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Manage Your Instructor's Lessons Using Swim Lesson Scheduling Software

Making Waves: How A Swim Lesson Scheduling Software Can Transform Your Business

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Managing swim lessons efficiently can be a difficult task. These schedules must manage instructor availability, optimize pool usage, and coordinate both lessons and classes with multiple students. With our swim lesson scheduling software, you can easily manage all of these essential tasks from your mobile phone. Discover how our innovative solution lets you dive into a stronger and more efficient business. 

A Mobile App For Your Swim Lesson Scheduling Software

A mobile app can be perfect for swim instructors. Many instructors have back-to-back lessons and stay in the pool for long periods of time. With a mobile app, they can easily check their schedule and manage their bookings – completely from their phone! Clients can easily book online within a set availability without needing to contact their instructor. In fact, 67% of people say their preferred way to book appointments is online. Having a mobile app can streamline your scheduling and will make it easier to schedule for clients. 

There are numerous benefits to a mobile app. First, you don’t have to worry about double bookings. Our software’s centralized calendar makes it impossible for someone to schedule when another person is scheduled. Instructors also don’t need to worry about sending reminders. The system automatically sends order confirmations and reminders via text message and email. Also, the app is completely customizable. 

Customization With Our App

You can easily manage both private and group lessons within the app. One of the main features is that instructors can offer sessions with different time lengths. For example, if you want to offer young beginners 15-minute sessions, you can. Set up a custom time length for each lesson type you provide within the software. You can also set custom names and categories for your lessons. One of the features that can really benefit independent instructors is that you can set multiple locations, so clients can schedule at the pool they want to! Customize all your programming, from private lessons to group sessions, with ease. 

Some of our clients prefer to set up group sessions that are based on levels. You can manage this in two ways: either through categories or client groups. Set your categories up with each level and let clients schedule by filtering these categories. Or, you can put a client within a particular group (such as level 1) and limit their scheduling. With our camps and classes feature, you can offer weekly programs or focus more on limited-time programs (such as 4-6 weeks only). Offering group sessions is often more profitable than lessons. Making sure that you can offer a range of sessions can be beneficial for your business. 

Conclusion 

Our swim lesson scheduling software has many features that can transform your business, from scheduling lessons to customizing your personal mobile app. Are you looking for a mobile app that can schedule your lessons? Request a custom demo of our software. 

Take Advantage Of Your Swim Lessons With Swim Lesson Management Software

Swim Lesson Management Builds Club Revenue

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Advantages of Offering Swim Lessons

One of the many advantages of offering swim lessons is the added revenue it can bring swim clubs.  Yet, many still struggle to take full advantage of the opportunity.  Regardless of the pool’s situation, lessons are possible with good swim lesson management. Simply put, all you need is a pool and an instructor!

Who Runs the Lessons

Typically, swim clubs will train their lifeguards to teach swim lessons.  This helps to decrease the pool’s liability because their lifeguard’s must already go through safety training certification.  It also limits the effort of having to hire separate staff.

Additionally, there is usually coordinator in charge of scheduling and managing the lessons. While some clubs appoint a board member, others will assign the task to the swim team coordinator.

Different Types of Lessons

Private:

A private lesson is either 30 minutes or an hour with one child and one instructor. These lessons are usually more common when the child is older. They can also focus solely on stroke for children that are interested in learning different strokes and improving current strokes. Sometimes members of the swim teams will do this as extra practice.

The main issue with private swim lessons comes from the payment and scheduling method. Since the lesson is one-on-one, families tend to approach the instructor themselves to arrange the lesson. Also, the payment will go directly to the instructor rather than through the club. This takes away from the revenue channel that these lessons open up. How do you fix this? Reinforce in the staff and members that swim lessons at the pool must be scheduled through the club.

Group:

Group lessons include multiple children (usually between 4-8) and one instructor. This lesson type is the most profitable because you have multiple paying families and only one instructor to pay. Group lessons are more common in younger children because they focus on being comfortable in the water, floating, and the basics of swimming rather than strokes.

Different Levels of Lessons

With children at different abilities even if they are the same age, swim clubs will offer different levels of lessons. The initial levels focus on getting the children into the water and erasing any fear. Some start those lessons as young as six months (i.e., mommy and me lessons). As the kids become more comfortable, lessons begin to focus on floating and then go into swimming. The ending stages, typically taught in private lessons, move into the separate strokes.

For the most part, lessons will stop being offered once children turn 14. If needed, they can continue with private lessons, but if they are interested in a group setting they are pointed to a swim team to join.

Swim Lesson Management for Member vs. Non-member

Clubs will choose to make the swim lesson revenue channel even bigger by allowing non-members to attend swim lessons at the pool. However, they will make the rates for the swim lessons higher for those who are not members. Other clubs will keep the revenue channel restricted to only members. I have seen a lot of success in swim clubs who offer lessons to anyone and recommend that you consider this option.

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