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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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Happy Women’s Day: #BreaktheBias, together!

Wish all the women in our swimming community, including swim teachers, swim coaches and swimmers a very Happy Women’s Day! This year let’s #BreaktheBias together! Happy Women’s Day! This year’s theme is ‘Breaking the Bias’ #BreaktheBias, a clarion call more relevant

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Tips to stay safe before, during and after floods this monsoon

Thanks to climate change, India is witnessing extreme monsoons that is only getting worse year on year. In the monsoon of 2018, 1200 people died and 70 lakh people were affected across the country, as per the Home Ministry statistics. This

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The Unlocking of Grace in Swimming

The synonyms of Grace: Agility. Beauty. Elegance. Decency. Decorum. For a passionate swimmer, this word evokes the act of swimming itself. Swimming Matters digs deeper into the nuances of this inspiring word, and explores its importance, its practice, its practitioners and

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The Life and Times of a Swim Teacher

“Swim Teaching is a job with multiple things at stake. Safety of the students, correct fundamentals and imparting water safety and awareness skills are important parts of my job. As a Swim Teacher, on my shoulders rests the responsibility of teaching

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How to Build Trust – A Swim Teacher’s Guide

Eight year old Santosh refused to attend his swim class in school. It started with excuses of aches and pains, grew to sulking and whining, and soon escalated to bouts of terrified crying. Santosh started to have psychosomatic illnesses that made

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