Rotation

At Sailfish Swim Academy, teachers use a fun and engaging song called “I’m a Little Pancake” to teach infants how to roll over to breathe and continue rolling over. The parent or guardian plays a crucial role in holding the infant’s legs in a pointing behind position and rotating the infant over to back float and back to the same position without submerging.

In the next step, the parent or guardian continues to hold the infant in the same position while submerging the infant and coming up before rotating and rotating back down in the water and coming up. The goal of this exercise is for the infant to learn how to roll over to breathe and continue rolling over.

Through this technique, infants develop their fine and visual motor swimming skills. In the basic level, the infant learns how to rotate with the song without submerging. Before rotating, the infant practices the down-up turn and after rotating, the infant practices the up-down-up technique.

By using a fun and engaging song and technique, infants are motivated to learn and develop their swimming skills. Sailfish Swim Academy teachers use a gentle and patient approach to teaching infants how to roll over to breathe and continue rolling over, which helps them become more comfortable and confident in the water. What will my child learn in infant class?