Family

What a swimming coach can realistically change in twelve months — from scratch to comfortable swimmer, from fear to confidence, from a broken stroke to a rebuilt one. What takes longer, and what is not a coaching goal at all.

Competent pool swimmers have bad open-water swims because sighting, bilateral breathing and crowd tolerance are separate skills. A coaching guide to training all three before race day.

A step-by-step coaching method for learning to float in water. Explains why most adults sink, the correct head position and breathing technique, and a four-lesson sequence.

How the Marina Bay Sand Pool infinity edge actually works, why it is a leisure pool rather than a lap pool, and the supervision rules families need.

The snorkelling reef, the wave pool and the slides each assume a different water skill. A coach walks through what to practise before you go.

Water parks are where a child’s real swimming ability shows up. What a coach watches at Wild Wild Wet, and the supervision rules that matter most.