Setting Swimmers, and their Future Coaches, Up for Success

At SwimSmart USA, we have developed a proven progression of skill tracks, based on national water safety and stroke building models, to help your young swimmers gain water confidence and vital safety skills, while building a proper foundation for each of the four competitive strokes. 

We are offering this lifetime of tested work at reasonable "Pay Once" Licensee pricing to competitive teams and established swim clubs in order to give back to the industry that has given SwimSmart leaders so much. SwimSmart USA operates with a firm national goal to give the life-saving gift of swim to as many children as possible, while bringing a new generation of excited and prepared young competitors into the sport. 

We have worked hard to ensure this program is not cost-prohibitive to your organization, but there is a catch.  We have watched and listened and are not afraid to say that we believe YOU, as team and club coaches and professionals, and those under your close tutelage, are the ideal Learn to Swim Instructors for youth swimmers who have the goal of being on a competitive team one day.  We have learned year over year that it is worth your busy swim professionals' investment of time. 

There is a known national swim instructor shortage, and therefore many local Learn to Swim programs end up offering lessons from poorly-equipped instructors with very little personal exposure to the water or sport.  We are so grateful for the water safety skills shared at these programs, but as tenured and certified Coaches ourselves, we know first-hand how many 8 and U swimmers arrive at their first team practice with bad habits already in need of breaking.   Some of these habits, including scissors kicks, breath holding and head lifts are huge set backs for a competitive young swimmer and create huge time challenges for the 8 and U coach.

We believe in a Learn to Swim + Ready for Team model that pays experienced swim professionals, or dedicated aspiring ones with lots of time in the sport, generously to add a high-quality lesson shift to their week for the benefit of your future swimmers and team.   We are seeking to share our materials directly with teams and swim clubs, who are ready to invest their experienced professionals' time into a Lessons Program.  We believe your experienced Team staff (or your retired staff, or your carefully vetted aspiring young staff) will be more likely to enforce proper body position and steady flutter kick in your preschoolers, because they better understand the long-term need for it.  Similarly, your coaches will be more likely to enforce a tight streamline with head tucked on those first sitting dives, thanks to racing start progressions training they are used to.  We are offering this tried program to tenured swim professionals because we care about this product and we care about our swimmers' success.  If this sounds right for your team, know that we've done the hard work and can provide your staff the right tools.  

You can be up and running with a high-quality small-group lessons program within weeks!

The Hard Work is Done, but There is a Catch

We are Different

The SwimSmart USA curriculum showcases five industry-standard Learn to Swim and Ready for Team skill sets, each of which follow thoughtful progressions through all four levels of lessons.  Unlike other Learn to Swim programs, we build in time to touch all five skill tracks every class, but have the experience to tailor our curriculum and training for instructors readying them to teach to the needs of the individual child.  Knowing the challenge when children in group lessons progress at different rates on different skills, we believe our curriculum is an industry-leader in providing the most support possible to instructors, whom we have watched and listened to for decades.

SwimSmart's four levels of small-group lessons span first-time 3 year old Learn to Swim participants through 6-8 year olds who are now ready for (success!!!) on Team.   We are here to share our unique programming to  help you develop water-safe young children, then support them through early racing stroke development.

1. Breath Control Skills progress over four levels from basic bubbles, through rhythmic bobs, to proper breathing timing across all four strokes

2. Front Skills progress over four levels from a supported front float, through streamline kick reps, to side-breathing freestyle with a streamline breakout

3. Back Skills progress over four levels from a tolerating water in our ears, through the lifesaving float roll, to team-ready backstroke with basic stroke counts under the flags

4. Deep Water Skills progress over four levels from safe wall exits, through treading water, to a freestyle dive following USA Swimming racing start progressions

5. Competitive Stroke and Wall Skills are built from the earliest age and level with careful attention to head and hip position, breathing timing, legal kicks, and efficient wall skills at every chance - this is where we stand out and seek motivated Licensees to consider  SwimSmart USA for your future Lessons Program!

We believe in PLAY!  Our silent skill track is PLAY.  We encourage our Licensee partners to build in an extra class, or free, guarded open swims for your swimmers' families, for your program participants.  We firmly believe that through pool PLAY a young swimmers' endurance increases, their water sense improves and breath timing naturalizes!  

When your team adds dedicated "coach instructors", weekly fun, positive reinforcement and basic goal-setting to our tested curriculum, your team, too, can foster early success and life-long love of this sport in your youngest swimmers!

With just two lanes, two hours and three "Coach Instructors" each week, you can do wonders for the future of your team. 

Reach out today!