A South Florida swim coach is using his expertise to help keep kids safe. By working with children as young as 3 months of age, he is showing even the most fearful kids, and their parents, that they have what it takes to be a swimmer. Putting his two passions together, teaching kids and swimming, Jacob Siegel, 27, co-founded Superhero Swim Academy in 2018 to teach water safety skills in a fun, dynamic way, as drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death among children aged 1 to 4 years in Florida, and the drowning death rate among kids of the same age is the highest in the country. Siegel claims that his teaching method, “verbal conditioning”—a method that teaches young kids water acclimation—is guaranteed to work every time. (Courtesy of Jacob Siegel) “Because of the different challenges and things that I’ve seen and come across, I know that all children …