WeAquatics Swim Team

[Anonymous]

Our 8 year old DS is ready to move on from basic swim lessons. Need something like a development swim team program. Has anyone done the WeAquatics kids team? If so, what was your experience?

[Anonymous]

We did WeAquatics swim team several years ago now as my DC (about the same age as your DS) moved out of their 1:1 swim lessons and could start to swim laps. DC did a few months of practices, but we didn’t stay long enough to compete. We did their practices in the spring leading up to summer and then joined the summer swim team at our summer pool. At the end of summer swim, we did tryouts for a club closer to home. We wanted a club that was a bit more competitive and established. I think they have a good program but are less competitive. When we started they allowed us to join a practice to see if we liked it before committing.

[Anonymous]

I have one kid who started with ISR through WeAquatics at 14 months and another who took 1:1 lessons as a supplement to club. I’m a huge WeAquatics fan. I love their coaches & I love their model. Kid 1 was always on a more competitive swim team and Kid 2 followed kid 1. WeAquatics also wasn’t super convenient on a regular basis but I hoofed it 30+ minutes for private lessons without complaint. For a time, they were attracting some pretty fast kids to their practices or private lessons, even though most of those kids swam meets with more established clubs.

In short, if it’s convenient for you, I’d say go for it. I think the development is sound (not sure if there has been coach turnover) and your kid will have fun. I’m starting to see them at a lot more meets as well.