We had the absolute pleasure of working with Cynthia at Waterworks, and I cannot speak highly…read moreenough of her. My daughter started lessons with very little confidence in the water, and thanks to Cynthia's patience, encouragement, and incredible teaching skills, she is now not only swimming but truly loving it! Cynthia has a natural gift with children--she made each lesson fun, engaging, and perfectly tailored to my daughter's pace and comfort level. What impressed me most was her ability to balance safety, skill-building, and fun all at once. My daughter would light up before every lesson and leave the pool beaming with pride. Thanks to Cynthia, my daughter has developed strong swimming skills and a newfound confidence that will stay with her for life. We're so grateful for the care and dedication Cynthia brings to her work. She's a true gem and a major asset to Waterworks! Highly recommend her to any parent looking for a kind, skilled, and passionate swim instructor!

So glad we found Waterworks. We've been with Edgar for a bit over a month now and it's been great…read more It's easy to book and reschedule online. The pool is clean and not cold. Edgar is very patient with our almost 4 year old (she's very talkative) and she's learned so much in such a short amount of time!

Good instructors-…read more But the office....bad in returning clients inquiries...heard it from our friends that I recommended them too as well...I thought it was just us. This rating is only for the way the office handles their potential clients. But so far, happy with our instructor last year---let's see this year.

What a great experience! When searching for swim lessons I was hesitant because my little one is so…read moreyoung (9 months). But I was reassured once speaking and meeting with our amazing instructor Matthew. He called before the sessions to go over details, answering any and all questions. He had great positive energy and worked great with the infants. We loved our instructor so much we signed up for another round of sessions!!! Thank you kid swim for getting us your number one man Matthew.

Instructor Akira taught my 5 year old son individually over several weeks. My son is challenging…read moreto work with and Akira did an excellent job of finding fun ways to follow his energy and work the skill building into pool activities that the child preferred. The instructor's adaptability throughout the session was the main factor in my son being able to now swim across the pool by himself.

worse scheduling and terrible communication. would not recommend for swim lessons. Took 4 months to…read morefulfill 10 swim lessons. My child still doesn't know how to swim. waste of money for $70 per class for group sessions.

The facility is extremely clean and well-maintained. All of the staff have been kind and helpful.read more

This review is for the YMCA Summer Program. We've had my son in there in past summers and it's…read morealways okay. We know what we're signing up for. It's a budget friendly summer camp. But this past summer was a bad experience all around. I believe they also have a new director. My son likens her to Ms Trunchbull in Matilda. He witnessed counselors shoving kids, literally shoving them to get in line. My son was also physically hit by a counselor. Of course they can't verify it and other counselors didn't witness it or won't say. Both my wife and I experienced his counselor as extremely petty, without any sense of training, and badgering kids when they don't fit her personal preferences (rather than some value or rule of the camp). The YMCA is an already dated and dying institution. This is going to seal the deal very soon.

We had a very enjoyable experience working with Kate, the owner. She is very patient and positive…read moreand makes learning how to swim fun. I like the one on one class as opposed to group classes. Her pool is always clean and I always felt very comfortable that Kate was in control and my child was safe with her. Her policy is very straightforward and uncomplicated when it comes to cancelling for sickness etc which makes it another big plus for a busy mom.

We found Head Above Water a few years ago and instantly felt that we found a gem of a swim school…read more Both my kids learned how to swim with them and my older daughter now knows four different strokes! I loved that they evolved their instructions with my kids' age. Andrew was very playful and patient and made my kids comfortable in the water when they were younger. And later, Giles taught them to focus on improving their strokes. My kids always looked forward to swim classes.

Anna at Hall Swim Academy is an excellent teacher…read more Two years ago, my son (who was 7 at the time) was going to another swim school and was doing ok but advancing slowly. As part of that school's safety training, they threw him in the water wearing street clothes. He was doing ok for about 30 seconds but then panicked and started to sink so one of the teachers had to jump in and pull him out. (It was partially my fault since I mistakenly had him wear long pants that absorbed water). Anyhow, he freaked out and got very scared. We continued to go to that school for several more weeks but he stagnated with his training and the teacher became frustrated and tried to push him too hard so he had a melt down. Fast forward two years, I started taking him to the Hall Swim Academy west LA location about 2 months ago and he started trying again to learn how to swim with Anna. Anna is extremely kind and patient with kids. She demonstrates what she wants him to do and corrects mistakes in his floating and swim strokes and has him repeat as necessary. She is able to recognize how much to push and when to give him more space and repeats instructions as necessary. He loves going to swim class with Anna and is motivated to learn so he can swim with his friends at summer camp. Yesterday, he had two major breakthroughs. He spent most of the class in the pool without wearing goggles which he previously refused to do. Then, on his own, he decided he wanted to try the swim test. So, he put on street clothes over his swim suit, jumped in the water, floated on his back for 20 seconds and then easily swam to the side of the pool and climbed out on his own. He was so proud of himself for overcoming his fear and is now looking forward to his next class with Anna. I am very grateful to Anna for her kindness, professionalism, excellent teaching skills and being such a good motivator. Thank you!!

