FINALLY SWIM FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
1. What does the service fee for each lesson include?
A Personalized Concierge Swim Instruction Service at Your Home Pool includes: travel time to and from your home (up to 30 minutes each way), a 40 minute private swim instruction lesson, equipment set up provided by the instructor, and a review of the lesson with specific instructions for the parent to practice with the new swimmer. For adult swimmers, practice instructions will also be provided. It is highly recommended to have another adult present while beginning or fearful adult swimmers are practicing.
2. How long is a private swim lesson?
The private swim lesson, with 1 student participating, is 40 minutes long.
3. How long is a semi-private lesson?
The semi-private lesson with 2 students participating, is 40 minutes long. Semi-private lessons are provided for swimmers who can already tread water, float on back, and swim with face in the water.
4. How long is a Guardian & Me Lesson?
The Guardian & Me lesson, with no more than 2 beginning swimmers participating, is 40 minutes long.
5. How will I be matched with an instructor?
Finally Swim is the concierge who will custom match you with your instructor. Our mission is to help you feel instantly comfortable moving into the swim instruction experience. Providing you with a highly effective and efficient instructor is how we are able to provide rapid results. Your instructor will work with you personally to solidify the schedule you prefer.
6. How does scheduling work?
Your instructor will work with you personally to solidify the schedule you prefer.
7. What makes your service different from other local facilities?
Finally Swim compared to mainstream swim facilities is like choosing a high quality restaurant over a fast food chain establishment. Finally Swim offers a highly personalized swim instruction service that takes place at your home pool with a certified instructor who is trained to offer you a quality concierge style service. We aim to deliver results that yields rapid transformation. We provide a level of comfort for children and adults that begins with intuition, creative ways to teach skills, and adaptability to the individual swimmer’s needs. For 38 years, we have implemented a “Finally Swim Formula” that simply works like magic. Our number one goal is to provide each swimmer with skills and knowledge to swim with safety, strength, and confidence, for a lifetime.
8. How many sessions should I sign up for?
A minimum of ten lessons for one summer season is highly recommended and encouraged to achieve maximum potential and the highest level of results within each season. Coupled with a top notch swim instructor and personalized concierge service at your home pool, year round lessons at mainstream establishments are not usually needed, thereby creating overall savings of time and money for you.
9. What if I want to sign up for more than 10 swim lessons?
Swim lessons come in packages of 4, 6, and 10 sessions. More sessions can be added after the initial 10. Payment is processed securely.
10. How often do the swim lessons take place?
Your assigned swim instructor will co-create a session schedule with you. Swim lessons are usually offered one to three times per week. This gives the student time to practice the skills in between lessons and build strength while doing so. Developed strength will initiate building technique at a faster pace overall, thus eliminating the need for year round lessons. We support all requests such as: summer camp preparation, swim team try-outs, stroke refinement, cardio boost workouts, or swim vacation preparation.
11. Will my child lose his/her swim skills from the previous season if he/she has not been swimming throughout the year?
Your child will not lose the skills that were developed over the course of the previous swim season or previous series of lessons. Usually within the first lesson, we facilitate quick retrieval of technique. By the second lesson we can achieve a noticeable difference in strength and stamina, in the water. This building of overall stamina that includes rhythmic breathing will progress quickly with daily practice of skills. Practice is imperative for you and your child’s development of swim & safety skills. Consistent practice of skills promotes a lifelong love & respect of water and a higher level of safety & peace of mind for you.
12. What if I don’t have a home pool?
Finally Swim instructors can go to a pool of someone who you know and trust including: a neighbor, relative, or friend. All we ask is that the home pool is located within the service area that our instructors travel to. We also ask that the pool is appropriately warm for all learners. A DIY course will soon be available to prepare your child for learning to swim. Guardians across the globe will be able to access this DIY System to prepare their beginner swimmers for learning how to swim.
13. How many seasons will my child need to take swimming lessons for?
The number of seasons that your child will need swim lessons depends upon a number of factors including: the age of the child, the current skill level of the child, the motor skill development of the child, the level of courageousness to put face in water, and previous swim instruction experience. Swimming is a highly individual sport. All children learn at a different pace. The goal of Finally Swim is to get results, no matter what challenges each child faces, or how much experience they have or don’t have. We do our best to accommodate any age, and any circumstance. Also, no matter how skilled a swimmer already is, we zero in on refining technique, building strength, and building confidence.
14. What is the best age to start a child with private swimming lessons?
Water adjustment and water acclimation as early as 6 months, will support your child in developing a lifelong love of water. Being exposed to swimming in a body of water larger than a bathtub, will support the joy of water play from a very early age. Finally Swim offers a pleasant introduction to swimming and nurtures children of all ages to overcome fear of the water.
15. Do you teach adults how to swim?
Yes, Finally Swim will work with adults and be diligent in ensuring the safety of both the adult and the instructor. Many adults who never had the opportunity to take swimming lessons at an early age, will seek a service such as Finally Swim due to it’s level of personalization, safety, care, and consideration for emotional challenges such as fear of the water or fear of the deep end of the pool. It is much easier to learn to swim in a private backyard pool with a nurturing, patient, and compassionate instructor. Your safety comes first and your emotional needs are met through patience and a lesson structure that suits your needs, while supporting the building of confidence and encouraging the release of emotional blocks.
16. Are your swimming instructors and lifeguards certified?
Yes, all swimming instructors and lifeguards are certified according to the required standards: American Red Cross Lifeguarding / First Aid / CPR / AED. Some instructors are certified in Red Cross Water Safety Instruction (WSI). The American Heart Association also provides a 2 year certification for CPR and AED. This is equally accepted as certification for the CPR and AED requirements that are necessary to be fully certified as a lifeguard.
17. Are your swimming instructors experienced?
Yes, all swimming instructors come to you with at least 2 years of instruction experience. Instructors are also trained to teach using the Finally Swim Formula ™.
