Swim Instructor Course
Inspire kids and change lives through meaningful sporting experiences as a swim coach.A coach can change a kid’s life.
At Sports Schooling, we developed the ISA Sports Schooling Swim Instructor Course for aspiring coaches from all walks of life to facilitate meaningful sporting experiences. Our goal? That every child’s experience in our pools inspires them to grow as active, confident kids, with positive memories to last a lifetime.
Grow your Coaching Career
Whether you’re new to the role or have some coaching experience, the ISA Sports Schooling Swim Instructor Course helps you level up in your coaching journey and career.
Join a Larger Community
When you coach with Sports Schooling, you join a supportive community of like-minded coaches who believe in every child’s potential to grow through and love an active life.
Coach Around Your Lifestyle
Good swimmers are flexible - and so are our coaching schedules! Commit as few as 6 hours per weekend at any of our pools in Bukit Timah, Yishun, or one-north.
No sporting background is required – but a love for kids, and a passion for learning is essential! Our comprehensive programme dives into everything you need to know – from hard skills to soft skills, and everything in between.
Dive into the details…
Learn Skills, Strokes, and Technique
A learner’s mindset is a great thing - our instructor training course covers the basics - as a cohort, you’ll master swim strokes, coaching techniques, and more!
Combine Theory and Practice
From the classroom to the pool, and from theory to practice - learn about swim theory and coaching methods before applying and practicing them in the water with your peers.
Hands-on Mentorship
Real world learning is an essential component of our training - every trainee undergoes 52 hours of paid attachment with experienced coaches before graduating from the programme!
What are you waiting for?
Meet Your Mentors
Jade
Meet Sports Schooling’s Head Coach, Jade Rivera! Inspired by her own playfully active childhood, Jade’s infectious love for sports spans dance, floorball, track, and needless to say - swim. A graduate in Sports Science and Psychology, and captain of the Philippines Women’s Floorball team, Jade now shares her love for people and movement with kids and instructors as Head Coach across the Sports Schooling family.
Wei Qian
Wei Qian - or Coach Sandy - is the competitive swim coach for X Lab’s Silver and Gold squads. Drawn to the water since she was a child, Wei Qian loves all sorts of water sports - including swimming, varsity kayak sprinting, windsurfing, diving, and surfing. With 4 years of LTS coaching and 3 years of competitive swim coaching under her belt, Wei Qian is a proud Sport Science graduate with passion for sports and all its disciplines. She believes there is always more to learn and teach, to better understand the physiology of our bodies and its relation to sport performance.
Shenesse
Meet Shenesse - or Coach Shen - who started her journey as an LTS coach in 2016 before expanding to coaching competitive swimmers and training new coaches in 2021. Having learned many sports in her adult life - including land sports like softball, rugby, martial arts - Shen believes that it’s never too late to get started! Shen’s favourite part about being a coach is the ability to shape young minds through sports, and beyond that - push the limits of swim and a sustainable active lifestyle.
Ready to take the plunge?
Here’s everything you need to know to join our next cohort of instructors right here.
Dates:
12 Sept – 24 Oct 2023
Time:
7:30-9:30 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Location:
XCL World Academy, 2 Yishun Street 42, Singapore 738069
Fees:
$2,280; fully waived with bond.*
*Course fees are waived for all instructors who choose to coach for Sports Schooling for 12 months / 270 coaching hours after course completion. Instructors will be required to coach a minimum of 6 hours per week, and all coaching hours are fully paid.
- A 10% deposit ($228) is required upon enrolment and is fully refundable at the end of the bond period
- Applicants will be contacted for an interview prior to starting the course.
- Please note that all non-Singaporean applicants must possess valid permission to work in Singapore – we are unable to sponsor visas.
You might have questions…
Instructors who successfully complete this programme will be awarded with the ISA-Sports Schooling Certification of Swim Instruction, a well-recognised certification for children’s swim instruction.
The programme is just the start! Course graduates benefit from weekly mentorship, advanced coaching clinics on topics like class management and stroke correction, and fun workshops organised by Sports Schooling throughout the year. Graduates are also encouraged to participate in free weekly swim training sessions to improve their own swim technique after the course ends!
In addition to training instructors to conduct safe, engaging, and impactful swim classes, we emphasise a holistic, child-centered approach to coaching that encourages every child’s growth in and beyond the pool. We also welcome aspiring coaches who may not have swim backgrounds begin their coaching journeys with us.
Reach out to our friendly team [link] with your questions to get the conversation started.