THE DMSS BLOG

The following are some important reasons why swim classes should continue during winter! 1. Our pool is maintained at constant temperatures throughout the year, so even when it is cooler outside, it can still be comfortable and the room is very warm too so children can enjoy a summer swimming experience even in winter. 2. Swimmers who discontinue lessons during winter come back to the summer term having regressed and take longer to re-learn the forgotten skills. 3. It has bee

Hi…I'm Darrell Morton.. Owner and founder of Darrell Morton’s school of swimming. Some of you may know the face behind the name, I may have even coached you or your child. For those of you who don’t know me, I started DMSS 20 years ago at a time when there were no other swimming schools, or clubs in Botswana. It took a lot of hard work, sacrifice and passion, for DMSS to become the successful business it is today. Whether you are a swimmer, an athlete, a parent, a coach, or e

In my 20 years of coaching athletes, if there is one thing that contributes to success, it is persistence, and yet, I have so often seen a parent, for example, shelter and protect their child from setbacks. I see it in small things, like a child struggling to put on his swim goggles or cap, and a parent immediately comes to the rescue. But when we are protected from every potential obstacle or trial, it prevents us from learning. Instead, when we are allowed a controlled amou

We cannot avoid disappointment. So how do we do cope with it? Let me give you a swimming example… Lets say, Sally, was aiming to swim a 100m freestyle in under 1:00, she had a previous best time of 1:01. Her coach gives her a race strategy to reach her goal time. But during the race, things didn’t go to plan. She finishes with a 1:02. Disappointed and in tears. Now a good coach, turns the emotional disappointment into an analytical response and asks technical questions to hel