This is the second summer we have done the Swimming Success 8 day program and I honestly feel that…read moredoing consecutive day private classes is the most efficient and effective way to learn swimming at the early stages. Last summer, when my son was 3, we took classes with Mackenzie and she is the perfect teacher for first time learners due to her sweet and caring nature. My son has never been exposed to swim lessons before but she helped ease him into swimming and by the end of the 8 day class he was able to swim on his own for several feet. I decided to wait until he was 3 to start swim lessons since I read that kids do not develop the muscle memory to truly master swimming until they are that age. Going to class on a regular basis and having private instruction truly expedites learning. After completing the 8 day program with Mackenzie, I enrolled him in weekly private Rose Bowl Aquatic center classes for the rest of the summer to continue practice, but its harder to see dramatic improvement from having classes only once a week. That prompted me to sign him up again this summer to take advantage of the 8 day consecutive schedule. I am glad they have classes in the evenings so we can attend them after work. We just finished our classes with Andrew, who helped my son improve his freestyle, as well as learn the backstroke, breaststroke and the butterfly. The butterfly was the hardest one for my son to learn but I was amazed they were even teaching it considering he is only 4 and still a relatively new swimmer. By the end of the session, he was able to swim the length of the pool on his own and then back using a different stroke. My son absolutely loved going to swim class and would jump in the pool excitedly to join Andrew, who is a very patient and nice instructor. I am definitely going to make sure that my daughter's introduction to swimming is also going to be this program since I like to optimize efficiency and going to class once a week seems like a very drawn out and ineffective process. Both Mackenzie and Andrew have been absolutely outstanding and I am so happy these swim classes are available in our neighborhood. Highly recommend this program to young kids !

In my perspective, swimming is a very important part of life. It can mean life or death in certain…read moresituations. So we wanted to get our little ones equipped as soon as possible with the best lessons possible. With that said we looked around and found swimming success and we contacted them through email and set up appointments for lessons. I have to say that the email process did take a little longer than I would've expected, because sometimes it would be days before I would hear back from their contact. We finally got things situated where both our kids would be able to take lessons at the same time, which was exactly what we are looking for. I like how the website outlines what to expect out of the lessons and gives an overview of how the lessons will likely go. For the first 3 to 4 lessons my son was yelling and screaming for his life but by the fifth lesson he was confident enough to jump into the pool by himself! My daughter didn't really know how to swim at all when starting these lessons and by the eighth day, she was able to swim pretty much across the pool all by herself. That is very very impressive! The instructors pay close attention to each one of their students. They knowledgeable to know how far they can push the student to make big progress. The only thing that I did not like about about the lessons is that they mentioned at the end of the last lesson that my son might not be able to actually swim on his own until he turns 4 because usually at age 3 and below children are not able to hold up their bodies and lift up their neck because their muscles have not developed enough to do so yet. Had I known this, I would have waited a year and saved our money to put him in lessons next year. Now I'm a bit freaked out because he feels fully confident jumping in a pool that he is not able to swim in. Otherwise, I am very happy with the lessons they took! I was reading over other reviews and it seems there is a communication problem but this wasn't really the situation I had. They got back to me within a day or two, and they were extremely helpful over email. I would totally recommend giving them a try to get your kids to learn to swim. They will get the job done, but my advise would be to make sure your kid(s) are at least 4-5 years old. Otherwise you'll waste $300.