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    Does this place have a hot tub/jacuzzi and/or sauna, by any chance?

    Did any adult take swimming lessons here ? How was it?

    Hi Shubhi - yes, we teach many adults to swim and there are some adult testimonials on our website www.swim.guru. and maybe some adult lesson reviews on the yelp page. Please call us at 206-200-9449 to answer all your questions. Have a great day!

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    We tried other swim lessons before finding Swim Guru and especially Coach Teigan and we would never go back.

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    Seattle Swim Academy

    Seattle Swim Academy

    5.0(4 reviews)
    4.8 miMagnolia

    I cannot speak more highly of this swim school. Lessons are 30 minutes and we have accomplished so…read moremuch with this team of excellent swim coaches. After 6 weeks of sprint lessons (4 days per week) my 3.5 yo daughter is beginning to swim independently. This summer she went from comfortable in the water to swimming with confidence and excitement. The coaches are both gentle and firm with clear instructions, appropriate energy for little kids. They have a great sense of social and emotional coaching as well. Whether your kid is nervous or excited this is a great fit! I've been over the moon with Sam (the owner) and his two other instructors Annie and Charlie. Each one has their own style, but a consistent methodology and technique. My daughter has responded positively to all coaches. It's easy to move with and coaches and still see results. We just transitioned from 6 weeks of sprint lessons to weekly lessons with much success. When I take her in the water on my own she can successfully backfloat, glide and swim to the wall. she loves jumping in, putting her face in the water and wearing her goggles. I have two 13 month old twins and the fact that my oldest is beginning to swim successfully on her own it's a huge relief for our future water excursions. These lessons are an excellent base to get your kid comfortable with the water, putting their eyes in, jumping in, wearing goggles, how to breathe and not take in water and learning safety techniques like flipping from front to back/back to front and floating. Last summer we did 2 weeks of Sprint lessons when she was two and a half which made her much more comfortable with putting both her eyes and head in the water. It allowed me to take her swimming weekly all year

    Our experience with Seattle Swim Academy was amazing…read more My three kiddos had Bella and each one of them loved her. She was firm in a loving and patient way. She was fun and knew how to make the things they were working on enjoyable. Lastly, she was professional. She was diligent in making sure the strokes, techniques, and things the kids were doing were done right. I was so impressed and have never witnessed a better swim instructor. My mom, who had six kids, also watched two lessons, and said the same thing. Lastly, I have dear friends who have also had Sam and Emily, and they share the same sentiment as above. Thanks for everything. One of my children (4.5) basically learned how to swim in six sessions, and my other two (6 & 8) who knew how to in part, learned correct strokes, safety measures, and how to dive. It was a joy and pleasure to use you guys for our swimming lessons. Thanks for everything Seattle Swim Academy!!!

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    SwimGuru

    SwimGuru

    4.8(4 reviews)
    1.4 miHaller Lake

    We have had a tremendous experience with SwimGuru. Our four-year-old daughter started swimming…read morethere when she was 18 months old and has a huge love of water now, and she is the youngest on her local swim team. Thanks to the confidence SwimGuru gave her, and us as parents, we also have our two-year-old son in lessons with coach Nick. After seeing how successful our daughter was with the lessons, big thanks to Coach Jessica, I am a huge supporter of the program and recommend it to anyone and everyone who wants to get their kids swimming and safe around water. It's definitely an investment of time and money, but the piece of mind is truly priceless. These private lessons just go to show the importance of a well trained teacher. The teachers take a lot of pride and invest a lot of time and energy and thought into what they do with each child. There is a lot of child psychology that goes into teaching young kids how to swim, and I don't think that is addressed in most other programs which really sets apart SwimGuru. While they are only 15 minutes long, I do believe the kids get a lot more out of the short lessons with focused attention than a 30 minute group lesson. Fair warning that scheduling can be tricky, as there is a huge demand for these lessons. However, Molly is an excellent resource at SwimGuru who can walk you through the process and provide support.

    Exceptional classes with talented coaches and a program that really works. At first I wasn't sure…read moreif private classes would work for us but it has been worth EVERY SINGLE PENNY. Because of the pandemic, my two children didn't get to continue their swim lessons and were 5 and 7 without knowing how to swim. I found Swim Guru and it has made all the difference. Group lessons just were not working for my kids - even before the pandemic. They really made no gains in a group setting. With SwimGuru my kids made incredibly rapid gains and are now both swimming! The swim test once they pass basic skills is also an important step that most swim places don't bother with. My kids were originally so scared of the water and very quickly became comfortable and then confident and joyful under the calm, competent coaching. We've worked with coach Helen and coach Molly - both of whom are wonderful. Every single coach is great and so are all the pool locations. Thank you SO much for teaching my kids to swim, helping them gain an important safety-oriented life skill and giving me peace of mind.

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    Wedgwood Swim Club

    Wedgwood Swim Club

    4.5(2 reviews)
    2.6 miWedgwood

    I swam at Wedgwood Swim Club for 12 years as an away swimmer through the Seattle Summer Swim League…read more(SSSL) approximately 1999 to 2010. My Grandad lived in Wedgwood, and my parents, my sister, and I lived in Innis Arden. So it was fun coming to swim here because my Grandad lived near the pool (now my sister owns the house) and would come to see me swim. So Wedgwood has always felt like a home-away-from-home pool to swim at for me. The pool deck stands out in my mind from the other SSSL swim team pools because of its smooth texture. Concessions were well run and locker rooms well maintained during swim meets. The amount of grass/sitting room is good for dual swim meets (two teams competing) but could get very crowded for the end of the season events such as Prelims, Northerns, and All Cities. The tiered grassy area made viewing the pool during races comparatively easy, though the edges of the pool were typically lined with spectators so we didn't always see the end/turns of every race. All around fond memories of swimming here both in terms of family and competitive sporting events.

    If there's one thing I always tell young families...or even couples when they move into the View…read moreRidge/Wedgwood neighborhoods of Seattle is to put your name on the wait lists for the local community pools. Now. Had someone given us that advice upon moving into NE Seattle, we might have had an opportunity to get into the View Ridge or Wedgwood Swim Clubs when our children were actually interested in being at the pool during the summer. Unfortunately that was not to happen. When we finally did have kids and finally did think to put our names on the wait list for these swim clubs, we were jarred to learn that the wait was a decade or more. I kid you not. Each spring we would get an update from both swim clubs altering us to our status on their wait list and every year we would look at each other and ask why no one gave us advice to get our names on the lists earlier. The lists moved in an excruciatingly slow manner, sometimes opening up fewer than a dozen new slots a year. In 2009, at the absolute height of the economic depression, we were finally notified by the Wedgwood Swim Club that our family was eligible to join and we were given a week to decide if we wanted to plunk down the $1700 it would cost ($1000 for membership and $700 for dues). Talk about being between a rock and a hard place. Spend $1700 that we really didn't have at that point, or lose our slot that we had been waiting on for a decade. Pay now or go back to the end of the line. Ultimately we decided to buck up and join and we really did enjoy that first summer. The weather was great, the kids were still young enough to want to hang out with their parents and, the novelty of belonging to a pool was still fresh. But, by the summer of 2011, our attendance at the pool had dropped precipitously. It took a very long time for summer to actually arrive in 2011 and combined with summer camps and other activities, I estimate that we only used the pool a total of 10 times all summer. That's $70 per swim based upon our $700 dues. Talk about a bad investment! The situation repeated itself in 2012, so when it came time to re-up our membership in 2013, we opted out. Our decade+ long wait to become members was over with a whimper after just four years. Our disappointing run at the Wedgwood Swim Club was not a reflection on the pool or community in any way. It had more to do with crappy summer weather and the fact that our kids were older and interested in other activities by the time we became members. In fact, I only have praise for the Wedgwood Swim Club. First of all, the facility is great. The pool is spacious, clean and warm. The clubhouse can be rented for a low fee for private parties. The locker rooms are clean. The staff, both year round and summer is terrific. The Board of Directors takes their job seriously and is committed to making sure the facility is around for decades to come. Everyone does a great job communicating to the membership. There are BBQ's available for picnicking and there are many community events throughout the summer, from swim meets to pie eating contests. It's really too bad that the Wedgwood pool didn't work out better for my family. Had we known about the wait list and had we become members when our kids were younger, including getting them on the swim team at a young age, we undoubtedly would have gotten more out of the pool. Pro Tip: The Wedgwood Swim Club offers swimming lessons to members and non-members alike throughout the summer. It's a great option for anyone who lives in NE Seattle.

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    Innis Arden Swim - Pool deck on a sunny day.

    Innis Arden Swim

    5.0(1 review)
    4.4 mi

    I swam for the Innis Arden youth swim team for 12 years approximately 1999-2010. Though my family…read morehad a pool membership before that time range as well and I worked at the pool until 2012. I also took part in youth water polo off and on. I started working here in Spring 2007 when I was 14 years old and worked here until August 2012, amounting to a little under 6 years, taking on various roles. Working at a pool while also using it for lap swim, rentals, open (recreation) swim, swim team, and water polo provides a well-rounded view of the pool setting. I went from cleaner to lifeguard and swim instructor to senior lifeguard and swim instructor to assistant swim coach and swim instructor. Being a cleaner, yes we even got to clean the locker rooms and wash the floors and scrub the toilets, was an eye opening experience as to the daily upkeep required in the operations and maintenance of a pool. Lifeguarding and teaching swim lessons here were more relaxed than the other pools I worked at (The Dale Turner Family YMCA and Evans Pool for the City of Seattle) and it is not one of the pools I made a rescue at. From a lifeguard perspective that is truly a testament to how well run/operated the pool is. Typically the pool is seasonal, opening in late Spring and closing closer to the end of Summer. However, this year the pool it trying some things out and expanding its open dates for lap swimming and hosting a high school swim team and a club swim team for their practices. Fun to drive past the pool in February and still see people in the pool. Fortunately Innis Arden pool is a heated pool, so even if the weather is 30 or 40 degrees Fahrenheit outside the pool remains a comparatively balmy 79-85 degrees. I have swam in non-heated pools in 30 and 40 degree weather and that is a brutal experience and takes a toll on my system. So relish the comparative luxury of a heated pool! I love the pool layout, though I cannot speak of the locker rooms/office as they have been remodeled since I worked here and my family has chosen to go without a pool membership for about a decade. Locker rooms and the office are located between the fenced pool deck and a grassy field. A parking lot extends one length and end of the pool. On the side of the pool opposite to the parking lot is the Innis Arden Clubhouse which can be used for swim-related events on occasion. The pool deck is a couple to a few inches taller than the pool water level and has a coarse-grained texture which is perfect for preventing slippage on deck especially when one is dripping wet. There was a rickety slide and a diving board when we still had a membership. When people weren't using the slide it was fun to see how long we could last with our heads under the water cascading down and off the slide. Cold water ran to coat the slide so that when we used the slide we did not get stuck to it sliding down, no swimsuit wedgie is good with me :).

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    View from Innis Arden shoreline

    Innis Arden Swim - Office and locker room building open one day in February 2021.

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    Office and locker room building open one day in February 2021.

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