Helpful Tips To Prevent Swimmers Ear

Helpful Tips To Prevent Swimmers Ear

We often get questions about ear infections, why they occur, and what to do for them. Here is a brief article, which will help with these issues. Many people believe that pool water enters the ear and causes an ear infection. That is not the case. The eardrum provides...
Shower Tips & Etiquette

Shower Tips & Etiquette

When we think back to all the time we spent in pools as children, one of the things we remember is the itchy dry skin and sickly green hue of our hair from all the pool chemicals. Our parents always made us shower head to toe with special shampoo made to strip...
Wristbands | A Safety Feature

Wristbands | A Safety Feature

Every student at Barron Swim School enjoys receiving their different colored wristbands to identify where they go for their class. Did you know these wristbands also help us keep the kids and the pool area safe? Here are a couple ways in which the colored wristbands...
Timed Swims | Elite Junior II, Advanced & Team

Timed Swims | Elite Junior II, Advanced & Team

You may have noticed a week ago that kids in Elite Junior II, Advanced, and both team groups were swimming a lot to start their lesson and/or practice. We were doing timed swims with these groups. We wanted to take this opportunity to explain why this is such an...
The Power Behind Year-Round Swimming

The Power Behind Year-Round Swimming

Many of you already have plenty of fall and school year activities. With this comes the fact many of your lives get a lot busier. We also realize some tough decisions must be made as to what and how much you and your children can do. Before deciding to drop from the...