We are so happy to be back for our second season with Nicole this spring. My daughter absolutely adores her and looks forward to every single swim lesson; she is always READY for swim and never once complains about going. That alone says so much. Nicole has such a warm, patient, and encouraging approach with children. She creates an environment where kids feel comfortable, confident, and excited to learn. We've seen tremendous growth not only in swimming skills, but also in my daughter's confidence and comfort in the water. It's clear Nicole genuinely cares about the kids she teaches, and that energy carries into every lesson. We are incredibly grateful to have found her and highly recommend her to any family looking for a swim instructor who is both talented and wonderful with children. read more

Got an assessment and saw they were able to work with my kid and get them out of their shell. Miss Nicole was wonderful. Signed up right away, clean facility and bathrooms available for changing. I saw the other Miss Maxy work with another student and she was so gentle and patient. The student by the end of class was having a great time. Miss Austin we will be working with later next week and I know she will be just as amazing. A great way to get your kid water safe and support a small local business. Come try it out! read more

Again, I will reiterate, wishing you well. I hope you can get some support for the angst and clarity you seek. I'm so sorry for your personal loss of your miscarriage. I did state that before. I do ask again to keep refraining from texting me, posting about me, and having such anger towards me. It feels displaced and truly unprofessional. I'm just uncomfortable with this rhetoric and engagement. Again, loud and clear, I wish you well. FYI- my pool isn't heated, however it is indoors in a heated room. *** it's pretty upsetting this morning to entertain texts and phone calls from friends who are screening me comments the owner is making about me on her Instagram page. I never even talked to her on Instagram or other social media outlets that's concerning given a professional, I'm entitled to my opinion I don't feel like I said anything that was a discrepancy towards her. Personally, she cared to share her personal endeavors with me, which I don't feel are reflective of what her personal position should hold, that's neither here nor there. I come from a place of wishing you goodwill in your journey of whatever it is that brings you peace and happiness, and I asked that you refrain from threatening me via my personal text which my husband and I both read, as well as on any social media outlet I don't feel that's constructive. It's both discrediting and defamatory against somebody's character. I didn't say anything about you personally again wishing you well, so please refrain from further harassment towards me personally thank you Pretty disappointed with the various layers of content from owner. The initial phone call I placed was to a recorded, outdated message that was very dry and monotone. A little more enthusiasm, especially considering the audience you want to attract would be helpful. Nevertheless I wanted to give it a try and left a message. I would naturally assume a live person, especially an owner attempting to secure a potential new client would personally reach out. Instead I was texted. Very dry, lacking any enthusiasm or introduction to whom I was speaking with. As a parent and an educator I was left feeling very unimpressed and as if my business wasn't a concern for them in securing. It's too bad because in the past, I often gather several friends and children to take part and lessons when I find someone that I'm super happy with and comfortable with. the only reason I am no longer using the private instructors that I have had is because they have moved away. Furthermore, it was indicated that no lessons or instruction would take place and less the degree of temperature was 80° and above I've never heard of this when I've also used professional schools and CPR trained swim instructors that were on swim teams earning medals at the number one high school in California. It's just a little disheartening that I was just treated with such ill regard as to my needs as a client or any considerations on my end. So it was just left as if there was no concern to secure my business again no professional phone call was made or introduction from them. I have no idea who I was speaking with and it's unfortunate because they lost a great deal of business that I would've been happy to support. read more

Nicole is so great with my son, we do private lessons 1-2 x week. He instantly connected with her. I love how patient and sweet she is with him. Great communication and always on time! We also did group lessons when he was 3 months old, we rejoined a few weeks ago after he turned 2 and had our own pool. read more

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Miss Nicole immediately connected with our little swimmer to be. She teaches at a level that toddlers understand and relate to having playful fun. By 2nd lesson already learned to go underwater. read more

