Menlo Swim School Adult Lessons
Menlo Swim School is proud to offer group as well as private adult lessons. Whether your goal is to be water safe or join our Masters team, we can help you get there!
We are proud to offer swim lessons for adults of varying ability levels from beginner to advanced for ages 16 and up. Adults come to swimming from vastly different backgrounds, strengths and looking to achieve different goals. Instructors will work with each student to reach their individual swim goals whether it is just to be water safe, or join our Masters team. Adult swim lessons are 30 min long and have a maximum of three students in a group class.
Although classes can be adapted based on the unique goals of the student, instructors will generally start Beginner students with establishing the basics of water safety and understanding buoyancy, floating and breath control both in a prone and supine position. From there, we can advance through a progression that includes gliding in a streamline position and adding a propulsive straight leg flutter kick. Many adult students elect to continue to learn or improve the four competitive swimming strokes: Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, which is taught and refined in our Intermediate-Advanced class.
In our Intermediate-Advanced class, instructors teach all four competitive swim strokes, looking out for things like proper technique, maintaining a hydrodynamic body position, propulsive kicks, streamline body and proper breathing positions. Examples of advanced stroke-specific skills could include; learning bilateral breathing for freestyle, breaststroke kick, and efficient body undulation in butterfly with a proper dolphin kick.
Our Teaching Philosophy
Menlo Swim School promotes life-long fitness, healthy habits and safer families. Knowing how to swim properly at any age builds a foundation for a long and healthy life. Menlo Swim Schools works with adults to develop proper technique through focused learning hands-on in water instruction.
Our Commitment to Safety
Our number one priority at Menlo Swim School and Menlo Swim and Sport is safety in and around the pool, including water quality, lifeguarding and emergency preparedness. Certified Pool Operators (CPOs) complete a 7-point test of our pool chemicals to ensure clear and balanced water is achieved before opening each day. Our instructional pool employs a double filtration system, high rate sand filters and UV light filters, to keep our water clean and safe. All of our lifeguards are trained and audited to the highest standards set by the American Red Cross and YMCA. Many of our lifeguards hold advance certifications in Lifeguard Training and CPR/AED. Menlo Swim and Sport has retained the services of a leading environmental health and safety firm to guide our company to safer practices for our customers, staff and community.
Swim Technique & Development Instruction
Description
Looking to develop one or all of your strokes? One-on-one coaching from our experienced, professional coach, Reza Ojagh, can help you reach your goals.
*Please Note: Instruction is done from the pool deck. Not in water.
Reza Ojagh
Reza Ojagh’s love for swimming started when he was 8 years old. He quickly grew to love the water and focused on improving his stroke and playing water polo. At 18, he was picked up by Iran’s National Water Polo Team. In 1997, he took part in his first international water polo tournament and was a member of Iran’s national team until 2006. After spending nearly a decade with the national team, Reza focused on education and completed his Master’s degree in Physical Education in 2008. This marked the beginning of Reza’s career coaching professional water polo. Over the next 5 years Reza collected a vast amount of experience from world-class coaches and went on to lead the Junior National Iranian Water Polo team. In 2013, Reza moved to the states where he’s coached both swimming and water polo with DeAnza College, Menlo Swim & Sport and SOLO Aquatics while concurrently teaching an average of 2500 personal swim lessons a year.
Schedule
November
Only offered at Rinconada Pool. Click here for schedule.
ALL lessons are 30 minutes. Swimmers can book multiple for a longer session.
Pricing
Resident: $79/lesson
Non-Resident: $87/lesson
Registration
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot make the lesson after booking, please cancel as soon as possible so that another student can benefit from the lesson.
Cancellations made more than 48 hours in advance receive a refund.
No refunds for cancellations made within 48 hours of start.
No makeups, credits or refunds for missed lessons.
Schedule & Pricing for Adult Swim Lessons
Adult Courses
Beginner Adult: This beginner class is for non-swimming Adults (16+ yo), seeking to learn basic fundamentals such as getting acclimated in the water, underwater breath-holding, front and back floats, glides, front and back kicks- eventually working towards Freestyle and Backstroke. / Max students: 3
Intermediate-Advanced Adult: This intermediate class is for Adults (16+ yo), seeking to learn Freestyle with breathing, refine techniques in Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, and any other coaching for stroke enhancement. The Adult should be able to swim independently for half the length or 25 yards. / Max students: 3
*Adult Lessons are booked individually. Please book each lesson you plan to attend.
Schedule
Registration for Adult Swim Lessons will open on the 20th of every month for the following month at 12:00pm (noon). For example: February lessons will be available on January 20th.
December (December 1 – December 20)
Beginner Lessons
| Mondays | 5:15pm |
| Wednesdays | 12:15pm |
| Thursdays | 5:15pm |
| Saturday (December 7 & 14) | 9:15am & 10:45am |
Intermediate Lessons
| Wednesdays | 11:30am |
| Fridays | 11:30am |
| Saturdays (December 7 & 14) | 10:00am & 11:45am |
January (January 6 – 31)
Beginner Lessons
| Mon/Wed/Fri | 11:00am |
| Thursdays | 5:15pm |
| Saturday (January 11 & 18) | 9:15am & 10:45am |
Intermediate Lessons
| Mon/Wed/Fri | 11:45am |
| Saturdays (January 11 & 18) | 10:00am & 11:45am |
Pricing
Resident: $43/lesson
Non-Resident: $48/lesson
*Adult Lessons are booked individually. Please book each lesson you plan to attend.
Policies
Registration
All of our lessons are by appointment. Payment for lessons are due in full at the time of booking.
Registration for a new lesson can be done online by clicking this link.
Cancellation Policy – Private, Adult and One-Off Lessons
If you cannot make the lesson after booking, please cancel as soon as possible so that another student can benefit from the lesson.
Cancellations made more than 48 hours in advance receive a refund.
No refunds for cancellations made within 48 hours of start.
No makeups, credits or refunds for missed lessons.
15 Minute Sunscreen Rule
Menlo Swim and Sport requires that swimmers apply sunscreen at least 15 minutes prior to getting into the pool. This allows us to maintain optimal cleanliness to our facilities.
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