Day: June 23, 2026

Teachers Day Special: Teaching lessons in the times of Covid

This Teachers Day, Swimming Matters explores how the Covid19 pandemic and continued lockdowns on swimming pools have affected, impacted or even inspired swim teachers. These are stories of evolution – about how this thoroughly unprecedented and unexpected situation changed them as

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‘You Matter’ – Celebrating Swim Teachers’ well-being on Teachers Day 2019

In a first-of-its-kind training session for swim teachers, Swimming Matters hosted “You Matter”, a special session focused on swim teachers’ well-being, to celebrate Teachers’ Day on Sept 8 at Group Therapy Studio in Bangalore. Maya Menon, one of India’s leading teacher

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Father’s Day Special: Heartfelt Musings from Swim Dads

We wish all swim dads a happy Father’s Day! Fathers are special. Their love, care and support are the pillars of strength that motivate swimmers to take the plunge and achieve their potential. We celebrate Father’s Day with heartwarming stories from

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Friendship Day: What do swim friends do?

This blog post is contributed by Khushi Dinesh. Khushi is an international swimmer, who has been swimming since she was three years old. Based out of Bangalore, Khushi is a student of Science at Sophia High School. So what is friendship?

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Friendship Day Special: Friendships by the Pool

Swimming Matters takes a peek into some deep friendships that sustain India’s leading competitive swimmers, both in the pool and out. Aaron D’Souza Aaron with Sandeep Sejwal As a 12 year old kid who had just come from Bombay to Bangalore

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Senior Citizen Swim Teachers

Read here the stories of some of our teachers who entered the classroom post the age of 60 to become Teachers of Swimming & Water Safety! Arun Merchant, Gopinath MM and Noshir Bulsara joined the AUSTSWIM Teacher of Swimming and Water

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Passion for Swimming: Masters Swimmers to Swim Teachers

Masters Swimmers are passionate about swimming and enjoy the thrill of a good competition at any age. Swim Teachers on the other hand get satisfaction when their students learn to enjoy and be safe in, on or around water for life

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What Kind of Swim Mom are you?

Krishna Dalal, as Swim Mom to Saloni and Sahil Dalal, has been spending 2-5 hours, five days a week, for the past 14 years, in the viewing gallery watching her children swim…and observing other swim moms on the side. In this

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Mother’s Day Special: Swim Mom. Teacher. Learner

A mother is a child’s first teacher, and a lifelong learner from her child too!  Swim moms of India’s leading competitive swimmers share the most important lesson they have taught their child, and the one lesson they have learnt from him

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