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Columbia Athletic Clubs - Silver Lake

3.9 (35 reviews)
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Starting with the staff everything about this Columbia Athletic Club is first class. A first class facility for the entire family.

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Great sport club. Have a general need. We love there facilities. Which they have more easy schedules for tennis courts book

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Mr. Bret needs to be little nice to small kids and tone his attitude down at the swim club. Overall facility is decent.

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Great gym. Staff are very friendly and always greet you with big smiles. Love it!

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Is the tennis, kids club and group swimming lessons included in the cost or are those extra?

You can get either a tennis membership or athletic membership, but neither include swimming lessons or childcare. Childcare is either $5/hr per kid or something like $30 per month for unlimited, give or take a few bucks.… 

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“They have a wonderful Kids Club and kids camps/activities as well as great exercise classes for adults.”

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Our kids have been enrolled in SafeSplash for the last eight months, we noticed a dramatic…read moreimprovement in their swimming abilities almost immediately. Hoss was the perfect teacher for our 7 year old son. He was the perfect balance of diligence, fun and always provided well constructed criticism. Our son has become a better student and swimmer without compromising his love for the water. Our 4 year old daughter can swim almost a half lap on her own and absolutely loves the water. Katie is an excellent teacher for the little kids that are just starting to swim on their own. Highly recommended.

While I enjoyed getting to take my daughter to swim classes, I ultimately stopped coming here after…read morea few months for the following reasons: 1. Hard to book. I had to call in to book each session with a representative on the phone. There were a number of times that there was a policy that prevented or interfered with our booking but the rules were never explained to me. I preferred to do an al-la-carte situation as we could not be consistently free on her lesson day. One representative told me I could book online, one said I couldn't, one said I could book any time, one told me I had to book lessons at least 12 hours in advance. This got very old. 2. No locker room access. Apparently, there was some kind of incident involving another swim lesson parent and a member of LA Fitness, where this business is run out of - I can't speak to this as I was not involved. However, it meant that the entire swim school was unable to use the locker rooms. Safe Splash provided two small pop-up changing tents on the pool deck. Two tents for two full classes of kids and parents to use to change! By the time we had a turn, the whole tent was soaked! I often take my daughter to lessons on my own and rely on putting her in the stroller when I need to change. With the current set up this was impossible. I could not get her and myself dressed without also getting all our clothes wet. Dont even get me started about trying to get a diaper on 1 year old in that small area! 3. I didn't feel like she learned much! Granted it was a baby/toddler class but I know small kids can be taught survival skills. We paid A LOT of money and didn't learn anything. The biggest takeaway was supporting her body on our shoulders and not hands while floating. It was not worth the price. 4. The pool was always cold. I know this isn't really something SafeSplash could control but the kiddos were often shivering in the pool. We had a fun time swimming together and I loved watching her confidence grow which is why I kept the two stars but we'll be taking our business elsewhere.

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