Our mission is to ensure that everyone has the skills and knowledge to be safe around and in any body of water, be it a pool, lake, or ocean. We find students excel using our “unstructured-structured” lesson plan. We use our unique method of giving swim lessons to ensure students not only learn safety but also enjoy the water!

Unstructured-Structured Swim Lessons

What is an unstructured swim lesson? We believe that every student learns differently. Our instructors use the Red Cross WSI guidelines, as many others do, which is the structured part. What makes us unique is that we use the “structure” in an “unstructured” way and adapt to the student’s needs. Our lesson plans are never the same for any student or even each lesson. The instructor learns the students and adapts the lessons according to their needs. 

Repetition is essential for learning, but following the same routine can make every lesson boring and eventually slow progress. We use repetitive skills but change them up so the student doesn’t associate the activities as being the same.

For instance, blowing bubbles, doing 10 submerging bobs, making chipmunk faces, and retrieving objects from the bottom of the pool are all practicing breath control. Did you know breaststroke can be improved using a kickboard or hula hoops? A child typically has an average attention span of 3-6 minutes for each year old. Our lessons are set to be 30 minutes long. The majority of our students aren’t able to swim for the full 30 minutes without their minds wandering off or giving up on lessons altogether. We use simple steps to keep the lessons moving forward and the student’s attention for the entire 30 minutes! 

Not all kids of the same age are developmentally equal. No student should be controlled in the water by their differences in coordination, motor functioning, and general comfortability. Our Wembley Club Way of swimming lessons allows everyone to learn!