All About Recreational Swimming

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Not sure if you still need swimwear, but arena is having atrium sale at plaza sing. $19 or $29 for one piece swimsuit. Designs are quite nice, but sizes are limited.

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Jing Wen:

Hi Parents,

You can call or sms Susan at 91142961 from Swim Classes Singapore. They have swimming classes at Jurong West swimming complex and private pool as well for 5 years old and above. Fee is only $60 per month. My kids learning there also with Torpedos Swim School.

Yes, I sms Susan. Very understanding and helpful lady. Dh was asking if we already knew each as it was like old friends having conversation.

I just sms her yesterday after seeing some posting here. She has gotten a coach for my kids. Starting next week. Will feedback. Hopefully we got a good one.

My kids had their 1st lesson with the coach last friday. I was really happy as the coach turns out to be very good with kids and patient. Was telling dh that we are really lucky to get the coach and I can see progress after 1 lesson. I had 2 kids who already had the basic as they learnt when they were 5-6 years old and stopped. But I felt that their stroke is uncoordinated and they do not have the stamina to swim the lap. While the other is beginner, P1 and still with her floaties...

At the end of lesson, the 2 older ones can swim better (in a coordinated way). While the beginner can float, try the stuff that coach teaches her and enjoy her lessons. I sort of expected her to require a few more lessons to do so as I recalled I wasn't able to float on 1st lesson.

[jianyongtan]

Hi Damnsel,


On behalf of Happy Fish Swim School, I would like to apologise for the postponement of your baby aquatic lessons.

It was definitely not our intention to delay the class and we are very sorry to have caused inconvenience to both you and your child.

In order to provide an immediate update with regards to any changes to the lesson schedule, such as bad weather and postponement, we put our instructor in charge of it. Our admin team is responsible for assisting them to make arrangements for the first lesson time and location. We apologise that your instructor did not provide you with an early notification to postpone the class, causing inconvenience to your schedule. We will look into this matter and not to let it happen again.

We hope you can accept our apology and do let us know if there is anything we can do to make it up to you. Thank you.

[UncleLim]

This message is not for your kids but for you.


I am sure many of you are water-safe and can even manage a couple of laps in the swimming pool.

Why not go further ?

Why not aim to be able to do 10 laps at a go? You do not have to race against time or against anyone. Just read up, do it a bit more regularly and try to reach a level or proficiency that you have not reached.

And I don’t mean swimming breaststroke (aka frog style). Do the front crawl (freestyle).

Get this book "Total Immersion" from the library or a book store. It is very well written and is paticularly suitable for swimmers who are no longer spring chickens (like me).

[Xiao Hu]

Hi there,

Need advice on that.

The sports shops I visited sell swimming goggles with power for adults only, none for children. I’m looking for one for my 10-year-old kid, ~300 degrees.

Thanks in advance,
Xiaohu.

[swimironkids]

World of sports…the one at plaza Singapore shld have

[Xiao Hu]

swimironkids:

World of sports...the one at plaza Singapore shld have

Ok, I'll go check it out. Thx!

[peterch]

Arena Showroom, I saw them in a few malls

[HAPPYH]

Wow! I am not aware of this. Is it very expensive? Any idea?


Thank you in advance!

[cimman]

can try out Queensway shopping center. At the top floor , there is a sports shop, Interlink or something. It’s the only sports shop there.

However, there is another small shop on the 2nd floor, and it’s cheaper there. Don’t know the name, but it’s next to a sports shop. Just walk around on the second floor, at the outer ring, till you come to a small shop selling swimming stuff. It’s manned by an old couple.