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[quote=Anonymous]Its not for everyone but check out Brooke Moore in Severna Park. We know multiple families that drive 30-45min each weekend for lessons. She's loud and can come off as abrasive (not everyones cup of tea!) and it can be chaotic but it works for 90% of the kids.

My son has been swimming for just over a year with her system going every other weekend with no other pool time and graduated from barely being in the water to swimming full 25 laps multiple times. He still struggles with coordinating arm strokes with kicking but hes improving to the point that we will continue through next spring every other week and I anticipate he will be able to swim full strokes/participate in actual races.

Prior to this we tried teaching him through me and then through another swim school. He got like 5 minutes in the water each lesson and we were paying 180 a month for 4 lessons. We started those at just over 4 and stopped because he hated the lessons and was bored.

Started with Brooke at 4.5 and those kids are in the water 50% of the time even when there are 10 kids in each group. They just go go go for constant exposure. We started with outdoor lessons but then transitioned to indoor and he was struggling which I realized was because he was cold. The water isnt heated enough for him and his super low bodyfat. We got a wetsuit and its like night and day. He still swims way better in heated or very small pools (which are less cold) regardless of whether he wears a wetsuit or not. 
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