Leon Fryer is one of the founding coaches of Swimyourswim, member of the International Ice Swimming Association and specialist cold water / ice swimming coach.
Today we are discussing all things cold water / ice swimming, how to start, what we need to be aware of, ice swimming as a sport and Leon will be sharing his top 5 tips.
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The importance of being trauma informed and the impact we can then have within aquatics
In this episode, Janine Ramsey from Trauma Informed Aquatics discusses the importance of being trauma informed and the impact we can then have within aquatics. Janine has extensive experience and qualifications in swimming teaching, swim teacher education, counselling, traumatic stress and child safeguarding. She is currently a Child Safeguarding Advisor for the Department of Health, in Tasmania, Australia and provides specialist consultancy services to the aquatics industry worldwide in the area of trauma-informed aquatics. Often the term expert can be overused, however Janine is a true expert within this field and incredibly passionate about educating people on being trauma informed.
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What it means to be inclusive
Within this episode Antoinette Spear, General Manager at Autism Swim, discusses what it means to be inclusive, inclusive language we can use and some top tips /changes we can make to ensure we are supporting everyone within our lessons, and facilities.
Autism Swim are the world leaders in inclusive aquatics, offering high quality online specialist training in aquatics and neurodiversity and they now have Autism Swim Approved providers in over 26 countries, incredible.
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Discussing swimming teachers with Emma Lewis, National Aquatics Manager for GLL
This episode Emma Lewis, National Aquatics Manager for GLL, discusses swimming teachers, what makes them great, how we recruit them and how we keep them motivated.
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Keeping Our Pools Clean with Chris Bateman, STA’s Pool Plant Technical Advisor
This episode features Chris Bateman, STA’s Pool Plant Technical Advisor, who discusses how to keep our pool water clean and best practice within the pool plant. Chris will be sharing his 5 top tips to help us keep pools clean.
Welcome to the STA podcast, discussing all things swimming, lifesaving, first aid and leisure operations. Join the STA team and a special guest each episode to dive deeper into a specific area or topic within the wonderful world of leisure.
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