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Can you really teach a baby to save itself from drowning. The short answer is yes, baby swimming lessons can save a life. But short answers never tell the full story.

When looking for a swimming school for your child, what are the absolute essentials the school should provide to help children grow to swim well and love the water?

Every child deserves the opportunity to learn to swim. That premise has guided the Rainbow Club and its swim schools from the very beginning.

As Forbes Carlile said, “to swim well is an asset for life” and guess what, making swimming lessons fun makes a difference.

If your child is still learning to swim, please think twice before taking the risk of cancelling in winter. Children learn swimming through constant repetition; their progress and confidence can seriously diminish through an extended break.

“Chin on your chest” “tall arms” “small fast kicks” These are probably the most common phrases you hear walking into a Carlile swimming centre. That’s because good technique and consistent stroke correction is paramount to your child’s swimming ability. Why? Because it could save their life. The top five benefits

Today, International Women’s Day we celebrate the careers of two ground-breaking Australians who helped lay the foundations for those who followed, Ursula Carlile and Shane Gould.

With the Netball and Footy season starting up soon, we know time can get tight, but if your child is still learning to swim now is not the time to stop.

The First Lap learn to swim program will end in June. After another summer of tragic drownings, we are calling on both sides of NSW state politics to commit to keeping it alive.

Not every child will be the next Emma Mckeon, but if you are looking to fast track your child’s progress, then swimming more often is the first step.

A perfect storm has led to the tragic increase in drownings over the past two summers. More than ten million lost swimming lessons, a shortage of swimming teachers, massive waitlists at many learn to swim centres.

Did you know, Australia’s first post World War II Olympic gold medallist was trained by Forbes Carlile at Palm Beach Rock Pool? Today a group of 67 young Carlile Swimmers got a taste of how it all began.