Swimming Lessons for Women

A typical curriculum of women’s swimming lessons would include:

1. Water safety: We will teach adult students how to be safe in and around water, including pool rules and basic water survival skills.
2. Breathing techniques: Instructors will teach students how to coordinate their breathing with the swimming environment, which is crucial for swimming.
3. Basic floating: Students will learn how to float on their front (easier than laying back to float). Floating with the face in the water is the foundation for swimming.
4. Arm and leg movements: Students will learn how to use their arms and legs to propel themselves through the water.
5. Strokes: Instructors will teach basic freestyle and breaststroke, and how to swim them correctly and efficiently.
6. Endurance building: Breathing with the strokes are the key for swimming longer distances. In the process endurance was built and overall fitness level improved.
7. Advanced techniques: Instructors may teach other strokes such as backstroke and butterfly, and also treading water where applicable.

Actual lesson progress and skills taught would depend on the skill level and overall progress of the students. We tend to offer a flexible programme to cater best for our students.

A sample curriculum of lessons can be found [here].

Freestyle, also known as the front crawl, may seem challenging to learn by most people. However, by our experience and proper instruction, learning to swim freestyle is fast and easy.

After learning the basics of floating, the movements of the arm and leg are pretty easy and need minimal coordination. The sideward breathing of freestyle may be tricky to most, but with the feedback from our experienced instructor to make corrections and refinement of body position and movement, with persisted practice, most people can swim freestyle comfortably in a short time.

Thus, although freestyle may not seem to be easy to learn at first, it is definitely achievable for most people with our approach and proper guidance.

Some people consider breaststroke easier to learn than freestyle. Breaststroke is slower and physically less demanding. Swimmer uses a rhythmic kick and arm movement to move through the water in breaststroke, its long breathing time with head above water also make breaststroke a popular choice for beginner swimmers.

However, breaststroke has a more complex motion and requires more coordination, making it more challenging to learn for newbie swimmers.

On the other hand, freestyle has a simple and straightforward arm and leg motion, and it allows swimmers to move quickly through the water, making it a more efficient stroke. Thus, from our experience, freestyle is generally considered to be easier to learn than breaststroke.

Having said that, with our proper instruction and your practice, anyone can learn to swim both freestyle and breaststroke effectively.

In backstroke, the swimmers float on their back and use flutter kicks and alternating arm movements to move through the water. With their face out of water, breathing is easier.

However, as you cannot see what is coming in front of you, there would be a lack of security and not particularly suitable for a place like Hong Kong that is packed with people everywhere.

This swimming course is targeting students with beginners’ level to intermediate level. Butterfly is widely considered the most difficult swimming stroke to learn, as it requires the most coordination and physical effort, therefore it is not automatically included in the curriculum.

In butterfly stroke, the swimmer uses simultaneous arm and leg movements to propel through water. The technique is most complex and requires precise coordination of the arms, legs, and body movement. Beginners, with less experience in swimming, would find it difficult to learn and master.

That being said, if you have the proper level of strength, endurance, flexibility, and experience in swimming, please talk to us and we would guide you towards the right class to join.

For a beginner, it may take from around 10 to 20 hours of instruction and practice to master basic swimming skills and feel comfortable in the water. This is the reason that we design the course to be a seven-session 90-minute course, with totals to around 10 hours.

Of course, the amount of time it takes for an average person, especially an adult, to learn swimming can vary greatly, depending on an individual’s prior experience, physical ability, and determination to succeed.

From experience, some people pick up the basics fairly quickly with just a few lessons, especially if they are already psychologically comfortable in the water. Other students may need more time and practice. With proper instruction and feedback from instructors, and regular practice and persistence, most people can learn to swim effectively.

Swimming is a continuous process and there is always room for improvement. Even if you know swimming already, it is always good to come to our lessons to make corrections and refine your swimming techniques.

Treading water involves keeping the head above water and maintaining a position of balance in the water by kicking and paddling with the arms. Treading water requires coordination, balance, and core strength, as well as the ability to continuously move your legs and arms to stay afloat.

Treading water can be a challenging skill to learn, especially if you are new to swimming. After students have mastered basic strokes, and become more comfortable and confident in the water, then the instructor can move on to offer this advanced or optional skill for those who are interested and ready for it. The key to mester treading water is to practice regularly and work on building your strength, endurance, and techniques.

If you are in particular interested in treading water, please discuss your goals and needs with the instructor to ensure you are getting the most out of your swimming lessons, and become proficient at treading water.