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Delivering and attending Professional Development Workshops are Gold

Introduction of a Professional Development Workshop I had the absolute pleasure in travelling to Cooktown to run a professional development workshop on behalf of AUSTSWIM. The great thing about these types of workshops is we need swimmers. The swimmers get to participate in 4-5 sessions over two days and therefore also get technique improvement. I

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Swimming Through Winter

Living in Brisbane we are blessed with the mildest of winters. Our daytime temps linger in the 20’s and our nights rarely slip into single digits. Even so, those rogue colder days and that little chill in the morning and evening air can have the best of us looking for an out from our swim

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How Long Will It Take?

How Long Will It Take to Learn to Swim? This would be right up there in the top five questions we are asked constantly as instructors and coaches. The other four we will save for another day. Our go to and truthful short answer is, “each swimmer is an individual and results will be completely

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Indoor Vs Outdoor Swimming

The indoor v’s outdoor swimming debate is as old as the pineapple on pizza debate. Whilst for swimming spectators the lure of a controlled environment may be the deciding factor when choosing a swim school, there are other factors to consider. That Chlorine Smell We are all familiar with the smell of chlorine. The smell

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