American Institute of Aquatic Sports
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An instructor crouching on the pool deck giving directions to a swimmer who is crossing the water with a rescue tube
The institute

An institute is measured by what it corrects.

We do not hand you a course and leave. You film your own sessions, you send them, and they come back annotated by someone who teaches. That loop repeats until the correction stops being necessary.

Recorded lessons

The campus opens at the poolside, on your phone, between one lesson and the next. The classes stay recorded and you watch them as many times as you need.

Downloadable guides

Session plans and progressions, printed, to take to the water. They are not summaries of the video: they are the material you teach from.

Video corrections

You film a real session with your own students and it comes back annotated on what you did, not on what should happen in theory.

Six countries, three doctorates and a whistle.

The person correcting your stroke studied exercise physiology in Kyiv and neurophysiology in Leipzig. The person answering for safety is a working lifeguard. This is not an academic committee: it is eight people still in the water.

The team
8 working instructors
Trained in
Colombia, Brazil, Cuba, Russia, Ukraine, Germany
Highest level
Post-doctorate in neurophysiology
Presentation card for Arnold Guerrero Peñaranda: arms folded in a white training jacket in front of a competition pool, with the institute crest and the flag of Colombia

Arnold Guerrero Peñaranda

CEO and founder Colombia

Runs the institute and answers for the standard everything is corrected against.

Roles and track record
  • CEO, American Institute of Aquatic Sports
  • Founder of LASCA #3
  • International coach
  • Coach, Club Ser Más Natación
  • Coach, Club ANDESIR
  • Member of several international organizations
Presentation card for Alfonso Barbosa: in a dark suit and tie at the poolside, with the institute crest and the flag of Colombia

Alfonso Barbosa

Instructor Colombia

Corrects the stroke where it is actually corrected: in the nervous system.

Optimizing execution across the different techniques, from integrative neuroplasticity.

Qualifications
  • Physician and surgeonUniversidad del Valle · Colombia
  • Specialization in Anthropology and AnthropometryUniversidad del Sur · Brazil
  • Master's in Exercise PhysiologyKyiv State University · Ukraine
  • PhD in EpigeneticsUniversity of Cologne · Germany
  • Post-PhD in NeurophysiologyUniversity of Leipzig · Germany
  • Professional in sport and physical activityEND Colombia
  • Sports technologist in aquatic and underwater sportsEND Colombia
Presentation card for Víctor Daniel Perdigón Osorio: in a dark jacket and white shirt at the poolside, with the institute crest and the flag of Venezuela

Víctor Daniel Perdigón Osorio

Instructor Venezuela

Teaches the one thing that allows no second take: that nobody drowns.

Drowning prevention and health in the aquatic environment.

Qualifications and certifications
  • Bachelor's in Physical Activity and Health
  • Swimming coach
  • Sports coach
  • Instructor O. M. I.
  • Lifeguard
Presentation card for Charick Álvarez Torres: in a maroon training jacket and glasses in front of an indoor competition pool, with the institute crest and the flag of Colombia

Charick Álvarez Torres

Instructor Colombia

Qualifications and track record
  • Professional in Sport
  • MSc (s) ST for Sport Performance
  • Researcher in Sport Sciences
  • Strength and conditioning coach in high performance
Presentation card for Michael William Hernandez Barcaz: in a charcoal knit sweater in front of an indoor competition pool, with the institute crest and the flag of Cuba

Michael William Hernandez Barcaz

Instructor Cuba

Qualifications and track record
  • Doctorate in Physical Culture and Sport Sciences
  • Adviser to the Technical Commission of Granma province – Cuba
  • Professor in higher education
  • Author of the book Talento Acuático
  • Director of the scientific journal CINERA
Presentation card for Jose Albeiro Echeverri: arms folded in a light grey linen shirt in front of an indoor competition pool, with the institute crest and the flag of Colombia

Jose Albeiro Echeverri

Instructor Colombia

Qualifications and track record
  • Bachelor's in Physical Education
  • Psychologist, specialist in Sports Psychology and Sports Training
  • Master's in Human Development, sports training track
  • Basketball coach
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Professor at the Institute of Physical Education and Sports, Universidad de Antioquia
Presentation card for Guido Swiszcz: arms folded in a white and light-blue coaching shirt, calling out beside an indoor competition pool, with the institute crest and the flag of Argentina

Guido Swiszcz

Instructor Argentina

Qualifications and track record
  • Professional in Sport
  • Swimming teacher
  • Aquatic stimulation
  • Aquatic education
  • International speaker
Presentation card for Dr Sônia Maria Bordin: arms folded in an orange training shirt in front of an indoor competition pool, with the institute crest and the flag of Brazil

Dra. Sônia Maria Bordin

Instructor Brazil

Qualifications and track record
  • Sports nutritionist, CRN 8/198Brazil
  • PhD in High-Performance Sports TrainingRussian State Institute of Physical Culture · Moscow
  • Specialization in PharmacologyFederal University of Paraná · Brazil
  • Postgraduate in Physiological Foundations of Sports TrainingFAFICLA · Brazil
  • Postgraduate in Didactics and Methodology of Higher EducationACEB · Brazil
  • Advanced Science of Training InstructorUniversity of Maryland · USA

What happens at each split, exactly.

01

Enquiry

You leave your details and an adviser is assigned to you. Before you pay anything, that person tells you whether the specialty you picked is the right one — and if it is not, which one is.

02

Campus

Access opens to the recorded lessons, the guides and the downloadable material for your specialty. Twenty-four months, with no renewal and no monthly fee.

03

Assessed practice

You film your own sessions and send them in. They come back corrected one by one. This is the part that takes time, and it is the part that makes the certificate worth anything.

04

Certification

You receive a verifiable digital certificate carrying the specialty and the date. The physical credential and the sealed endorsement are ordered separately if you need them.

Nobody corrects from memory here. Correction follows a method. And the method has authors.

All three sign what they teach. That is why every correction you get traces back to a person with a name.

Look at the first program.

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