Open water & risks
4 articles
Where the pool ends: drowning, diving accidents and overconfidence in natural water.
- One dive. A broken neck. A life changed forever – and why this happens far too often in the Netherlands2026-05-15
- Water safety in the Netherlands? A false sense of security – with sometimes deadly consequences2025-05-01
- Drowning Risks Among Over-60s: How Safe Are You Really in the Water?2024-07-25
- Summer holidays start in just 5.5 months. Can you actually swim?2024-01-10
Motor skills, certificates & methodology
4 articles
What a certificate does and does not guarantee — and why aids do not replace skills.
- The forgotten group: swimming safety for children aged 10 and over without a certificate2025-07-20
- Swimming lessons take too long? What the research behind the headline doesn't tell you2025-06-07
- Water Safety 2025: No Flotation Aid Will Ever Replace Swimming Lessons2025-05-12
- Father-Designed 'Life Vest' Creates a False Sense of Security Among Parents2021-07-28
Parents & trust
6 articles
Responsibility, observing the lesson and trusting the professional.
- After Kek Mama: why we shouldn't distrust male swimming instructors, but support them2026-01-25
- Can You Watch During Swimming Lessons? Sounds Simple — But It Isn't2026-01-18
- Parenting and Swimming Lessons: Who Is Really Responsible for a Child's Development?2025-02-15
- Empathy for Parents Who Can't Afford Swimming Lessons: Responsibility and Duty of Care in the Swimming Sector2024-05-23
- The New Reality of Parents and Swimming Lessons: Parents, Take Your Responsibility!2024-05-19
- Help! My child just started swimming lessons, but the mayor doesn't get it!2022-01-28
Policy, industry & figures
22 articles
Subsidies, VAT, associations and research — an independent view of the playing field.
- Van Nispen and Mohandis put swimming safety on the map: the impact of the adopted motions.2025-09-12
- School Swimming Lessons: An Impossible Dream or a Realistic Plan?2025-03-11
- Opinion: Shorter showers and the soap ban in swimming pools—cost-cutting in disguise?2025-01-20
- Mulier Instituut sows confusion with one-sided figures on swimming safety2025-01-15
- PRESS RELEASE: Openness and collaboration essential for the future of children's swimming safety2025-01-08
- Swimming Lessons in 2025: The Priorities2025-01-01
- VAT Increase on Sport: No Cause for Celebration Yet — the Battle Isn't Over2024-11-16
- Swimming Lesson Subsidy in Zutphen: A Fine Initiative, but a Structural Approach Is Needed to Truly Solve the Problem2024-10-22
- Should Members of Parliament be required to take swimming lessons?2024-10-04
- VAT increase on swimming lessons: A measure that threatens children's safety and the future of commercial swim schools2024-09-29
- Incomplete Reporting on Swimming Lessons in the Netherlands: The Need for a Fair Approach2024-05-17
- Does SPUKIJZ violate the Dutch Market and Government Act?2022-10-21
- The difference between public and private, when it comes to wages2022-07-13
- 'New Sports Act threatens the survival of 600 swimming schools'2022-06-07
- How independent is the Mulier Institute when it comes to swimming safety?2022-04-14
- Superiority in the swimming industry at the expense of swim safety must stop2022-04-10
- Toward 30,000 children pulled from swimming lessons after Friday as QR code expiry kicks in2022-02-01
- A point of order for the House of Representatives and the Cabinet, number 1 of a maximum of 8.2022-01-22
- Can the Swimming Industry Still Function in Its Current Form in 2022?2022-01-17
- The KNZB puts its own interests above those of the swimming sector2021-10-21
- The Royal Dutch Swimming Federation has missed its mark with an overly commercial approach2021-08-02
- Sympathy for entrepreneurs caught in the squeeze is harder and harder to find2021-07-27
The profession & the person
5 articles
The profession of swimming instructor, the volunteers and the story behind the expert.
- Gen Z wants balance, but the water demands commitment2025-06-24
- Bringing Swimming Instruction Back from the Brink: How We Make the Profession Irresistible Again2025-02-26
- My Passion for Swimming Instruction: The Story Behind Zwemschool De Winter Sport2024-08-10
- Who still wants to volunteer as a lifeguard? \"It's boring and exhausting\" according to the newspaper Trouw — my experience at Baarns Bosbad 🌊2024-07-29
- The KNZB dismisses its hard-working volunteers while angling for equal or higher funding2021-08-03