Tag: Swim School
Celebrating the grandparents of our AUT Millennium community
It's International Grandparents Day on Sunday 8 September, and we know the important role grandparents play in the lives of their grandchildren. We're fortunate...
Why should your child do Holiday Intensives?
At AUT Millennium Swim School, we run intensives weeks during the school holidays. Holiday intensives are a chance for your child to get in...
Supervising the next generation
There is a vast amount of swimming and coaching expertise within AUT Millennium's Swim School. This year, we've been thrilled to welcome Scott Fairbairn...
Eating before swimming
When children eat before coming to swimming lessons, especially scoffing food as they run into the building, this can lead to unfortunate circumstances where...
Jacob’s Tips: Breathing technique
This month’s focus is on correct breathing position, as well as the correct timing of the breaths your child takes. This is extremely important...
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50 Questions Every Youth Athlete Should Ask Themselves
Asking good questions is an excellent way to assess your performance and become more in tune with what to focus on to get better.
At...
The Menstrual Cycle and How It Affects the Female Athlete
It’s well-known that sex differences between men and woman exist. Differences that affect your physiology.
But what’s not so well known is how these differences...
5 Reasons Why Competition is Good (and bad) for your Child
What does the word ‘competition’ bring to mind? Is all competition a good thing? How do you distinguish between helpful competition and that which...
Lessons from A Silver Fern
Guest Contribution: Anna Harrison - New Zealand Netballer.
Another big year of Northern Mystics and New Zealand Silver Fern Netball commitments has come to an...
What makes sport fun?
The positive benefit sport can provide kids is highly dependent on one thing: continued involvement.
If a child drops out, which evidence suggests is happening...
