Learn To Swim

Learning to swim is a life skill that opens many varied doors throughout one’s life. Swimming is not only a great way to keep fit, but it is also a requirement for various professions (such as the emergency services).  Swimming can make a whole range of sports accessible, such as surfing, kayaking or water polo.

Learning to swim is also a preventative measure towards accidental drowning. Drowning is the third most common cause of accidental death in children in the UK.

However, if we can teach children the skills that will ensure their safety in and around water, we can greatly reduce the likelihood of these accidents.

The ASA has a National Plan for Teaching Swimming (NPTS), which is a template for learn to swim schemes. The NPTS aims to provide a degree of consistency throughout the country with regard to what we expect swimmers to do and how we expect them to do it. The NPTS sets out levels of development based on clearly identified qualitative outcomes for each level. The scheme also has been extended to include Diving, Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming.