We loved our experience with Coach Fennec at our neighborhood pool. Coach was beyond encouraging…read moreand helped my kids feel confident in the water in just a few lessons!

Got a great swimming instructor---a little pricy since we're going through a middle man, but saw…read moregreat results for my daughter.

Those outside the sport of swimming may have never given thought to what became of the Myrtha Pool…read moreused in the 2008 Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha NE. This is a pool that garnered 9 world records just a head of the Bejing Olympics, where Michael Phelps got his historic 8 gold medals. Those outside the sport possibly never gave a thought that a pool could even be disassembled, trucked across the country and put back together again for competition. Let me assure you that community leaders in the Richmond area had a plan for this historic tub. A plan that would end up having an incredible price tag of 22 million. This facility would host world class swimming competitions and bring awareness to water safety in the Greater Richmond area. The pool's physical location would be in Chesterfield Co. in Ukrops Park. The naming rights would go to Collegiate School, a private school in Richmond acquired major funding for the venture. However, it is the Ukrop family who provided the major funding, and land that the CSAC would eventually set on to make this all a reality. The USA club team Poseidon Swimming host meets and practices out of the aquatic center. Poseidon with it's significant fund raising was considered serious player in making this dream come true for not only for Richmond, but for Virginia. The plan that had been agonized over a four year time frame became a reality March 13, 2012. This spectacular swimming facility boost an eight lane 50 meter pool which is the olympic trials structure. Not to be left out an 8 lane 25 yd warm up/cool down pool for competition and a warm therapy pool. Spectators are not left out in the 7,000 sq ft mezzanine that can hold up to 700 fans. Parking is plentiful all around the building. Even new exit ramps off the highway were installed to make it easy to access the CSAC. This aquatic facility is a shining example of a dream one community had to bring not only world class competition to Virginia, but also the awareness and importance of water safety. The presence and prestige of a pool of this stature is a tremendous economic boom for the Richmond area too. The GRAP Greater Richmond Aquatic Partnership manages the pool. Memberships are available to those in the community. Check out the pics of construction of this awesome pool at: http://www.poseidonswimming.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=vsps&_stabid_=44645 If you are ever in this area and want to pop in to check it out a special tour can be provided, however calling ahead would be a recommended.

It's convenient and the (instructional) pool is consistently warm w available lap lane s…read moreThe lockers are relatively colder than most. Training pool is deep and cool. Lifeguards and staff are friendly. Pools and common areas super clean. Overall it's a vast improvement over my NY Y. I'd have given 5 starts for the lack of interest in my complaint: Request the therapy pool (jets treadmill) guests wear headphones or buds instead of blasting their music. People yesterday all wore earplugs because one entitled woman insisted on playing her music. "We've gotten a lot of complaints about her" the desk said. Yet nothing is done. Just a simple request! I've never experienced such complete selfishness - yet they don't care and allow the space to be dominated by loud inconsiderate guests. Headphones are cheap. This person isn't autistic just a creep.

We rented the Little Fish Swimming Pool in Fredericksburg (Central Park) location. I must say, I…read morewas very impressed with the location and the space. The children had a great time. Little Fishers provided 2 pizzas and some drinks from The local pizza place. We weren't sure if it would be enough, so we ordered more. Little Fish provided more than enough pizza for all the kids, the parents and probably some random people in the street. Everything for my son'3rd party was great except the TV's in the party areas did not work. It is hard to left 2-4year old attentive when they are finished swimming. We wanted to show Mickey's Fun House on the TV's. We talked to the staff on numerous occasion and still didn't get any assistance or even a discount for lack of TV. Other than that, I enjoyed the party, but would caution people to verify the everything works. On a good note all the kids were provided with floaties and splash splashed until they could splurge splash anymore

My three year old had his first lesson today at the St. Michael High School location and it was…read moreabsolutely fantastic! He's normally terrified to get in the water but with the help of his coaches he was begging for more pool time! I couldn't believe it! The team was very helpful in explaining all the rules and how kid's progress to the next levels. His coach was extremely patient and fun! My only "complaint " was the pool entrance wasn't clearly marked , only the back side door was unlocked so we were scrambling for 10 minutes trying to figure out how to get inside.

This club is top notch with 2 full size pools and a nice pool for small young children. There are…read moreseveral tennis courts and there is snack bar and an outside area with tables and rooftop to eat there. The upper pool has an area for adult swim and a diving board for everyone to use at deep end. The other pool is open and has a slide. If looking to join please get in touch and am sure you will be happy you did. The manager and her staff did an outstanding job in 2020 dealing with Covid 19.

We have been members for several years. This is a great pool for families as well as couples or…read moresingles. Snacks and drinks can be brought in via coolers. There are multiple pools that support babies, children, mixed use, and adult only. It is always clean and well tended by lifeguards. There is a snack bar and free ice water to keep you cool!! Lots of fun events on holidays. Very family/couple friendly!

Employ more compassionate "coaches" who actually enjoy children...dont traumatize children or…read moreparents. UPDATE: The manager worked through the incident with my granddaughter and seems to have the kids success and experiences as the priority.. so I changed my rating to a 4 in hopes that my granddaughter will be successful there.

My 2-year-old daughter previously took swim lessons at Goldfish and LOVED her experience there. We…read moregot a gift card from a friend to Aqua Tots and decided to give it a shot. We took one class here and it completely traumatized her. It was not explained to us that Aqua Tots uses a "pro submersion" technique. On her first class, a stranger held her under water for 5 seconds. She screamed and cried. (Wouldn't you if a stranger held you under water?!) She told us for days that she didn't want to swim anymore. We returned to Goldfish and, after 3 weeks of warming up to it, she is back to loving the water (and goes under of her own free will.) She still tells us to this day that she doesn't want to see the "mean" teachers at Aqua Tots again. We reached out to Aqua Tots to see if this is their normal practice. They explained that it is. That's fine- we obviously do better with the teaching methods used at Goldfish. BUT they refused to issue a refund for the remaining months that I had pre-paid as all sales are final. Lesson learned: DO not pre-pay in advance until you give it a try. And (in my opinion) go to Goldfish instead.

I don't usually leave reviews, especially negative ones, but I can't let this slide. We had a…read morereservation on a Saturday from 12-2pm. We paid for the reservation in person 12 days before the scheduled day. We never reserved here, so it was the first. On the scheduled day, for my daughter's 16th birthday celebration, we showed up with our party supplies and her group of friends. We were met with a "closed until further notice, due to maintenance". No phone call, no message left on our voice-mail. Thank you for nothing, and thank you for a very upset 16 year old. This is inexcusable. I HAD to select a star to post review..if it were my choice, NO STAR DESERVED.

This place is the best. Recently had a hiatus run at another pool and it wasn't nearly as much fun;…read morealso there was an altercation --- yes, a crazy swimming patron and because I'm deaf already and had earplugs in for water exclusion I missed the great parts of the lifeguard then manager trying to reason with Ms. Superfit. Alas, this just couldn't happen at the Great Mills Pool. Great lifeguards, great managers, and super fun swim mates! Thanks for making my mornings to much fun and safe!

This company is amazing!!! Excellent customer service and very informational. They answered every…read morequestion we had as new pool owners and showed us step-by-step on how to close/open our pool in the future (if we choose to). I highly recommend them to anyone for their price, honesty, and customer service.

Great service. The couple arrived ahead of time, called first to make sure it was OK, quickly…read moreidentified problem and corrected the problem. They educated us about why the problem occurred. Really nice people and they know what they are doing