Swim teacher correcting daughter's stroke more than other children's

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I recently moved my daughter to a different swim school. She had nearly completed stage 6 at the previous swim school. She also swims with a swimming club. She had an assessment to see which level she would be at the new school and was assessed as Stage 7. Teacher commented at the assessment that she is a very good swimmer for her age (8 at the time of assessment and has just turned 9). She also said as Stage 6 still swim widths and my daughter is lane swimming with swimming club she didn't think there was much point putting her there. She has the teacher that did the assessment for her lessons. She is younger than the others in her lesson and is a fair bit smaller both in height and build. Despite this she manages to keep up with them. I have noticed though, the teacher pulls her to one side and corrects her stroke much more than the other children. I know her strokes aren't perfect and I am not complaining about this at all, as it is after all why I pay for lessons. Some of the other children aren't being corrected at all though, while my daughter is a number of times a lesson. I am wondering if it's a simple matter of my daughter has more flaws in her strokes and that is why she is being corrected more? Or if there is something else. I know nobody but her swimming teacher can definitively answer that. Just wondered what other people's thoughts on this would be.

I’m a swim teacher. Straight arm front crawl is incorrect
swim England stage 5s are still widths. I think it’s 6 (without checking) they should be doing 25m. Most places will have to juggle their pool space

Please go to 1-1 lessons. Short term expense for long term gain

Just ask the teacher? Sounds great to me.

Why is she having lessons and attending a swim club? I agree that corrections are good. My dd is a competitive swimmer and loves it when she gets corrections (obviously constructive ones) as it means the coach has been watching her.

There is a very talented boy in my sons swim class who gets a lot more attention & feedback than my son as the teacher sees he has potential. I'll bet the other Mums in the class are jealous of the attention your daughter is getting 😁

I wouldn't worry, I understand why you are (I'm like this too) but it's probably one of the below;
Your daughter is in between the levels so needs a bit more help to be fully up to stage 7 standard
Teachers all have their own take on strokes, even though there's a standard, there will be things they're more particular about - the other kids will have picked up and focussed on those
She thinks your daughter must want the extra notes because she's working hard and doing swim club so she's focusing on the one who has a special interest, rather than the ones dragged along

I'd only say something or ask about it if at any point it upsets your daughter or if she worries about it.

Interestingly, our swim clubs won't take them till they've finished all their stages, my 6 yr old is a very good swimmer for her age (stage 6 although here thats lengths) and my 9 yr old is too (also stage 7) but neither of them are welcome till they're out of stage 9 - they don't like multiple teachers involved as they learn slightly different things in different groups - so possibly this is something the swim teacher is worried about and is asserting her own teachings!? Sadly my children are destined to be short like my husband and I, so I'm not worried about it really, they'll never be able to keep up past puberty bless em!

Thanks for everyone's comments. It's good to hear different view points. To answer some comments. She does both swimming club and lessons because that's what she wants to do. I think she enjoys swimming club more, but wants to continue working through the stages and getting her certificates and badges.

The pools in the area all seem to have stage 6 still swimming widths. I very much think it's about pool space. There used to be 3 swimming pools in the town I live, now only 1. My youngest is Stage 4 and can swim lengths, certainly by stage 5 and 6 the kids can. They can get more different lessons in the pool at the same time if swimming widths.

@Ireallywantadoughnut36 Thank you for the solidarity on the worrying front. I wasn't having sleepless nights over it or anything, but yeah I just want the best for my daughter. I don't expect her to be the next olympic champion or anything. I am also short, though she seems to be taking after my husband for height. She is a tiny build though and is unlikely to have the power. Plus her problems with her knees is likely to rule her out, even in the unlikely event she was that good. Swimming clubs seem to vary a lot. There is one in the area that has it's own learn to swim program. I know someone who daughter started swimming with the squad at 6. Which to me is too young, no matter how good they are.

Anyway, I seem to have been worrying about nothing. Her teacher actually pulled me over at the end of last lesson and said she was progressing very quickly. She said how much she wants to learn and how hard she tries. So I guess the amount of advice was all about my daughter's willingness to learn. I thanked the teacher for all the help she was giving her.