Learn How NOVA Swim School Has Helped Save Lifes!

HOLDEN
When Holden was 11 months, we enrolled him in Private lessons at the Nova Swim School. He loved the water. We’re a swimming family. My brother and I were competitive swimmers growing up. We spent so much at Swimming pools and since he was getting such an early start, I thought this would be easy. However, I was surprised by his reaction. He totally resisted learning the back float. At one point, his grandmother became worried about his negative reaction to lessons, that she questioned the swim school’s methods…until….the day that Holden (at about 13 months) ran off into a pond at a park, fell, and rose to the surface into a nice back float, just as he was taught at Nova Swim School. From that point forward, we doubled up his lessons… and became more determined than ever to finish his Survival Swim education. Now, at age 6, he is swimming in Nova’s Precompetitive Star Club program, enjoying his ability to swim and learn all four competitive strokes.

ALEX
We are a boating family. Our toddler, Alex, spends a great deal of time on his grandfather’s sailboat. Therefore, we felt it necessary to do everything possible to get Alex to learn enough to save himself if he were to fall off the dock or the boat. We tried the Parent Tot program at Nova Swim School first, but Alex intensely resisted the structure, even though this particular program was supposed to be a gentle introduction to swim lessons. So, we enrolled him in private lessons and in just a few lessons, Alex began learning to roll over and back float all by himself. I was very pleased to see how well he passed the school’s Survival Test. The teacher dropped Alex into the pool, while fully clothed with heavy clothes, shoes, and a bulky jacket. He rose to the surface, turned over on his back, and floated perfectly and patiently all by himself. I now feel that Alex has a better chance of surviving if he were to fall off the boat. I have noticed that Alex is more careful since he now knows what happens if he were to fall in.

JACKSON
I started Jackson in Nova Swim School’s Parent/Tot swim lessons at age 3 months. He loved it. We both loved it. We swam though the year, and continued enrollment throughout the winter months. Eventually, Jackson began to fight the fact that he had to learn to back float by himself and for several sessions, swim lessons weren’t always fun.. We persevered and now Jackson is the star of the class. At 18 months he can jump in, swim, roll to back float for breaths, roll back over to swim. He loves it now. It is our favorite thing to do together. I intend to keep Jackson in swim lessons year-round until he swims well enough to have choice of being able to join Junior Guards, Swim Team, Water Polo, etc. And even if he doesn’t choose water sports, it is obvious that this is a perfect way to develop coordination and strength that will help him in any sport he chooses to do later on.

ANN
I am an adult who has always been very fearful of the water….. so fearful that I would have to resist panicking every time I washed my hair. When the water would wash over the front of my head, I was afraid that I would suffocate. My husband bribed me with a vacation to Hawaii if I would learn to swim, so I enrolled in Nova Swim School. The teachers were very patient with me. They were sensitive to my phobia and didn’t rush me. After a slow beginning in their very warm, shallow pool, I began to relax. After about 6 lessons, I began floating and gliding. After that, progress was quick. I can now swim in any depth, swim laps for exercise, and best of all, I enjoyed a wonderful vacation, snorkeling in Hawaii. I am so grateful that Nova Swim School gave me the gift of swimming. It is now my favorite form of exercise.

BRANDON
My 5 year old son knew how to swim, but he had no stroke skills at all. I enrolled him in Nova Swim School, after experiencing the frustration of public swim lesson programs that never seemed to improve his abilities to learn stroke technique. There was immediate progress at Nova. They focused on body position, developed his kick first, and wouldn’t allow him to move on until he corrected all his inefficient bad dog paddle and peddle kick habits. I was very impressed with their unique “Smart Fish Method” progression. It transitions directly into what the competitive coaches require of their swimmers. Brandon learned all four strokes in Nova’s group lesson program, then progressed through all three levels of their precompetitive swim squads. From there he graduated to Nova’s competitive swim team and now he is swimming in the top level for his age group, competes at the Junior Olympic level, and is looking forward to swimming Varsity in his high school freshman year. Best of all, he enjoys the sport tremendously and I like seeing that he has grown out of his chubbiness and is now a very learn, healthy young man who is proud to be fit and strong.

JACOB FERGUSON
Saved himself in his backyard pool…