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AUSTSWIM Licensed Swim Teachers: Certified Game changers

In our growing, diverse and vibrant community of AUSTSWIM licensed swim teachers with Swimming Matters, there is space for every kind of aspirant – age, gender, education no bar! We have students, entrepreneurs, corporate professionals, retired managers, housewives and even Olympians

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Hey Guys, Let’s Talk Periods!

Every year on May 28, to mark World Menstrual Hygiene Day, Swimming Matters supports the global campaign to promote awareness and support for menstrual hygiene. We celebrate as more and more women make peace with their bodies and bring out something

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Period & Swimming: A Mother’s perspective!

A mother shares her experience of her competitive swimmer daughter coming of age She is 11, 12, 13, 14… questions were asked.  Has she hit puberty? Not yet?  WOW that’s late.  Finally she did get her period and I did not

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World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2020: Menstruation is Normal. Period!

Swimming Matters joins hands with millions of women across the globe today to celebrate World Menstrual Hygiene Day. It is a day to break the silence, raise awareness and change negative social norms around periods and menstrual hygiene, especially among swimmers.

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Dare to Dive! You can Swim during your Periods

Swimming during menstruation is perfectly fine and periods should not be a reason for women to stop engaging with water. Image By: Bri Hammond, taken taken to promote ‘Crimson Tide’, a water ballet celebrating the menstrual cycle As a girl or

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Australian organisation AUSTSWIM and Swimming Matters make swim teaching more inclusive in India

AUSTSWIM and Swimming Matters are excited to announce its initiative “Swimming for All: Making Teaching of Swimming and Water Safety Inclusive,” which was made possible through partial funding from the Australian Consulate-General, Bengaluru. This initiative will see AUSTSWIM extension courses this

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Say YES to Swimming – How to Talk about Swimming to Your Children

At one, we bundle our children in swathes of cotton and wool. At two, we tell them that water is dangerous. At three, we warn them against speaking to strangers. Then, at four (or older), we spot an attractive advertisement for

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Signing up for swimming lessons? Things you should know

Swimming and Water Safety education is important. So when should learning start, what should you look for, how long will it take and how will you recognise quality programs? It can be confusing; here are a few tips to assist. What

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Why Your Child Should Learn To Swim Safely and Correctly

[Munazza Habibulla is the Business Head at Swimming Matters. Pushed off the diving board at the deep end in her first learn to swim class as a child, she developed a fear of water that lasted through her growing up years.

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Swim Teacher Vs Swim Coach: Spot the difference

If you observe advertisements for swim lessons in India, almost all of them make a marked reference to a “Swim Coach”. I find the idea quite problematic. A coach is akin to a college professor. Would you have a college professor

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