A Tribute to Maurice Shaw: Honouring the Legacy of Our Founder’s Father
Today, 11th December, marks what would have been my father’s 92nd birthday. As I reflect on my life, I am filled with a deep sense of gratitude for the profound impact he had on both my personal journey and career. My father, Maurice Shaw, passed away on 17th...
Why Learning the Shaw Way to Crawl is All About Brain, Not Braun
When it comes to mastering the crawl stroke in swimming, many people might assume that brute strength is the key to success. However, as the founder of The Shaw Method, I firmly believe that learning the crawl is more about brain function than muscle power. Here’s why...
Try This #7 – centre sided swimming in front crawl
Centre side centre swimming with underwater recovery
We travelled 18.000 miles to become Shaw Method Instructors
A recent Art of Swimming Level 1 course attracted pupils from across the globe. We asked why they had travelled such long distances to learn from Steven….
Try This #6 – Enjoy the benefits of swimming on your back
First, launch off on your back with your hands by your sides and then relax and lengthen the back of your neck so that the head rests gently on the water.
Why it’s easy to keep up in breaststroke, but not in crawl
This summer, while teaching swimming on a magical Greek Island, I had an extraordinary encounter with Monachus Monachus, the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal. Only a few hundred survive and most people on the island had never seen one.
Never too late to crawl – Steven Shaw’s 80-year-old mum on the benefits of swimming
This summer, while teaching swimming on a magical Greek Island, I had an extraordinary encounter with Monachus Monachus, the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal. Only a few hundred survive and most people on the island had never seen one.
The day a beautiful seal took over Jonathan Drake’s swimming lesson
This summer, while teaching swimming on a magical Greek Island, I had an extraordinary encounter with Monachus Monachus, the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal. Only a few hundred survive and most people on the island had never seen one.
What I love about teaching the Shaw Method – Steven Shaw
Teaching the Shaw Method for me is an incredibly interesting and rewarding way to earn my living. One of the things I love the most about my work is enabling people to move beyond what they ever thought possible…I often say if you teach someone to swim the front crawl they will shake you by the hand and say thank you, but if you teach someone to do a sustainable and enjoyable butterfly you have made a friend for life.
The importance of dry land work- Steven Shaw
Dry land work is a unique and an integral part of learning the Shaw Method. We have developed a series of movements that have designed to be practised both in and out of the pool that builds up a new understanding of how to perform the strokes in a way that promotes optimal alignment and ease of movements.
Teaching and the lessons it has taught me- Steven Shaw
If at the age of 17 when I was already feeling burnt out from the hard slog of competitive swimming, you’d said to me that one-day teaching people how to swim would be at the heart of my life I would have never believed you. But life has a way of taking unexpected turns and here I am over 30 years later, having developed the Shaw Method and spending most of my time in the water – either working with others or refining my stroke, and gaining immense joy and satisfaction from both.