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Video: Swimming lessons at Shapland Swim School Moorooka
Lucas Shapland is a fourth generation swimming teacher who runs the Moorooka location. Check out this great video he put together of some of the learn to swim students showing off their Personal Aquatic Survival Skills. read more
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Forgetting how to swim after a long break
At this time of the year our swim schools receive a lot of phone calls from concerned parents about their child forgetting how to swim. Here’s an example: “My daughter has forgotten how to swim. We went for a swim in our pool and she was scared of the water. She was OK at the end of last summer but is very clingy now.” After a break from swimming, children who are still in th read more
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Chris Shapland places 3rd in Byron Bay 2.2k Winter Classic 2014
On Sunday the 4th of May 2014 I competed in the 65-69 years age group in the 2.2 kilometre swim from Watego’s Beach to the Byron Bay surf club. This annual swim attracts some 900 competitors and the 2014 swim marked the 26th anniversary of the race. Normally it is a very pleasant swim featuring clear water and good visibility. This year was not the case; in fact in all the years I have bee read more
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Progressing in the Shapland System
In order to understand what is happening with your child’s Personal Aquatic Survival Skills development you need to know what was in my head when we started to franchise out what my family had been doing since 1947. My philosophy since 1992 has been to supply affordable semi-private swimming lessons in a pool and surrounds that are designed to minimize anything that may distract your child read more
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