Why is it so important to continue swimming lessons through the winter months?
A. It is vitally important once you start in a drowning prevention and learn to swim program to continue throughout the winter months, as infants and young children under 5 years old do not have a developed muscle memory, as older children and adults do. Basically, there is no way they will remember skills they have been taught in classes when extended breaks occur. Drowning Prevention and basic Learn to Swim is only effective in the ‘Under 5’s’ age bracket, when a consistent, continuous progression is taught, continued and developed. If this progression is haltered, even for periods of 6 weeks, you will see a decline in the comprehension and ability levels with these life saving skills.
