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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a number of the Potomac Marlins coaches offer private lessons.

I actually think that a club coach working privately with their swimmers is an ethics issue.  The coach now has a financial incentive to help that swimmer during club practice and private to show the private instruction is working.  Private coaching is expensive too.

Some clubs do not allow it at all because of the impropriety of it all.  And, as others have stated, to get lane space is tough because public pools do not allow private lessons.  The lane has to be rented by a club.

Swim Farm does private lessons and swimbox.  They own their lanes/tanks so they can do it without issue.[/quote]

You’re going far too deep down a rabbit hole here.  By the same logic, timers should never be able to time a session in which their child is swimming due to the potential for impropriety.

[b]Public pools all have their own rules regarding private lessons, however, many allow for private lessons with approved instructors. Some of those instructors are club coaches. I have seen an approved instructor for club A give private lessons at a public pool to a swimmer from a club B. [/b]

I think you just have to relax and allow the professionals to do their job using their best judgment.

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Fairfax County, Arlington County, and Alexandria City do not allow private lessons from coaches. The lane must be rented from a qualified Organization (team) at a group rate (higher than just a day pass).  I cannot speak for MD pools or pools elsewhere.

St. James does allow for private coaching and has a vetted system where they get a cut of the rate.  Coaches also have to be in their system to do it.

-Current Aquatic Director that has worked in all three in the past years.[/quote]

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