Swimming lessons for adult fear of water
Looking for recent recommendations for swim instructors for adult beginners. The ones listed on this site are over 10 years old. Prefer Oakland area, but willing to go further for an affordable, patient, and kind instructor for those with a fear of water. Thanks!
Jul 15, 2021
Parent Replies
My daughter is a student of Pierpaolo Morra at Berkeley Tennis Club. He recently sent out an email about beginning adult lessons. He seems very proficient and presumably patient, given that he teaches children.
I have always had a fear of swimming/water. When I tried taking lessons at the El Cerrito Rec center, I think the instructors are so used to teaching grade schoolers that they really weren't able to help or teach me anything and I was still extremely uncomfortable putting my head underwater and could not swim any stroke. Finally I found Woody's Private Swim. I was swimming after 1 lesson! Over the course of a year I took lessons from 3 of the instructors, including Woody, and they were all amazing in their own ways. I highly recommend them to you. I took lessons pre-Covid in an indoor pool in Oakland, but now I see they are teaching outdoors in Alameda. I cannot recommend all of Woody's instructors highly enough, now I love swimming! https://www.woodysprivateswim.com/
Pre-COVID, my husband took lessons at the YMCA in SF and really enjoyed them. I would check if that's an option.
Please check out miracleswimming.com 941-921-6420. Melon Dash is the instructor and ahe has this unique method to conquering your fear in water. She used to teach here in Berkeley a d Moraga but I think,it’s in Florida and online now. She also has books and podcasts. Her classes are very expensive but it’s woth it.
-finallynotsoscaresofwater