Elena was great for both my boys! One came in at the beginning of the summer super water insecure…read moreand by the end of summer was water safe! And my other boy had been to many other teachers and no one could get him to do a back float. Elena did! We love Elena! Thanks, Bebe and Hall Swim Academy! See you next summer :)

I took 1 on 1 adult lessons with Allyson to work on improving my swimming skills and I can…read moreconfidently recommend. A lot of great tips and tools provided to help isolate and work on specific mechanics. I started out knowing how to swim generally, but worked on getting more confident in the water and now have a fresh round of feedback to better coach myself during practice sessions. Pro tip: there is a waiting list. I spent a few months on this list so plan in advance. Thank you Allyson

Allyson is the best. I am training for my first triathlon and knew my swimming needed help. I…read morebooked beginner triathlon lessons with her and felt so much stronger even after just my first lesson! She gave me swimming tips that made sense and were easy to understand and follow. Allyson is easy going, attentive, and approachable. She's patient, kind, and was extremely flexible with scheduling lessons. The ocean swim lesson was very helpful and she gave great tips for entering/exiting during the race. Bottom line she is a great swim coach. Highly recommend. Thanks so much Allyson!

Lexi is simply the best. My family and I are so grateful for her!…read moreOur daughter (who is autistic and non verbal) had a bad experience at another swim school. Lexi made her so comfortable since the first session. My daughter is always looking forward to swim class and she always leaves the class so happy. Thank you!

Lexi has been absolutely amazing with my 4 and 6 year old! In just a few lessons she has both of…read morethem starting to swim on their own, and I'm completely confident that she'll be able to get them the rest of the way there! As a swim instructor Lexi is amazingly patient, encouraging, and completely attuned to their comfort level and ability. She has been able to challenge them in such a gentle and effective way ...prior to lessons, neither one of them had even put their face in the water, and now they'll happily jump into the pool. I highly recommend Lexi to anyone who wants to get their child swimming!

Coach Rasha has been beyond incredible for our family. In just 6 lessons, our 8-year-old went from…read morebeing scared to go underwater to actually enjoying it. Now he's doing handstands, building real confidence, and even going into the deep end -- something we never thought we'd see this soon. After spending two years in swim school with very little progress, this truly feels like the best money we've ever spent. We realized that we're actually spending less with these one-on-one private lessons with Coach Rasha and getting more out of each lesson than the swim schools -- We honestly joke that we should've asked the swim school for a refund on all that time and money. Working with Coach Rasha has been a complete game changer and we can't imagine going back to swim schools ever again. We're so grateful we found her and are already looking forward to having our youngest learn with her too. She's patient, encouraging, and amazing with kids.

It was a great experience and everything was easy to learn. I am an adult who doesnt know how to…read moreswim lol and I was a little scared but in 3 lessons I was able to keep myself afloat and understand shat the problem was! Rasha is a great teacher who knows what she is doing. Highly recommended

My four and a half year old daughter went from being scared to dunk her head to swimming on her own…read morefor the width of the pool in the matter of a few weeks. We did a couple days of the immersive class with her and after the second day she was laughing and loving every second with teacher Jackie. She loved it so much that after the end of the four day immersive classes (45minute 1:1s) she wanted to keep doing classes. So we signed her up for a few more 1:1s once a week. After a couple more of them, she was jumping off the deep end, floating, swimming back to the ledge and pulling herself out all by herself. The patience and joy teacher Jackie brought was worth every penny!

We love CC Swim Academy! Our older son did months of lessons at another facility and would never…read moreput his head underwater. It was torture going there week after week seeing other kids advance and our guy stay at level 1. We took a big break from lessons until we found CC Swim Academy and Ali in particular, who is a fantastic instructor. Now, with two little ones, 5 and 3, we dove headfirst into lessons and they both progressed so quickly. Ali has taught them the building blocks of swimming and it was amazing to watch. They've now learned so much and Ali has made them really comfortable in the water. They jump in the pool, do flips, go on water slides, etc. All things that take confidence they learned from Ali.