About Us
Our Story
Always Believe in Lifelong Exercise (ABLE), sums up the core value of Able Aquatic School. It is founded in 1981 by Darryl Chua Sing Ghiam when he was a registered swimming coach with Singapore Sports Council (now SPORT Singapore). Able Aquatic School is an affiliate with the Singapore Lifesaving Society and is also endorsed by Singapore Sports Council (now Sport Singapore) – Sports Education Program (SSC – SEP) “Learn To Swim Program” from Year 2006 to 2016 and “ SwimSafer Program Stage 1 to 6” from year 2011 to 2021. To date, we have 400 over certified swimming instructors and getting a swimming coach will never be too difficult.
At Able Aquatic School, we believe that to swim well is an asset for life. Hence, we’ve designed an instructional swimming program to equip your child with all the swimming skills he needs in his lifetime, to be safe in and around water. Our program focuses on personal water safety and the skills necessary for your child to become a proficient swimmer or a qualified Lifesaver.
Our program is simple, goal motivated and technique based.
Philosophy & Mission
Simple
To make things simple for learners, SwimSafer have organized the program into 6 levels: Stage 1, 2, 3, Bronze, Silver & Gold. This allows a learning progression of swimming skills, whereby each level builds upon the survival and rescue skills learned in the previous level. Upon successful completion of the entire program, a child would be able to sustain longer in different conditions with the survival and rescue skills imparted to them.
Goal Motivated
Our goal is to teach young children to swim in a positive, safe and loving environment. We recognize that each child is an individual with different emotional and developmental abilities, hence we cater each lesson to those needs. In addition to teaching our learners the skills of swimming, we also strive to develop each child’s self-esteem, confidence, mobility, motor skills, health, speech, social skills, managing their stress level, fitness, and love for the water.
Technique Based
The proper techniques of swimming (breathing, body position, movement of the arms and legs timing) should be taught from the beginning. These techniques are incorporated into each level from the start to the end of the program.
Rest assured that our swimming coaches have been carefully trained, and are certified by National Registry of Coaches (NROC), as well as SwimSafer, Singapore. They attend continuing education classes in order to stay abreast of the most progressive teaching techniques. All swimming coaches are also trained in CPR and First Aid.
What We Offer
Types of Lessons
Baby Swimming Lessons
Toddler Swimming Lessons
Kids Swimming Lessons
Adult Swimming Lessons
Special Needs Swimming Lessons
Programs
Ages 3 months and above
Every single newborn baby have this diving response known as the “Bradycardic Response”. The response diminishes with increasing age and has been reported to disappear by the age of 6 months old. Try blowing into a baby’s face and watch him or her gulp air, close eyes, and stop whatever they’re doing. Therefore the sooner you start your child, they will be able to discovers the freedom of buoyancy and underwater swimming and the more relaxed and independent he or she will become.
Development
Swimming allows babies to exercise their muscles, which helps in development of their motor, coordination and balance. Research shows early swimming also helps baby in growing sense of self-esteem, confidence and independence. It is also helpful in literacy and numeracy development.
Our aquatic program is designed for babies from 4 months to 2 years old. Babies will learn how to enter water safely, hold their breath when they go underwater, turn and propel themselves to the side of the pool and finally get out of the pool safely.
Ages 4 and above
Children and toddler learn to swim better in a happy and encouraging environment. They are being taught through games and having fun while swimming. This is why you should part in Able Aquatic School swimming classes in Singapore. Introducing swimming to your young children young helps them to overcome the fear of water, built up their motor skills and to lead a healthy lifestyle with swimming. More importantly, it can help save lives. We are aware of their needs as well as their attention span therefore, swimming lessons with a shorter duration and smaller class size can improve their focus and develop a willing to learn attitude. Smaller swim class size ensures that equal amount of attention is given to each of them.
Development
Kids pick up things faster when they start their swimming classes young. They are more flexible and can execute certain swim kicks and pull better compared to when they are older and starting to build up muscles. By providing your child with swimming lessons, it can teach them to lead a healthy lifestyle. By teaching them to lead a healthy lifestyle from young, it helps to develop a positive character and to be healthy and fitness conscious in the future.
Child’s Experience
Our toddler swimming instructors in Singapore are committed to ensuring a comfortable learning experience for you and your child. We have specially designed our syllabus in a weekly lesson plan to cater base on your children’s ability. For parents who prefer a more personal class, they have the option of choosing a private swimming class. This gives your child full attention for 30 minutes. On the other hand, for parents who prefer their child to share the joy and experience with other toddlers, the group lessons awaits them!
Adults
Swimming is truly a life skill. There are a number of situations where you might need to swim in order to survive or to participate in water sports. For the Earth is covered with 70% water, it is essential for all to learn to swim.
Adult Swimming Lessons is customise to cater adult’s learning progress and needs. Don’t worry if you are beginner or already gained some swimming knowledge elsewhere, the swimming lessons is tailored to suit you and achieve the ultimate goal, which is to swim comfortably!
At Able Aquatic School, we have many adults who have taken up swimming classes with us because they are either water phobic, wanting to correct their swimming strokes, taking part in Triathlon or any other corporate event that is related to swimming.
Our swimming instructors who specialized in Adult Swimming Lessons uses a powerful swimming teaching system to ensure your success. One such example includes under water videography for strokes analysis. Afterall you learn better by watching your own mistakes. Each lesson are plan and designed differently for each individual.
They do not follow the same swimming syllabus we have as everyone learns differently. Cast your fears aside as our highly trained instructors gently ease you in and around the pool at your own pace.
Special Needs
Austism, ADHD, Celebral Palsy, Dyslexia and any other sort of special needs, we have taught it all. All of them deserve a chance to swim and they love to be in the water as they feel carefree. We have a special program catered to the special needs and the pace will be much slower, fun and enriching. The class is usually conducted either in a small group or individual lesson where our instructors can give full attention to the student.