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KIM ROACH
Kim Roach is a local Learn To Swim instructor and Squad Coach. She believes in the importance of learning to swim no matter your age, ability or experience and she is extremely encouraging and passionate about what she does.
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i Kim. How long have you been teaching swimming? I have been a Swim Coach for 10 years and a LTS (learn to swim) Instructor for well over 25 years. Why did you decide this was what you wanted to do? I became a LTS Instructor to make a difference, to give back to the community and to educate the swimmer and family that swimming is a Life Skill, it will assist in saving a life, and I encourage give confidence to everyone to swim, the individual as they go for a swim, feel the progress with their water, the more you do, swimming. This is a the more confident and job that will allow you Coaching allows you comfortable you will to work anywhere in to see the child develop be. Great for your the world on a casual, technique, stamina part-time or full-time health, great for your and develop a desire to basis. well-being. compete. With this the I moved into child/swimmer develops Coaching once my organisational, time own children started Squad at Sawtell management and social skills along with a Swimming Pool. This is when I was trained strong discipline. and coached by one of the best in the I enjoy these two roles as it allows me to business, Tim Raven. develop as a Coach and Instructor and in 98 COFFS COAST
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return I see the swimmer progress in their skill set. This brings pride and joy that I am doing my role. What sort of age range and abilities do you coach? With the LTS, I instruct from two years through to adults (some may be absolute beginners who have never been in the water before), to special needs, or highend LTS who need a little more technique to move into Squads, or an adult who
