to learn how to swim traditional strokes?

Learning traditional swimming strokes with us / By ISA

Please note, the following charts are an estimate of how long it will take to perform each stroke effectively, based on an “average” swimmer (with consistent attendance and no other external factors which can affect progress and who has already completed our Beginner and Intermediate levels). How quickly your child moves through the levels depends […]

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Is there another way to learn more about teaching the ISA way?

ISA Qualified Instructor Training Programmes / By ISA

We currently only run the Qualified Instructor Training as an intensive training. We have run several ISA seminars over the past few years to give people a taste of what we do. We don’t currently have any ISA seminars planned, but if you would like to arrange a specific workshop for your own swimming school,

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How much does the Traditional Stroke Programme cost?

ISA Qualified Instructor Training Programmes / By ISA

The Traditional Strokes training programmes fee is £6.000 per instructor when you come to our own location. The instructor training is set in a private or semi-private layout- up to 2 instructor students. If you would like us to travel to your own pool or to become an ISA swimming school, please get in touch

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How much does the Stroke Transition Programme cost?

ISA Qualified Instructor Training Programmes / By ISA

The Stroke Transition training programmes fee is £6.000 per instructor when you come to our own location. The instructor training is set in a private or semi-private layout- up to 2 instructor students. If you would like us to travel to your own pool or to become an ISA swimming school, please get in touch

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Factors that slow down the learning process

More about our lessons, More about our lessons for babies, More about our lessons for children with special and/or additional needs / By ISA

Children attending other activities like ballet sometimes try to copy movements from those classes, eg. the tight, straight “ballerina legs” as opposed to the relaxed legs needed for swimming. We’re not saying you should stop these activities at all – just be aware that there may be some confusion! Babies, toddlers and children attending the

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How do you recognise a swimmer’s achievements?

Following your child's progress / By ISA

We like to help our swimmers mark their achievements each term by carrying out an assessment 2-3 weeks before the term finishes. Once all the assessments have been completed, we will send an electronic award like the one below to the email you provide on sign up. You could save these all to a file

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Learn Traditional Strokes Programme (Instructors)

By ISA

What is the Traditional Strokes Programme? On the ISA Traditional Strokes Programme you will benefit from a personalised learning experience to learn the most efficient way to teach traditional swimming strokes; without the use of floats, the bottom or the side of the pool. You will master teaching these strokes via the 4 main focus

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Learn the Stroke Transition Programme (Instructors)

By ISA

What is the Stroke Transition Programme? On this programme you will learn the most effective way to transition your swimmers from the rollback-and-float technique (learnt in the Water Safety Programme) to traditional strokes. You will learn to teach the correct streamlined body position in preparation for teaching strokes. This teaching programme is important to effectively

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What language are the instructor training programmes delivered in?

ISA Qualified Instructor Training Programmes / By ISA

The children attending the training in Spain are Spanish. We have already delivered two instructor training to no Spanish speakers successfully. We will support you in learning with the necessary Spanish keywords to teach your students. It is important to remember that we teach babies, toddlers and non-verbal swimmers using a combination of verbal cues

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Who sources the children to attend the instructor training programmes?

ISA Qualified Instructor Training Programmes / By ISA

We will commit to finding you approximately 20 children of various ages, for the Water Safety Programme and, approximately 10 children for the Stroke Transition and the Traditional Stroke training programme to learn with while training with us. If you are requesting your training at your own pool, please request more information when talking to

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