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| - I don't write a lot of reviews but I really felt the need in this case to let other parents know about Nancy's course. Like the previous reviewer, our son struggled at commercial swim schools. He was not progressing and the instructors were content to let him practice the same 3 or 4 things week after week, never pushing him to do more. We'd sit there frustrated, behind the glass, watching him treat the class as social time. After months of lessons, our 5 year old still lacked the confidence to float unassisted.
Well we just had our 5th lesson with Nancy yesterday and I am thrilled to say that not only is he floating unassisted, he can flip over and float on his front and his back. It's taking time to "unlearn" the improper techniques he had developed with his other lessons but he is gradually learning how to breathe properly, how to float, and how to tread water. Basic survival techniques that were not taught at any of his previous lessons. Nancy is a wonderful instructor who knows how to get the best out of him. She keeps the lessons entertaining and challenging. She doesn't allow him to get away with half measures. She will stop him if she sees him doing an exercise improperly. She explains to him why she is stopping him and why she wants him to do it the way she does. When he finally executes the move perfectly, BOY DOES SHE CELEBRATE IT and I can see his face fill with pride at his accomplishment! Best of all, now that we are able to actually hear what is going on, we can better replicate and reinforce her lessons in our own pool.
I didn't think we could afford private lessons but now that I see the difference in the level of instruction and how much can be accomplished in a short amount of time, I feel sick when I think about the $$$ we wasted at the big name swim schools.
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