The SWIM Method™ Swim Coach Boot Camp
Hands-on instructor training. Learn how to teach with confidence, patience, purpose, and progression.
The Swim Method™ Swim Coach Boot Camp is a small-group, hands-on training program for new and developing swim instructors, teachers, coaches, and aquatic professionals who want practical skills they can immediately use in the water.
Training is built around The Swim Method™ — Play • Patience • Praise • Progression — and our CREST principles: Confidence • Respect • Endurance • Strength • Trust.
Training for teachers — and a path to teaching with us
Our training is for swim instructors, teachers, coaches, and aquatic professionals who want practical skills they can use right away — whether you teach somewhere else, run your own lessons, or are simply building your own confidence in the water.
If you’re also looking for work, training can be the first step toward joining our team. When we have availability, we hire instructors we’ve trained. Let us know you’re interested and we’ll keep you in mind.
Swim Coach Boot Camp
Hands-on instructor training for new and developing teachers.
$499 per instructor
Training may include
- Structuring an effective 20-minute swim lesson
- Teaching beginners and early swimmers
- Working with nervous, fearful, hesitant, or resistant children
- Building trust and confidence in the water
- Age-appropriate skill progressions
- Breath control, body position, kicking, floating and propulsion
- Rollover and back-float fundamentals
- Introduction to freestyle and backstroke progressions
- Hands-on positioning and teaching techniques
- Behavior management and positive reinforcement
- Keeping lessons fun while maintaining boundaries
- Communicating effectively with parents
- Recognizing when a swimmer is ready to progress
- Safety-focused instruction and active supervision
- In-water demonstrations and hands-on practice
The Swim Method™ Swim Coach Boot Camp — Certificate of Completion
Advanced Swim Coach Training
For instructors ready to take their teaching to the next level.
$799 per instructor
Includes advanced skill progressions, stroke technique and correction, working with challenging behaviors and fearful swimmers, stroke and team preparation, supervised teaching, individual coaching and feedback, and a final skills assessment.
Certificate of Completion included.
Private Coach Training
Private instruction, or customized training for your swim school or teaching team.
Starting at $1,200
Private Swim Method™ instructor intensives are available starting at $1,200. Contact us for customized team-training options.
Ask About Private TrainingRegister & pay for Boot Camp
Reserve your seat in The Swim Method™ Swim Coach Boot Camp. $499 per instructor — a one-time payment.
Also for Instructors
Behavioral Swim Coach Intensive
Specialized training for the child who won’t sit still, won’t get in, won’t participate, shuts down, cries, runs away, refuses, or becomes overwhelmed. Practical, hands-on strategies for managing challenging behaviors while still building trust, confidence and swimming skills.
$499 per instructor · 6-hour intensive
For Aspiring Owners
Build Your Own Swim School
A course for instructors and entrepreneurs who want to launch and run their own swim school using The SWIM Method™ — from your first lesson plan to a full schedule of swimmers.
- Choosing and preparing your space
- Building a curriculum around The SWIM Method™
- Pricing, packages and payment plans
- Scheduling private and small-group lessons
- Safety, policies and parent communication
- Hiring and training your first instructors
- Marketing and filling your first classes
Group and private formats available
Ask About the CourseSmall groups. Hands-on training. Real teaching experience.
Whether you’re brand new to teaching swimming or want to strengthen the way you coach, The Swim Method™ gives you a practical framework for creating confident swimmers while meeting each child where they are.
Limited enrollment · Minimum of 3 participants required to hold a Boot Camp
Certificate of Completion recognizes participation in The Swim Method™ training program and is not represented as a state license, lifeguard certification, CPR certification, or third-party professional credential.
