Becoming A Swimming Teacher

[Tashamacc]

I want to complete ASA level 1 and 2 training courses to become a swimming teacher but they add up to over £1000! I was wondering if you could get student finance for courses like this, or government funding? Or any funding because I don't have a spare £1000 but would love to be a swimming teacher! TIA :)
P.s If anyone wants to lend me £1000 then feel free... haha!

[ummmm]

How old are you?

[Tashamacc]

Im 21 :)

[derekpara]

Speaking from very long experience as a swimming teacher and coach (International level) it would be worth an investment. My wife and I, she was a swimming teacher too, made a very good living from private lessons - coaching and teaching.
Take the courses then, and here's the key, get practical experience somewhere. A local swim school or local leisure centre would be a good start and then go private, ideally with a day job.


Good luck.

D. ( ASA Coach. Qualified 1968 !)

[fiction-factory]

If you can't save up for it then I wonder if another option is to help out at aswimming club and get the club to fund you- although £1000 seems a lot so maybe just seek help with part 1 ( I'm thinking that junior football pay for coaching qualifications or firstaid courses for officials- but the amounts are far less than £1000

[derekpara]

FF. Your advice is good, up to a point. The problem is that swimming clubs tend to concentrate on competitive swimming and don't cater for non-swimmers, which is the absolute foundation of swimming teaching.
My first experience professionally , with the ILEA ( GLC), was with classes of 40 primary school non-swimmers, completely on my own ! On my first lesson I dived in to rescue a girl who assured me she could swim a mile ! Lesson learned !

Start with basics !

D

[derekpara]

Tashamac.

Here on Answerbank it is generally considered to be good practice to acknowledge advive given my knowledgeable responders otherwise they might not bother in future.

As someone with considerable experience of teaching and coaching swimmers as well as examining aspiring teachers like yourself, I am always ready to inform and encourage. All I ask is a simple response to my efforts.

[derekpara]

Well, it seems to me that you don't stand a chance of getting a responsible position if you lack basic good manners !