Swim School News – “Between the Lane Lines”
Jumanji II and Star Wars FREE for Special Needs Families
It's that time again for my Southern California friends! Studio Movie Grill is offering a FREE* screening of Jumanji II: The Next Level on December 28th and Stars Wars Rise of Skywalker on January 4! Both movies will be shown at the five locations below, beginning at...
Five Principles of Premium Swim Lessons
At One with the Water, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to be One with the Water, and we have formed a swim coaching dream team, making this belief a daily reality. Our team is world-class in both swim training and connecting with all children, and we...
Be a hero this Giving Tuesday
This Giving Tuesday, you have the opportunity to be the neighborhood hero and offer life changing transformation to local kids who need it most. [su_button style="flat" text_shadow="none" background="#ff9d0a" size="7" radius="auto"...
Healthy Holiday Eating with a Plan
Did you know that the average American consumes 3000-4500 calories on Thanksgiving? Combined, we are eating roughly 8.1 billion calories. Did you also know that the average American male would need to spend 10 hours and 33 minutes on the treadmill to burn the 4,500...
The art of deep practice in the pool.
Deep practice, a term coined by coach Daniel Coyle in his New York Times bestselling book The Talent Code, is an integral part of our coaching process. Deep practice involves specific, targeted creation of myelin in a way that optimizes each movement and memory we...
Don’t Miss Frozen 2: Free Showing
Southern California friends, you don’t want to miss this! Studio Movie Grill is offering a FREE* screening of Frozen 2! November 30, Frozen 2 will be shown at the five locations below, beginning at 11 am. *movie is free for children with special needs, and their...
Growth Mindset versus Mixed Mindset and the power to change.
At One with the Water, we have spoken at length about the growth mindset. In fact, it is an integral piece of our core coaching techniques. “As authority figures, the messages we send to students and clients about success can often cause them to fall into the fixed...
Swimming and Dyslexia: Powerful Partners.
“Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the...
Coaching Method: Crawl, walk, run.
We've all heard of the crawl, walk, run concept of teaching new skills, whether it be in sport or elsewhere. At the core, the crawl to walk developmental sequence involves patterned neural activity, perception, cognition, and social interaction that has sequential...
CPR Saves Lives
Sometimes the news can be overwhelming. Right now, LA County caught on fire seemingly overnight. Hundreds of thousands of Northern Californians are without power. Hurricane Dorian almost shut down the entire East Coast last month. In any disaster, natural or...