Missy Smith

Review of Private swim lessons

Our first season with The Swim Lessons Company was...

Our first season with The Swim Lessons Company was great. The instructor we had, Coach Johnny, was great with our son. The following season, Coach Johnny wasn't available so we signed up for a class with Coach Jim. He's the owner so we expected great things. Unfortunately, we were very disappointed. Although a small class size, Coach Jim never had control of the kids. Many times he was running behind so our class would start late. At the end of the season, we didn't feel like our son was any better off than where he started - and he was one of the ones in the class who actually listened. To be a good swim teacher, you have to be able to wrangle kids also and keep their attention. Coach Jim really needed to have another teacher in the pool with him to assist. Additionally, Coach Jim had shoulder surgery mid-season and continued to "attempt" to teach classes, not offering any kind of a refund. Those classes were even worse. Lastly, many times we found Coach Jim to be quite unprofessional. I would definitely look at somewhere else for future swim seasons.