Private Adult Swim Lessons
North Seattle Swim School is the perfect place for adults to learn to swim. We exclusively offer private swim lessons with one instructor per student, and a max of two lessons in the pool at any time. We understand that adults usually have very specific goals and reasons for learning to swim at this stage, and we're able to customize our lessons to meet your specific goals and needs. Our pool is heated to about 90 degrees, which is nice and warm but not to the point where you'll overheat when you're exerting yourself. Morning, afternoon, evening, and weekend lessons available.
Adults often (but not always) want swim lessons for one of a few reasons:
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You may want to overcome a fear of swimming or of the water.
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You may not be a great swimmers and want to become proficient for safety, social, parental, or other reasons.
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You are a solid swimmer but want to improve your speed, endurance, and/or reduce injury risk.
Our experienced private swim instructors can help you with all of these goals. We will go at your pace, and you never have to feel pressured to keep up with others or move to a new skill when you're not ready. You can read our curriculum below. Based on your starting ability and goals, we can spend extra time on level 1 or jump straight to advanced levels.
Fun fact - the owner of North Seattle Swim School could barely swim a lap at age 30. Within a few months he swam in his first triathlon, and eventually got to the point where he could swim a mile in open water.
Adult Swim Lesson Course Curriculum
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Level 1: Water Comfort & Safety: Students will learn how to feel comfortable in the water and safely enjoy it.
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Get comfortable with your face and head in the water
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Learn to blow bubbles and breathe
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Learn to float on your back
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Basic swim movements in the water (arm scoops, elementary backstroke)
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Safely jumping in, surfacing, and exiting the pool
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Level 2: Fundamentals of Aquatic Skills: Students will learn basic swimming skills with an emphasis on kicking.
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Kicking with straight legs on your stomach
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Kicking on your back
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Swimming across the pool with rolling on your back to breathe.
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Level 3: Stroke Development: Students will start learning the fundamentals of freestyle (front crawl).
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Learn to swim with straight arms and pulling water
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Swimming across the pool with rolling using a 4 scoops / 1 breath pattern
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Kicking down to the bottom of the pool and resurfacing
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Swimming with no physical support from the instructor
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Clothes Test - Student will jump into the pool fully dressed, swim across, and safely exit the pool.
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Level 4: Stroke Improvement: Students will improve their freestyle stroke and start learning backstroke
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Swim 4 laps of freestyle with solid technique
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Swim 2 laps of backstroke with solid technique
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Level 5: Stroke Refinement and Breaststroke
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Learn and swim 2 laps using breaststroke
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Refine crawl stroke and swim 6 laps
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Refine backstroke and swim 4 laps
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Level 6: Swimming and Skill Proficiency: Students will learn to swim with ease and efficiency, and gain the ability to swim smoothly over greater distances.
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Learn butterfly and swim 2 laps
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Refine and continue expanding freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke
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Level 7 - Pre-team: Students will learn skills necessary for racing or triathlons
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Learn flip turns
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Intro to diving starts
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Open water swimming (on case-by-case basis)
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