Swimming tutor for lessons for an adult..

FUNKYDADDIO

Hi, new years resolution is to finally learn to swim. Could anyone recommend anyone in the Greater Belfast area to help me learn please? Thank you

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Your local swimming pool ought to have swimming classes, and it will probably be cheaper than hiring a coach of your own.

happy_gardener

Good for you....

thefreckle

jack_pott wrote: »

Your local swimming pool ought to have swimming classes, and it will probably be cheaper than hiring a coach of your own.

I tried the local swimming pool before. The problem with them is they are group lessons, so you could have people who are confident in the water but just need to get started swimming, to those who are quite fearful and take a week or two just to get their head under the water. As a result your time with the instructor can be very limited.


I intend on getting some 1:1 lessons so would be interested in recommendations as well

Timpu

Could you speak to one of the instructors at the pool, they may well be able to do personal coaching with you?

I've used The Art of Swimming. They take people who have never been able to swim/teach people who can swim to do so more efficiently and effectively. I've done 1:1 as well as group sessions and found both to be very effective (groups were small). Looking a their site they unfortunately do not cover Belfast but I know they at least used to do weekend residential courses. Perhaps give them a call to discuss your needs?

This may prove expensive but the results are worth it. I've recommended to a colleague before now who was very impressed by how much she improved.

michellecanon8

Any suggestion where I should take my Grandma for swimming class? It's for her excercise, she's only 70 and still strong and healthy

Mistral001

Have you tried the hotels/spas which have swimming pools? They might be a little more expensive than the leisure centre pools, but the pools are smaller and the group activities tend to be smaller as well. They probably would be more open to private tuition as well.

bingo_bango

I spent a lot of my youth being dragged to the local pool by school. Despite a number of 'coaching' attempts by the instructors there, I never did learn anything other than a more ingrained fear of water from them. One actually stuck his boot in my !!! as a motivation tool!

I was speaking to a classmate (who could swim) about this, and he suggested I take a quick lesson from him on our next visit. I kid you not, he had me swimming (without fear) within 5 minutes, and diving into the deep end by the end of the hour.

It really all is in the instructor and their grasp on reality. Some of them don't seem to take people's fear into account significantly enough, and can't get the message across that sticking your head under the water is actually safe. I can't help on who to use I'm afraid, but I would suggest that if you aren't swimming (at least a width of the pool) by the end of the first one to one session, they aren't the right instructor for you.

Good luck with it. It can make a big difference to holiday enjoyment, and will make you look at the sea in a whole new light!

jjd

I've heard this lady is very good https://www.facebook.com/ABellSwimSpecialist / http://www.abellsuccess4u.com/swimming.html

PasturesNew

It's not rocket science, if you were near me I'd offer to teach you.
It's a 'career' I considered doing once, but realised I don't like kids

I always tell people: forget "learning to swim". Concentrate first purely on being able to float on the spot.... that's the main thing about swimming, it's not sinking ... then moving forward.

Once you can float you'll have the confidence and can work out for yourself how to wave your arms about that makes you move. Just get yourself into the water and simply say to yourself "I'm not here to swim, I'm just here to learn to float as long as I can" Takes the pressure off, makes it easy/achievable - and before you know it you're then swimming.

GallowsMan

Phone council swimming centres and ask if any staff there do one on one with adults. Its not at all uncommon.