The Elements - Wu Fu Elementary Swimming Lessons. Inspire, learn, progression. Teaching mini humans to swim, cycle and skate.

About

A teacher who won't rush you through the water

Illustration of Teacher Leck crouching at the poolside briefing a group of young children in the water

Illustration of Teacher Leck standing in the shallow end with his arms open, surrounded by smiling children in goggles

Illustration of Teacher Leck scuba diving with a thumbs up, surrounded by his dive crew and reef fish

Illustration of Teacher Leck scuba diving in his water-character shirt, with a beluga, a manta ray and his dive crew behind him

I teach swimming in town and the CBD - toddlers from one year old, children, and adults who never learned. A good number of my students arrive genuinely afraid of the water, and that is the part of the job I care most about getting right.

The approach is simple enough to describe: work out exactly where you are, break the stroke down into pieces small enough to actually manage, and never move on before the piece before it is comfortable. It is slower on paper and faster in practice.

LessonsTown & CBD swimming lessonsPrivate and small group
TeachesAges 1 and upToddlers, children, teens, adults
Based atTown & CBDCentral Singapore

The teaching kit

Every item here exists for one reason: to make an invisible movement visible before you are asked to do it in the water, where you cannot see, hear or breathe properly.

Swim teaching equipment laid out on a pool deck

01
Anatomical figure
A small jointed human figure, used to show body position and movement above the water before you try it in the water. Students consistently name this as the thing that made the technique click.
02
Video feedback
Short clips filmed during the lesson, sent to you afterwards so you can see your own stroke and track the change over the weeks.
03
Pull buoy
Held between the legs to switch the legs off, so the lesson can isolate the arm stroke and the catch.
04
Fins
Used to build the feel of propulsion and correct the kick before the kick can hold you up on its own.
05
Stretching rod
Used in the warm-up, before anyone gets in the water.
06
Rubber toy fish
For the younger swimmers - a target to reach for, and a reason to put a face in the water without being asked to.

How a lesson is run

Consistent enough to be predictable, flexible enough that two people in the same class can be at different stages.

FirstA baselineWhat you can already do, in the water, before anything is taught
ThenShown on dry landBody position demonstrated with the anatomical figure, so you see it before you feel it
ThenOne piece at a timeDrills that isolate a single movement - pull buoy for arms, fins for the kick
AfterVideo feedbackClips from the lesson sent to you, so progress is visible week to week

Before you engage me

My rules. Please read them before you message me.

I am a fighter and I have my teaching standards. I would rather you read these now than find out later. If you can live with them, we will get on very well — and I will show you the results.

01Pay my rate. My reviews and my experience speak for themselves — please do not engage me and expect to pay public pool rates.
02No playing. No jumping. No running. No fooling around in my class.
03Please do not tell me what to do. Telling me about your child is good and I want to hear it — but leave the teaching to me.
04No comments and no talk about my style of teaching. If you think you are that good, I suggest you teach them yourself.
05I am honestly not that fierce if you do not try to be funny or kaypoh. Leave the training to me and I will show you the results.