I bought a ten-pack of lessons last year after seeing glowing recommendations on the YL Mom's Club IG. Before I bought, I confirmed with Nicole that she had Saturday availability. After buying, her website wouldn't let me book Saturdays and she eventually ghosted me about scheduling (she later claimed to have personal stuff going on). She posted a couple months later on her business IG that she had lost access to the pool she used. By this point, I was unable to dispute the charge on my credit card because over 60 days had passed. I requested a refund at this point from Nicole, about five months after my purchase. Nicole said she would issue it. Thirty more days went by, no refund. I reached out to Nicole. Nicole said the refund could take up to 3 months. I waited another 60 days, still no refund. Nicole claimed she had issued the refund through her payment processor and sent me a screenshot showing "refunded" but no date on it. Finally a full year after my purchase and having to gather all Nicole's texts to me, IG direct messages, and her own IG posts, my credit card issuer is going to get my money back. When I advised Nicole of this, she said "whoops, looks like your refund was returned to me and the payment processor didn't notify me even though they always notify me." I would NEVER recommend this business for these reasons: 1) Her inattention to detail and incompetence running the basic functions of her business. 2) She victimizes herself on her business social media when too many customer's request charge-backs or refunds. "These fees cost me money as a business owner!!" If the fees are that high, that's a lot of refunds being issued. Huge RED FLAG. The screenshot she sent me of my "refund" showed a $7 fee. If she gets one refund request a month, that's $84 a year. That's a normal cost of doing business. Don't BLAME your customers. 3) She essentially stole my $250 for a year, never followed up and seemingly hoped I would just go away. UPDATED: Adding the screenshots showing my attempts to get the services I paid for. She mishandled this situation for a full year, up to and including her response to this review (threatening me with a libel suit). Make your own decisions based your situation and personal risk tolerance. Hopefully honest feedback will make this business better and help parents find the right fit for their kid's instruction. read more

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I will say that my son learned swimming skills, which I will be forever grateful for, but it was in expense of my child's tears from cancelled classes with no prior notice and my time wasted requesting time off work only to arrive to the pool with cancelled lessons. Don't get me wrong- I understand unexpected things happen. Kid pooped in the pool twice, staff get sick, off pH levels, etc. What is unacceptable is the level of communication (or lack thereof) of these cancelled classes. Last week, I rushed to get off work and pick up my child to be at a closed pool with no update until I texted. Excuse was phone is having issues (there are constant issues with their phone or emails). When we were 5 classes in, I had requested a refund due to so many cancellations, but Ms. Nicole tried to work with me. Some cancellations here and there, but we finally were down to 2. I believe I was beyond kind and patient, but this incident just pushed me. After last week's cancelled class and dealing with my son's disappointment, I got him so excited for his upcoming class with Ms. Nicole. We arrived on time, patiently waited as her previous lesson ran 10 minutes past. When that lesson is over, another family then shows up but there is no other instructor. I ask if she's running late as my son's class should've been 10 minutes ago, and she says another staff called out and asked my son to wait 30 minutes while she accommodated that other family first. She didn't even ask if the other family could wait. Excuse me?! I was shocked from how unprofessionally and unfairly Ms. Nicole handled the situation. The other student was easily favored when we arrived on time prior to them, waited patiently for 10 minutes while the other lesson ran late, then was told that we are the ones who had to wait (without any prior notice). We were there watching her previous lesson with no acknowledgement or update from her. My son broke down in disappointment from weeks of excitement resulting in cancelled classes and wondering why HE had to wait when it was our scheduled time, he was there first, and he was her scheduled student. I truly couldn't explain as I was confused myself. Her response is that she just picked and she was trying to accommodate another staff's classes, but my son too, was the other staff's student, and our classes were also rescheduled before. She didn't even try to ask the other family to wait. Cancelled classes, lack of communication are all not great, but this incident was truly disappointing and I am saddened by this experience as I have recommended this company to many families. read more

We just had our first swim lesson with Ms. Nicole and both my girls did so well with her. She met them at their level and was so kind and patient. You can tell she has been doing this with kids for a while and knows her stuff. We are excited for the rest of our lessons! read more

