I’ve been getting my hair cut at the same place since I was a boy. Ray’s ASU Barber Shop has been around for decades and I have become friends with the Owner (Ray’s son, Charles). Last time I was in for a haircut he told me about his visit to a Scottsdale resort with his family for a weekend getaway.

He saw a family with two young children at the pool. These two kids were jumping off the side of the pool and swimming around like a couple of fish. Charles stopped the family and asked, “Where on earth did your kids learn to swim like that?” Their reply was, “EVO SWIM SCHOOL!” Charles made the connection and told me how impressed he was.

We’ve been teaching kids to swim for more than three years now. We help families accomplish various personal objectives in teaching their children to swim. From just learning to swim all the way to competitive swimming, all of our customers have their own reasons for taking swimming lessons. Those reasons often change and evolve as parents discover that swimming can become part of a healthy, active lifestyle, and can progress far beyond the stages of learning how to be safe in the water.
No matter what your reasons are for swimming, allow me to make two suggestions for those just getting started.
#1. Dismiss the idea that young children can take a few weeks of lessons and pick up where they left off “next year”. We don’t sell the idea that everyone should be enrolled year-round in swimming lessons (although many of our customers are). However, for children ages 4 and younger, one or two months of swimming lessons per year is more of a waste of money as they will forget what has been learned and return to square one the next year.

#2. Dismiss the idea that when your child graduates from our Otter class level they now know how to swim. While they have learned the basics of being an independent swimmer, they are not ready to be considered strong or safe swimmers. Even if your only goal is to have your child learn to swim, make sure they complete our second group level, the Seal class. After completing this level we can give our stamp of approval on being a strong backyard swimmer.

Any time of year is a good time to get started or resume the lessons you started earlier this year. Set your goals, give us a call and we will do the rest!