STA Podcast

What it means to be inclusive

Within this episode Antoinette Spear, General Manager at Autism Swim, discusses what it means to be inclusive, inclusive language we can use and some top tips /changes we can make to ensure we are supporting everyone within our lessons, and facilities.
Autism Swim are the world leaders in inclusive aquatics, offering high quality online specialist training in aquatics and neurodiversity and they now have Autism Swim Approved providers in over 26 countries, incredible.

Discussing swimming teachers with Emma Lewis, National Aquatics Manager for GLL

This episode Emma Lewis, National Aquatics Manager for GLL, discusses swimming teachers, what makes them great, how we recruit them and how we keep them motivated.

Keeping Our Pools Clean with Chris Bateman, STA’s Pool Plant Technical Advisor

This episode features Chris Bateman, STA’s Pool Plant Technical Advisor, who discusses how to keep our pool water clean and best practice within the pool plant. Chris will be sharing his 5 top tips to help us keep pools clean.

The role adults have within baby and pre-school lessons

This episode features Ali Beckman, STA President, who discusses the role adults have within baby and pre-school lessons, the impact they have and what swimming teachers need to consider in order to support adults within lessons.

All things apprenticeships

This episode features Zac Cheek, Head of Apprenticeships at Excel Me, who discusses what an apprenticeship is, who can be an apprentice, the benefits to the apprentice as well as the employer, and importantly busting some common myths which surround apprenticeships.

The importance of swimming and what makes it great

This first episode, features Kaylë Brightwell, STA’s Director of Education, and Jodie Davis, STA’s Aquatics Development Officer, discussing the importance of swimming and what makes it great.