Long overdue review We moved to Yorba Linda last year and were scrambling to find a school with openings. We attended trials at 4 swim schools and this swim school stood out beyond the others. Nicole was not only patient, but went over the scheduled trial time to work with our child. This was a free lesson that we were attending for an evaluation, but, she treated it as if we had paid for a whole lesson. She took the time to let our sons get comfortable and took the time to talk to us and answer our thousands of questions. Nicole has always been great at communicating with us and we have never had issues, despite other reviews. She has always made sure our sons are comfortable during lessons and had always made sure we were in the loop of what was happening during lessons. She would always let us know what we could work on at home to help the process and it really did help. Nicole's way with kids is indescribable and we are so appreciative of all she has done for our sons. They are so excited to return and see her again. read more

Found this school through a local community buzz page from Nicole posting free swim lessons with various dates and times. I signed up and she confirmed. 30 minutes before, after I already left, she cancelled due to weather- although it was not raining and only windy. I understood things happen and rebooked. The next week the exact same thing happened, and she replied even later, after ignoring several messages, blaming it on losing her phone. I found it extremely unprofessional with the short notice, and lack of concern or empathy for parents trying to book around a child's schedule. Would not recommend. read more

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I can not speak highly enough of Just Keep Swimming School and all that they offer. We loved the flexibility that they offer with scheduling because my husband and I are on call for our jobs. While every swim school we attended prior had a requirement of X amount of times a week, we would get lessons deducted when we would have to reschedule due to being called into work or even our child being sick. Nicole has been amazing working with both my kids. One of my children is neurodivergent and she has really understood my child like no other instructor has. She is patient and kind and has a niche in really understanding kids and making the lesson about them. Ive seen reviews talking about communication and we've had zero issues. We've been with this school for over 6 months and the only issues we had, were due to weather or the old pools owner. We are so happy with both children's progress read more

We absolutely LOVE just keep swimming school. My daughter is swimming confidently now, Miss Nicole is so patient and loves her students. I cannot recommend this swim school more!!! Looking forward to next summer to get my twins swimming read more

I bought swimming lessons for my granddaughter to take place at our home. Miss Nicole came as promised and was so very kind with our 2 1/2 year old granddaughter. I recommend "Just Keep Swimming School". She is patient and professional. I also bought 10 sessions for our other grandchildren at their home and look forward to hearing how those go. read more

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We just started swim lessons with Miss Nicole for my two older daughters. My middle daughter is slow to warm with new people and can be quite resistant/ stubborn. Not with Miss Nicole. She did AMAZING with both my daughters and they both felt so comfortable with her and did great with the lessons. She is also amazing with communication and parent interactions. We are so glad we picked this swim school and that Miss Nicole is our teacher. read more

Miss Nicole is amazing! My son just started swim lessons with her, and right off the bat you can tell she's great with kids, super informative, and cares about her students. We love that she made sure to make him (and us!) feel comfortable, and she's incredibly understanding. Running a business is incredibly difficult, but you can tell she's on top of things, communicates with her clients, and is present with her clients. If you're looking for a swim teacher, Miss Nicole is great! read more

My son (2.5yo) had his first lesson here this week, but I was impressed enough by the facilities and the staff (having arrived 30 minutes early to give him time to see other kiddos swimming and taking lessons) that I would highly recommend this to any other family already. We were able to watch 3 lessons going on simultaneously (they split up the pool for the lessons so the kids stay in their section and the pool is definitely large enough to accommodate this set up) and all 3 instructors, and they were all great. Really friendly/sweet with their students, teaching style was really warm and fun, and all of the kids seemed to thoroughly enjoy their lesson. There are chairs set up in the shade for parents to sit and watch, and a small changing room on the side for kids to change in and out of their swim gear. Mr. Brent is our son's teacher and my son warmed up immediately to him, was smiling and laughing his whole lesson, and genuinely had fun. read more

Our 2 1/2 year old loves working with Nicole and it's been Awesome seeing him increase his skills with her. The pool at Heritage is heated and she offers many different plans and times for 1 on 1 lessons! read more

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The phone lines "don't work" and you can only text.. the problem is the other person on the line takes forever to respond. Tried inquiring about setting my kids up, pricing etc and no response at all. read more

