“As an adult coming back to swimming after many years away I had built up quite a bit of fear/anxiety about getting back in the water. I'm happy to say that after only a few weeks with Swim Now and with the help of my instructor Pete that fear has just about disappeared.
Pete has been great and very patient taking me back to basics and building up the required techniques to get me swimming again, properly this time as I never learnt these techniques the first time and in fact never even swam with my head in the water.
I've now been putting these techniques into practice in my local pool which is great and I can't wait to do the same on holiday soon.
I would highly recommend Swim Now and Pete, and for anyone in a similar situation, who is maybe feeling a bit silly for being scared of getting in the water or for learning to swim as an adult all I can say is give Swim Now a try you wont regret it.”
“We've had a great experience so far, Robyn has been amazing with our little boy (5 years), his swimming has come along nicely and Robyn is calm and understanding, always watching and listening to his every move in the water. Highly recommend to anyone who needs to learn to swim.”
“I only had a couple of lessons with Jo (Barnsley) but so much ground was covered especially as this was my first ever attempt at swimming. I would highly recommend her for for new learners.”
“I booked lessons with Swimnow basically to learn swimming from scratch because I’ve never been able to do it, i did it because it’s a handy thing to be able to do and I wanted to do it for myself and my mental health, Nick was my instructor and i honestly can’t thank him enough for what he’s done for my swimming ability and mental health. He was patient throughout and gave me lots of good advice going forward too, would highly recommend him to anyone!”
“I had a few swimming lessons in the past, but since I started with Pete, the progress has been massive.
He is knowledgeable, very patient and funny.He makes me feel more confident in the water.
I super recommend him.”
“My kids have loved it - recently they've had Kim (Leeds) who I personally think has been the first one who has introduced some structure vs. how I felt some of the previous swim instructors approached things.
Unfortunate we went through 3 instructors in a short period but for those looking in the Leeds area I really recommend Kim !”
“Great experience. I had taught myself a dodgy style of breast-stroke a long time ago and wanted help to relearn how to do the real thing (plus other strokes too!). Pete has been great - deconstructing the old stroke and putting it back together in a really careful and clear way. I'm learning loads, proud of the progress and look forward to continuing!”
“Pete, the instructor was very pleasant and positive. Although I went to improve my stroke. I was impressed by his approach with people who were learning to swim. I found the lessons expensive but did improve my technique.”
“My instructor James is brilliant. He is so kind and is helping me and my younger brother learn to swim. I feel safe with him and not scared about being in the water. Can’t wait for my next lesson. Thank you James”
“Very impressed with the progress max has made with Danielle. She is friendly, max is comfortable with her and his confidence in the water has improved.”
“Absolutely love the swim now package for one to one lessons with my son who can not cope in group sessions. He is challenged with distance and technique all with the aim to improve and finding a method that works for him. The pool been open to other members of the gym causes no issue as most are respectful to the lessons going ahead and will move out of the way for the lessons. You get the opportunity to watch and monitor to see the lesson or wait and watch on cameras. Can hinstly see masses of improvement gained as well as it been enjoyable too. Joanne adapts well to the challenges faced while ensuring safeguarding of all individuals and has such good patience.”
“Nick is a fantastic coach. Very apprachable and instills the confidence in you that you would expect. Thank you Nick for getting me to a stage where i can swim independently with the same confidence”
“Ryan has been fantastic with our son - within one lesson he got him in the pool and after a few lessons he was getting his ears and mouth in the water. This wouldn't have happened if we had gone with group lessons.”
“Cannot recommend Kim at Oulton Hall Hotel highly enough! She was very calm and patient and somehow had me swimming unaided within three sessions despite it being 35 years since I gave up trying to learn because I found it too hard. She gave me lots of confidence in the water and if there were things I didn't understand she tried different ways of explaining and that was invaluable. Thanks Kim!”
“James is an amazing swimming instructor, My son was petrified of water and after 3 lessons he can swim a little bit on his own and the first lesson he could go underwater. Would definitely recommend”
“Pool was at Hilton hotel so facilities was very nice however as I am hydrophobic I was expecting lesson with some supports like discs to give me some water confidence. The instructor said they do not generally recommend this and I was not told any particular helpful tactics to overcome my phobia. I think the idea of not using supports scared me . The high cost of lesson did not justify the input given and to be fair for a person like me who needs may be so many lessons I didn't feel any difference in the teaching provided here /by another instructor in another pool”
