Course Description

Open Water Swimming Safety For Kids

For coaches & parents

Virtual Clinic led by Courtney Kline, Lifesaving Learn to Swim Trainer and founder of Swim4Life.

What you will Learn

• The science behind transitioning from pool to open water
• New and innovative learn-to-swim methodologies for the open water
• Dive into how personal experiences impact the Transfer of Trust to water.
• Real world training techniques that apply traditional swim skills to open water environments.
• The future of Swim4Life’s research and development in the open water swim industry.

Why it Matters

When 74% of drownings happen in open water over the age of 5, we believe in taking a preventative approach to our swim lessons.

Who Will Benefit

Professional Swim Instructors
Swim Coaches at all levels
Parents of Young Swimmers
Adults looking to gain comfort in open water

March 15, 2023 @ 10AM PT / 12pm ET

Los Angeles, USA Wed, 15 Mar 2023 at 10:00 PDT
New York, USA Wed, 15 Mar 2023 at 13:00 EDT
London, United Kingdom Wed, 15 Mar 2023 at 17:00 GMT

Courtney Kline

Courtney was faced with the real dangers of open water drowning when she fell out of a raft at age 12. Despite having been a competitive swimmer since 5 years old, she realized there was a gap between the skills she knew so well in the pool to the skills she should’ve known to save herself. Determined to fix this gap she saw in traditional swimming lessons, Courtney became involved with the National Drowning Prevention Learn To Swim as an advocate and speaker.

Courtney Kline has taken extensive experience in technical swim coaching, learn to swim and aquatic therapy combining it with a passion to impact drowning and water safety. She does this with a swim curriculum that focuses on open water scenarios with intentional applications of swim skills and experiential learning. Empowered with the science of water which facilitates a healing and healthy relationship with it, she has witnessed neural pathways develop that trigger lifesaving responses from toddler to adult. Aquatic Therapy and Rehabilitation Institute Certified, Watsu 3, Cranial Sacral 1, USMS Adult Learn to Swim, USMS Coach Level 2, BS in Social Work and MA in Public Administration. Member of NDPA, USSSA and ASCA.