My kids have been long overdue for some swim lessons and my little one is ready for some safety swim lessons. First off communication-I cannot thank Ms Nicole enough for always informing me of what's going on. We did have problems with scheduling in the beginning for other reasons, but Ms Nicole kept me in the loop at all times. Also, her patience in answering all my questions (i mean all of them haha- i had a lot considering my 6 mo old is starting swim lessons) she reassured me and put my mind at ease. Second our big kids started their first lessons with Mr Brent and I was surprise with what I saw, a boost of confidence in both of my kids. Also, surprise on what I saw in what they can do. So grateful for having Mr Brent. (In a way I'm glad things didn't go as plan in the beginning because this plan was way better. Already referring them to friends and family Thank you for teaching our kids read more

Highly recommend. I have been referring friends and family to this school for years. The instructors are knowledgeable and patient and really care about helping their students. Most recently they helped with my grandson. The owner has excellent customer service and follows up with the clients. Whether you are looking for individual lessons or multiple and regardless of the age, I highly recommend this school. read more

The pool very small. It's not a swimming class because children just have a fun time with coaches. They don't learn swimming and they can't learn swimming in the small pool. read more

We love Miss Liz and Miss Nicole! It took a little bit to get set up, but once we were set, it was/is so easy. Pros: - both Ms. Liz and Ms. Nicole are great with kids - super calm and experienced swim teachers - appreciate that it's a 30 min private lesson - my kids were so comfortable with Ms. Liz - heated pool, so year round lessons - email and text reminders of the lesson Con: - parking can be limited, but you can park on the street right there..so not bad at all I would definitely recommend Just Keep Swimming to everyone! read more

Mackenzie THRIVES with Miss Nicole! She has SO much fun in her lessons and looks forward to them every week Now! (She's 2.5 years old and is now SO confident in the water!) When Kenzie first started her swim lessons, every lesson she would cry (pretty much the entire time).. She still listened and did everything Miss Nicole told her to do, but would cry out "I want mommy!" She even tried escaping the pool a few times So, to the parents who's children have separation anxiety..or get nervous around new people, I promise you, STICK TO IT! . I knew she was learning and getting more confident and comfortable in the water, because at home she would do SO great with us and even told us how to do things Miss Nicole taught her. . Eventually she got used to Miss Nicole and started looking forward to her lessons. She THRIVED and this is where we are today. So thankful for Miss Nicole for being so patient with Kenzie and kind. Don't give up hope, just keep swimming. read more

We started swimming when my daughter turned 2. Since she was a pandemic baby she started swimming and had a lot to work through especially "separation anxiety." Ms Nicole and Ms Liz are experts at what they do and both great with kids. They helped my daughter overcome her separation anxiety and her fear of putting her head in the water. Fast forward a year and a half later, my now three year old is swimming and can't get enough of swimming lessons. Ms Nicole and Ms Liz are now working on her with "being water safe." They are both incredible with kids. My eldest (age 7) took lessons with both instructors and loved fine tuning her swim strokes. They work with wherever your child is level wise (beginner, middle, or advanced). Highly recommend! read more

After spending almost 3 months of lessons elsewhere, my daughter seemed to plateau and started to dread going to swim class. We decided to check out other options, and we are so happy to have found Nicole and Liz at Just Keep Swimming! Miss Liz has instructed my 5 year old daughter for about a month, and after just 2 lessons, she has progressed more than she has in 3 months at the "other" place. It isn't just regular drills here, they combine various activities and methods to keep things interesting for the kids. On top of that, the outdoor pool is heated so we get fresh air along with a comfortable pool. There's a shower that we can use, so you can wash the chlorine off of your child's sensitive skin immediately, if needed. Lastly, they are very good about communicating. Whether it be through email, texts, or phone calls, we are always aware of the latest happenings, any process changes and developments. read more

We have had a wonderful experience with Liz and Nicole. My sons look forward to every swim lesson. They have made huge progress in just 4 lessons. I highly recommend them! It's one on one and they build trust with your kids. read more

Initially I wasn't happy with the customer service but the owner reached out to me and fix my problem so I am editing my initial review because they worked with me to figure out a solution that works the best for both of us. read more

