Crash course swimming

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Thinking of sending our 6y to one over the summer holidays to up confidence in swimming unaided. To date no formal swimming lessons. Would others recommend?

Is the swim school set up for absolute beginners? If so, yes, if you think your DC would like it.

If its aimed at non swimmers then yes definitely.

I've found these courses really good. They learn a lot during a week. If you can take him/her swimming after each lesson for a fun swim it really reinforces what they have learnt.

Yes definitely, did this with my DD who was quite scared of swimming and hadn't been much because of covid. Found a private swimming teacher who did 1:1 crash courses (30 mins every day for a week), it was quite expensive compared to group lessons but so worth it because at the end she swam without any floaties and felt confident to start group lessons

Yes they’ll learn a lot in a quick time frame.
but from a swimming teacher - please don’t expect miracles! It’s shocking the amount of parents who expect a week of half hour lessons everyday will mean they go from non swimmer to swimmer!

I personally think 1:1 or 2:1 swimmers per teacher is the way to go if you can afford it.

DD (16-club swimmer) used to have the occasional ££ lesson to fix her stroke, usually fitting in between swimmers on intensive courses.

Make sure that the would be swimmers are keen to learn to swim. Otherwise it is a frustrating/miserable experience for teachers and learners.

How much does it cost?

My 5 year old did one feb half term. Never had swimming lessons before and only really went in a swimming pool a handful of times on holidays. We do have a 10ft pool which she also plays in on the rare occassions we have nice weather!
I thought the crash course was great and was amazed at what they learnt in so short a time. She was put off because the other 2 in her group were much younger - 3 & 4 and clearly had many lessons previously so were quick to have discs removed ect. My girl likes being the best so she did pick up on this but we pushed the positives of how she was the most confident to jump in ect. And actually the difference in her during 3 x 30 minutes sessions was amazing! Did her good to experience this however as we are trying to show her its ok to get things wrong and she cant always be the best. Easter she declared she didnt want to do it again so i didnt push it as i dont want to discourage her. However, it was totally worth it for her confidence and we go swimming for fun now and shes happy as she thinks she can swim and is water confident with her arm bands on. If she wanted to do it again during another holiday i would definately sign her back up. So i totally agree they are worth it

I found the crash courses particularly helpful in knowing when DD was ready to learn - the first ones she didn't really "get" what they told her about how to kick, etc, although she enjoyed them. Once she seemed to be getting it, we signed her up for regular lessons.

We did a crash course a couple of times a year as well as regular lessons. It always really helped. I'm not sure if it was having a different teacher who explained things slightly different or different dynamics in the class or just the day to day repetition but it worked really well.