How Buddy Sports Manages Swimming Lessons During Haze🔥

Keeping Children Safe While Learning Continues

At Buddy Sports, we believe swimming education goes beyond physical training. Developing swimming skills, building confidence, understanding water safety, and building good values are equally important.

The values and intentions behind everything we do matter just as much as the skills we teach.

We believe children learn not only from what adults teach them, but also from how adults respond to challenges.

This is why we don't simply cancel lessons whenever it rains or conditions become less favourable. Instead, we assess the situation, make responsible decisions, and adapt our activities whenever it is safe to do so.

We want children to understand that challenges are not always something to avoid. Sometimes, they are opportunities to learn how to adapt, stay calm, and find solutions.

By setting the right example, we hope to teach children resilience, responsibility, and the confidence to handle situations that may not always go according to plan.

Of course, safety always comes first. When conditions become unsafe, we will suspend or postpone lessons.

During haze conditions, Buddy Sports uses the National Environment Agency's (NEA) air-quality guidance, particularly 1-hour PM2.5 readings, to help determine appropriate outdoor activities.

Rather than taking an all-or-nothing approach, we adjust our swimming lessons according to the conditions, progressively reducing physical intensity while maintaining meaningful learning opportunities.

To put this into practice, we have developed a three-level training approach. Under normal conditions, children focus on swimming skills and physical fitness. As haze levels increase, we gradually shift towards lighter skill practice, followed by learning and discovery, with greater emphasis on water safety knowledge.

This approach allows us to balance physical development, meaningful learning and children's safety as conditions change.

Our goal is not simply to teach children how to swim, but to help them become Calm, Confident & Capable — both in and out of the water.

~ Coach Ling

Our Three-Level Training Approach During Haze

The table below explains how Buddy Sports adjusts swimming activities according to NEA's 1-hour PM2.5 readings.

PM2.5 Reading	Training Level	Training Focus	Explanation
🟢 0–55	Level 1: Normal Training	Train & Develop	Develop swimming skills and techniques. Build stamina, endurance and physical fitness. Higher-intensity swimming activities. Continuous swimming and kicking drills of 50 metres or more, where appropriate.
🟡 56–99	Level 2: Light Skills Mode	Practise & Refine	Practise and improve swimming techniques. Reduced physical training intensity. Continuous swimming limited to 25 metres. No fast swimming or timed exercises. Longer rest periods between activities.
🟠 100–129	Level 3: Skill Discovery Mode	Understand & Discover	Develop a deeper understanding of swimming techniques. Learn how and why different swimming techniques work. Focus on breathing, arm movements, kicking and body positioning. Learn through demonstrations, explanations and gentle practice. Continuous swimming limited to 15 metres. Minimal physical exertion with frequent rest periods.

Our Three-Level Training Approach During Haze Summary :

Level 1 : Build fitness while learning skills.

Level 2 : Improve skills with reduced physical intensity.

Level 3 : Deepen understanding through learning and discovery.

At 130 and above, outdoor lessons are suspended.

*These are Buddy Sports' own operating precautions, not official NEA swimming-distance limits.