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the Price of Swim Lessons

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Location 
Type 
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Description
$ 20
Aug 2007
Ann Arbor, Michigan
swimming
Private swimming lessons to improve in competition  more... close row
$ 25
May 2008
Blue Ridge, Ga
One Swimming Lesson
Individual swimming lessons help child feel safer  more... close row
$ 450
Jun 2007
Tempe, AZ
masters swim technique lessons
Intensive weekend swimming classes  more... close row
$ 25
May 2008
Flint MI
Swimming lessons
One month of swim lessons at community center  more... close row
$ 140
Jun 2007
Tempe,AZ
Swimming Lessons
Instructor not able to keep focus of class  more... close row

Description of service

I enrolled my son in a class with an instructor for a limited group series of swimming lessons. There were to be a series of 2 lessons per week for four weeks.


Review of Service

The quality of service was not what was discussed or what I had expected. The instructor was Red Cross certified and appeared knowledgeable, but was not organized and offered very little individual correction or attention. The instructions were held at her home in a large, clean pool. This was a very good feature of the program. The instructor did a poor job of maintaining discipline and several parents, usually the same ones each time, would interrupt the lessons with questions or suggestions. It destroyed the focus of the lessons. The instructor should have had better control of the parents and therefore been better able to concentrate on the swimming lessons.


Tips

Prior to signing up a child for lessons, I feel a parent should get a list of references and contact other parents who have used the same instructor. Ask questions as to the experience, what they liked, disliked and did they feel that the child learned to swim? Swimming is more than just splashing in a pool. Did they have confidence that their child learned to swim, more than the basic arm and leg movements and knew what to do if they fell into a pool?

I should have asked more questions and asked for references prior to agreeing to the lessons.


$ 40
May 2008
Pittsburgh,PA
Swimming lessons
Swim lessons at a university gym  more... close row
$ 10
Jun 2007
Lansing, MI
Beginner Swim Lesson
Swimming lessons can save lives  more... close row
$ 55
May 2008
Jonesboro, Georgia
Swim Lessons/ Private
Swim lessons made cousin very happy  more... close row
$ 25
May 2006
Cocoa Beach, FL
Swimming lessons
Weekly price for two lessons and unlimited pool use  more... close row
$ 160
Jun 2007
Houston, Texas
swimming
Two weeks of swimming lessons for young children  more... close row
$ 125
Jun 2007
Memphis, Tennessee
Swim Lessons for a 5 year old
Ten swim lessons for five year old child  more... close row
$ 250
Mar 2008
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Swim Lessons for 5 year old girl
Patient and kind swim instructor  more... close row
$ 55
May 2008
Brighton, MI
Level 1 beginer children swim lessons
Once a week swim class for children lasting six weeks  more... close row
$ 78
May 2008
Orange, CT
Group swim lesson advanced beginner level
Son in advanced beginner swim group  more... close row
$ 200
Jul 2007
Monticello, AR
private swim lessons
Total of 20 swimming lessons for 2 sons  more... close row
$ 125
May 2007
Dallas, TX
Beginning Swim Lessons
Swimming ability important for safety  more... close row
$ 150
Mar 2008
New York, New York
Children's Lesson 1
One week of swimming lessons not a good deal  more... close row
$ 42
Jan 2008
East Lansing, Mi
Swimming Lessons
Three week session for six year old  more... close row
$ 180
Jul 2007
Mattawan, MI
Intermediate Swimming Lessons
5 days of swim lessons in a friend's pool  more... close row
$ 100
Jul 2007
Columbus, Ohio
Swimming Instructions
Two week swimming lessons had strange hours  more... close row
$ 30
Jun 2007
Columbus, Ohio
swimming lessons
Daughter made new friends at swimming lessons  more... close row
$ 189
Nov 2007
Blaine, MNs
swimming lessons
Eleven weeks of swim lessons  more... close row
$ 100
Jul 2011
Orlando, FL
Private lessons (6)
Paid $100 for six half hour lessons for my 5  more... close row