Why swim coaches don’t teach in water?

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I am not professional in teaching swim but it just doesn’t make sense to me that the swim coaches in our gym(David Lloyd) teach from the poolside and the child is clearly not understanding the correct techniques.
They have tried to push us ever since a year ago when my son was a beginner and barely was comfortable in water, they kept saying he doesn’t need to be taught in water, I insisted and they finally found a coach that was able to teach in water, my son benefited a lot from learning with the teacher in the water and he’s now confident in water. But his techniques are still very rough, they have now told me he’s too good to be taught in water. The coach is now teaching on the poolside and constantly asks my son to climb in and out of water just so he can show him the arm works on the poolside, the child gets really cold from climbing in and out of the water multiple times. My son is a DL level 4(it’s lower than the national swim level, I think it would be equivalent to a level 3), and I know at least another child at the same level is being taught in water, I think they are just pushing me because I’m nice.

I also have other friends saying their kids are learning swimming elsewhere and the teachers teach in water. I have seen the friends’ children swimming, they are at least the same level as my son if not better.

Is it just me over worrying maybe it is normal for swimming coaches to teach from poolside? Or is it them pushing me?

My DDs both learned to swim with DLL a mixture of 1-1 and group lessons over the years. I don't remember there being a teacher in the water after Ducklings level. Occasionally they would need to get children landside to adjust stroke methods but not often.

My dc took lessons for years and I have never seen an instructor out of the water for any significant length of time.

I taught for years.
I wouldn't pay for lessons when the teacher is in the pool unless it's 1:1.
I absolutely wouldn't have my dc's in a group lesson with the teacher in the pool unless the session was lifeguarded.

Never heard of this. Teacher is always in water

we do lessons. Dd is 5 and just swimming

she is in 5/1 ratio with private swimming school for £15 a 30m lesson

she gets loads of 121 and best money we have spent tbh

we did an intensive 5 day course in the summer and learnt to swim then as day after day after day and sunk in - no pun intended 😂

council lesson s usually have 10 in class and tbh teacher doesn’t have enough time for them all

There is a difference between 5yos who can't swim, and 7yos who are doing lengths. At some point the teacher stops being in the water and starts teaching from the sides. From the side they can see the stroke better and see more than 1 child swim at a time.

I think it might be more for the teacher's safety. A teacher in the water means contact, and manipulating the child to show the correct movement. Sometimes that contact can be misinterpret and some teachers feel safer if they are out of the water.
There are a ton of rules on how you should place hands, what you should and should not touch (only hand, feet and head), always teacher's hands out of the water, and so on. In the end it is easier to do it from poolside.

Teachers can be in water, but they don't have to.

That's like saying if you can drive a car, teach your kids to drive. Many people can get from A to B in a car, but a lot have forgotten how to do it properly, to the standard to pass their test again. To pass the driving test you need to drive correctly!

My DS(8) has lessons as he competes in swimming competitions. I don't want him to just splash about and be able to get from one end to the other.