Have you tried swim lessons before but no real progress was made?
Does your child want to try out for swim team and need some private coaching?
Do you have multiple children of various ages and ability levels who need convenient lesson times?
Are you a fully functioning, contributing-to-society adult who just never learned to swim (or is really, really scared)?
Let me help!
I encourage children to be safe and independent in the water while always stressing the importance of being water-wise.
For beginning swimmers, earning a child’s trust is key to success, and I work hard to develop their confidence. Individual attention, personal connection, and lesson consistency help skills and confidence build quickly. I want each of my swimmers to leave the pool knowing that I believe in them and their ability to succeed.
For more advanced swimmers, one-on-one instruction provides the opportunity for direct, specific feedback. With plenty of encouraging motivation, too, thoughtful critiques of swim strokes can lead to changes that allow swimming to become efficient and easy.
Coach Karen is now in California! She is teaching private swim lessons in backyard pools around the Lamorinda, Berkeley, Oakland, and Walnut Creek area!
Lesson Format
Five day sessions are consecutive days, usually Monday-Friday
One-on-one: 20 minutes per day for 5 days, $250
Private lessons are arranged by phone. Please email Coach Karen with your phone number to get on her calendar!
LESSON POLICIES
INCLEMENT WEATHER/MAKE UP POLICY: All classes will be suspended immediately in case of thunder or lightning. If there is a shower but no thunder or lightning, we will swim as planned. I have no more interest in being in the water if it is unsafe than you do putting your children in the water! I will work with you to make up the missed class at a mutually-agreeable time. Classes missed for any other reason will NOT be made up.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Any cancellations must be received EIGHT DAYS PRIOR to the start date of the session.