I had a bad experience. I don't see this in any of the other reviews and maybe I just had a uniquely bad experience. Nicole is very nice. My son is a bit difficult so this review has nothing to do with the quality of the lessons. My issue, is the lack of communication. Since the very first day I paid for the lessons up front, I have had issues getting a prompt response from Nicole. Most times I had to wait days after sending a text asking for availability. And many times I would have to simply send another text due to lack of response. Although that was aggravating it wasn't a deal breaker for me. On lesson 7, we were booked for a time that was in the middle of someone else's lesson, causing the other lesson to be cut short and my mother in law who takes my child to the lessons to have to sit and wait until they wrapped up the previous lesson. That was annoying but we only had 1 lesson left after that so I let it go. On our final lesson I texted Nicole asking for her availability on August 11. I received no response. I texted her again on August 15 to receive a text on August 16, asking to text a new number. I did. I received a response on August 17 offering me a time slot. I took the time slot. My mother in law gets to the pool at that time and she is not there. They wait for a few minutes and let me know the situation. I texted the number asking if we were still on for the lesson. I get a response back saying "Hi I'm sorry! I never hit send on my text. I had a house call book at 9 right after I texted you - I have some availability tomorrow morning at 10 or 10:30? Let me know if either work". At this point I have had enough, I respond with "Can I just get a refund for the last session? I am not available tomorrow and I feel bad having had my mother in law take Julian to the pool for nothing." I still have never received a response back. Nicole is nice, but not great at being organized. If I were you, I would save my money and find someone who is dependable and understands the importance of prompt response, or even any response at all. read more

My almost 5 year old daughter has been terrified to swim. We had a pretty traumatic swimming lesson experience when she was slightly younger than two (upsetting enough that she even remembers the teacher's name after almost 3 years) and she's been scared to swim without any sort of floaties since. We had our first lesson yesterday with Ms. Liz and she instantly bonded with my daughter. She established trust with her and made her feel safe before my daughter even got in the pool. By the end of only a 30 minute lesson, my daughter was doing a bit of swimming on her own! I am so impressed and happy. The private lessons are worth every penny! We bought a 20 lesson package and my daughter is already saying she wants to keep going after it's over. I am so thankful for Just Keep Swimming Swim School! read more

I'm so glad I found Coach Nicole (and her company)! She has made it a very safe environment for my daughter to learn how to swim and have fun at the same time. Coach Nicole is super patient and encourages my daughter, simultaneously. My daughter always has a great time and looks forward to her lessons! read more

Miss Nicole is amazing!!! My 4 year old daughter took to her right away and looked forward to her class every day. We had a bad experience with another swim school so my daughter was hesitant to take off her floatie but Miss Nicole worked her magic and was able to make her comfortable in the water in a few short lessons. We highly recommend her! read more

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Both of my kids are strong swimmers because of Miss Liz. She is patient and knows how to connect with each child in the right way to build trust. She has decades of experience teaching young kids and it shows in her ability to bond with and encourage a love of swimming. Truly the best swim teacher I've ever met. read more

We are finishing up our last couple sessions with Miss Nicole and are so incredibly happy with our experience. Our 3 year old started swim lessons with zero ability to swim without floaties confidently, and is now jumping off rocks and into the deep end without anyone catching her, swimming the length of our pool, and getting out on her own. We feel confident as parents that she knows what to do, and how to get out of the pool if she falls in, and communicate when she is getting tired (so important)! Not only is her swimming confidence and ours way up, but Miss Nicole knows exactly how to personalize the swim lessons to our (sometimes) difficult daughter. Miss Nicole combines fun diving toys and builds on the techniques and swimming activities she can tell our 3 year old enjoys and excels at. For instance, when our daughter didn't want to listen and just wanted to goof off, they ended up "racing" across the pool- this redirected our 3yr old's attention back to the lesson at hand in a fun, interactive way that she thoroughly enjoyed. She is extremely patient and works so well with the kids, as do the other teachers from what we can tell. Highly recommend. read more

Heated!!!! Great for winter swimming. Like a bathtub for the kids. Discounts. We've tried many swim schools over the years. YMCA, private, public, friends, etc and this one seems to be the best. My girls love Ms Liz. They are happy and comfortable. Strongly recommend. read more