Discover your life aquatic

We will send you review notes and practice guides to look at following each lesson or course session, but the best way to remember things and actually learn them is to practice.

Even better, practice and make a list of questions for us next time. Pose questions to yourself and try to answer them. For example, what happens to my front arm when I try to breathe in freestyle? Does it stay put, move, sink, slip, wobble? Design experiments to find the answers for yourself. This kind of practice will accelerate your learning!

Yes. All you need is an interest to learn and try something new. If you have that, everything else will follow.  We all started from scratch in the beginning, so that is just normal.   

We specialize in helping people feel comfort and confidence in the water, no matter what activity you want to pursue. In fact, we feel we understand the beginner's experience better than most coaches and know what approaches make it easy and fun to learn.  

We recommend that you practice often enough to create new experiences and sensations that will help you make breakthroughs. We have lots of resources on this website to help you practice including our swim practices for various courses, articles, video clips, FAQ, and drills and demos.

Practicing several times a week in the pool (even for short durations), doing dryland drills at home, working on core strength and flexibility, visualizing, and thinking up new ways to approach your practice all help.

Have a look at some of our articles, lesson plans, practices and video clips. But probably the best thing you can do is make a list of the skills or experiences that you see as obstacles to achieving your immediate goals in swimming and also what success would look like to you in the short and long term.

Towel, goggles, swim cap (for extra warmth), and swimming suit (speedo, jammers for less drag). For anything that involves a swim practice, please bring a water bottle or sport drink for hydration.

For any open water courses, please bring a wetsuit, extra goggles, extra towel, warm clothes, sunscreen, water bottle, snacks, and any other gear that you already have. You may also want to bring neoprene socks and gloves for some cold water swimming. In winter, a full hood is required. 

Yes, we offer a semi-private lesson rate. Sharing a lesson with someone who is close to you in skill level and with whom you plan to practice frequently is a great way to make progress that you would not ordinarily achieve otherwise. Seeing someone you know well learning the same skill you are trying to learn will give you more insight on how to approach things more successfully.

For more details, see book a lesson.

We will look to discover your needs and use the best approaches and tools to help you achieve confidence, breakthroughs and a real understanding of how to move through the water well. For all the details, please visit our Book A Lesson page.

    For private lessons and courses, we ask for a minimum of 24 hours notice or the balance due. Our courses and lessons are in demand, so if you can't make it at the last minute (unless it is a real emergency), we would be unable to offer it to another person.

   There are always exceptions to the rule, so please let us know if something comes up as soon as possible and we will see what we can do.

Yes, we offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all of our courses and lessons. We know that we can help you and that you'll find the experience different from anything you've experienced before.

So far we have never had a request for refund. Since our instruction approach is designed to work with people with a whole range of needs and interests, we make sure we can help you before we begin working with you.