Miracle Swimming 10 100% Success with Afraid Adults Presentation at IAFC May 13, 2015 By Melon Dash Worksheet Welcome! Teaching Afraid Students in your WF Classes: It’s All About You. How do you know someone in your class is afraid in water? List 4 ways, besides their telling you: 1 2 3 4 What challenges does an afraid student present to you, if any? 1 2 3 What are your inner responses to someone who is afraid? 1 2 3 4 BTW, there is no “bad” response. Let’s just get them all on the table. What have you said to people who are afraid? 1 2 3 What do you wish you could say or do? 1 2 Miracle Swimming, Sarasota, FL 941-‐921-‐6420 www.miracleswimming.com 1 What the Student Hopes You’ll Say and Do It’s All About Them The student is scared to be there, if she/he is afraid in water: rest assured of that. The curious, hopeful, positive, inspired part of her brought her to this point with you. It could go one of two ways: north or south! What does she need? 1 2 3 4 You have what she needs, at least for a while. What are you able to provide? 1 2 3 4 Then you run out of answers, right? We will demonstrate what we’ve learned at Miracle Swimming that can help you get started on your next level of learning. Pool Session: List 5 examples of connection between the instructors and students 1 2 3 4 5 List 4 examples of tension you observe 1 2 3 4 Miracle Swimming, Sarasota, FL 941-‐921-‐6420 www.miracleswimming.com 2 Miracle Swimming Demonstration IAFC May 13, 2015 continued What is taught about what to do with tension? Why do the instructors never tell students to relax? Do you see a system here for achieving a breakthrough? We know there will be breakthroughs and we set them up, one after another. List 5 breakthroughs you see/saw: 1 2 3 4 5 Questions? Miracle Swimming, Sarasota, FL 941-‐921-‐6420 www.miracleswimming.com 3