Tampa Bay Aquatics

Recipe for success:
1. Dream
2. Plan
3. Work
4. Persist
5. Refocus then go to the next level

Passionate and committed
Are you creating a positive environment in your team? Or are you one of the ones making the negative comments.

Are you a champion that gets up when you can’t?

“Our aim is not to produce champions, but to create an environment in which champions are inevitable.”


Teaching techniques:
1. Have to have demonstration
2. Watch someone doing it properly
3. Positive reinforcement…9 positives to one negative
4. Communication. Most important thing that you’ve got. Verbal and non-verbal
5. Coach needs to be in a position where they can be seen.
6. Simple concise instructions to kids. Then ask them to repeat in short words
7. Teach the kids the basics properly first. Neuromuscular pathways are formed so do it right from the start!
8. Kids are wanting to please so encourage excellence…lots of positive reinforcement.
9. Make sure you do enough land explanation and demonstration first
10. Look and strive for excellence.
11. Learn to swim is like building a house-put down the foundation first.


What are the ten qualities of a good teacher?
1. Loves children
2. Understand children
3. Organized
4. Diplomat
5. Physically fit
6. Knowledgeable
7. Learn to teach
8. Humorous
9. Patience
10. Communication


What are the ten qualities of a good teacher?
1. Strive for love of learning
2. Monitor and positively reinforce all skill improvements and encourage the children for new achievement levels.
3. By encouragement and reinforcement create a learning environment of fun
4. Maintain and respect and translate that into discipline and class control
5. Entire class will be able to concentrate
6. Trust and confidence of pupils
7. Patience-children progress at different rates
8. Show no favorites and treat each person equally
9. Caring. Continually looking for ways to improve each person
10. Genuinely loves what they are doing