Can water be a friend?
This is a poem by Shaw Method teacher Daphne Wood. If you’ve read Steven Shaw’s The Art of Swimming, you may have seen it published there.
can water be a friend?
she went into the water
like going to… read more
Learn to swim
I am a Shaw Method swimmer: David Wright
David Wright’s early memories of swimming are of standing around on a poolside shivering whilst his school PE teacher barked “encouragement”. He also remembers a near-drowning incident as a toddler, so it was no surprise that as an adult… read more
What is … Aqua Mouvance
You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Aqua Mouvance even though it has been developing for the past 30 years. The practitioners of Aqua Mouvance, who are mostly based in Quebec, Canada, admit that this is… read more
I am a Shaw Method swimmer: Jane Watkinson
Jane Watkinson didn’t enjoy her swimming lessons at school: having to be in the pool without her glasses was very disorientating and the teacher was unsympathetic. Consequently she did everything to avoid lessons, didn’t learn to swim, and felt… read more
Waterbaby: Alexa Nindl, Shaw Method teacher
Alexa Nindl wasn’t inspired by her swimming lessons until she took up Shaw Method, soon she was training to be a teacher …
I grew up in Austria and had a few swimming lessons as a 6 year old,… read more
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