Someone on here had recommended http://www.swimsmooth.com/, which I really liked, and it has some articles for beginners as well. My husband can't swim at all and agreed to let me try this out on him!

But what we discovered is that these articles don't go far enough, not for beginners who really honestly can't swim at all. Their main point is to take it slow and get comfortable with the water and particularly with breathing in the water. That's great advice.

What we could really use are some exercises to help him with that (especially breathing). Right now we're limited to: walk back and forth, sculling the water. Squat in the water and breathe (our indoor pool here doesn't have a deep end so we can't try it there). Push off from the side and glide, either face out of water, or face down.

Any ideas?