The IHA Education and Research Committee has agreed on the minimum content for a Basic Halliwick Course.

 

• The minimum teaching time for a Basic Course is 25 hours (1500 minutes), of which a minimum of 8 hours is practical work in the water.

• The suggested maximum time for a Basic Course is 30 hours (1800 minutes) with a maximum of 15 hours (900 minutes) practical work in the water.
  (Teaching time does not include breaks, changing time etc)
  This includes a core part of lectures and pool work, which is mandatory on all Basic Halliwick Courses.

 

The core must take at least 75% of the total course duration. (75% = 18 ¾ hours (1125 minutes.)

 

The core content consists of:

 

• The Halliwick Concept – History and Philosophy

• Why no flotation aids

• Effects of water

• Ten Point Programme

• Breath Control

• Groups and grouping

• Games and activities

• Progress

• Assessing and recording

• Teaching techniques

• Supports

 

Pool work
The optional content takes up a maximum of 25% of the total teaching time and can be theory and/or practical sessions. (25% = 6 ¼ hours (375 minutes.)

 

This optional content has been identified as necessary to adapt the course to: -

 

•   local needs (e.g. safety, insurance, manual handling etc)

•   any topic which reinforces the core content

•   the individual needs of that course (e.g. a topic on vision in a school for blind   children)

 

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