Orinda Park Pool

Orinda Park Pool offers swim lessons to children of all age levels, beginning Monday, June 16^th.

Three categories of lessons are offered: Competitive, Learn to Swim, and Free Lessons.

Competitive Lessons are for children currently on the swim team. Learn to Swim Lessons are offered to swim team members and non-swim team members and cover the fundamental skills necessary to join the swim team. Both of these are paid lessons and the fee is dependent on the level of coach you request. Free Lessons (not available to swim team members) are also offered to young children of pool members between the ages of 3-5 years old and at the bubble blowing stage. Water safety and beginning skills are introduced. Only one week of free lessons per swimmer for the summer.

Competitive and Learn to Swim Lessons at Park will be the same as last year. All lessons will be private, that is, one-on-one. This allows the coaches to customize lessons to address each individual swimmer’s needs and will be the most effective in accelerating the skills of Park’s swimmers. The philosophy is that lessons and practice go hand-in-hand . . . lessons should never be a substitute for a well-run technique-based practice session. Private lessons allow a swimmer to work on skills they might be having difficulty mastering, and then the swimmer returns to practice with a new understanding of and confidence in the techniques being taught.

Lesson sign-ups will be available on deck in individual coach binders. Each coach will have a binder with a sign-up sheet for each week. In order to sign up, you must fill in your swimmer’s name for an appropriate slot and place your check in the attached folder for the Lesson Coordinator to pick up. Please indicate the name of your child on the check. Your sign-up becomes official when both the coach and the Lesson Coordinator have initialed your lesson slot. This way, you will know exactly when and with which coach the lesson will take place. All binders will be on deck every day. The Lesson Coordinator this summer will be Stephanie Rinquist. You can contact her at vamns@comcast.net with payment questions. Please contact the coaches directly for changes or cancellation notices.

Lessons will begin the week of June 16^th and will be offered for seven weeks through the end of July. Sign-ups will begin June 8th. Each family will be limited to 1 week of lessons per child until June 23^rd. . This will allow more families to participate in lessons. After June 23^rd , You may only sign up for two, one-week sessions at a time. Lessons are taught on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and will be 20 minutes in length. One-week sessions consist of four lessons (80 minutes of total instruction). This guideline is important because lessons should not replace practice. Swimmers will learn plenty of new techniques to work on in practice at the end of a one-week session of lessons, and they will need time and space to do so. It is also necessary so that everyone has the opportunity to take lessons with the coach they want. As you finish one week of lessons, you may sign up for another week if space permits and the coach recommends it. Lesson sign-ups will begin by June 8th.The cost of the lessons range from $35-$100 a session and are based on the level of coach who is instructing. Fees are payable by check to Orinda Park Pool.

Single 20-minute lessons are also available for $20 each. Fees are payable by check to Orinda Park Pool. If you would like to sign up for a single 20-minute lesson, you may do so for $20. Please indicate that you are only signing up for a single lesson on the sign-up sheet.

Time slots are available from 1:00-3:00 for swim team members and siblings, from 3:00-5:00 for

Learn to Swim lessons, and then again from 5:20-6:00 for anyone. It is possible that swim team members may take lessons during the 3:00-5:00 hours, but this will depend on space availability. Lessons are taught on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and will be 20 minutes in length. One-week sessions consist of four lessons (80 minutes of total instruction). The cost of the lessons will be based on the level of coach who is instructing.

Lessons with a Head Coach will be $100 a session.
Lessons with an Age Group Coach will be $80.00
Lessons with a Senior Coach will be $65 a session.
Lessons with a Coach will be $55 a session.
Lessons with Junior Coach will be $35 a session.
*charges subject to change – exact charges will be listed on outside of coaches binders

Free lessons (not available to swim team members) will begin the week of June 16^th. They are offered to young children of pool members between the ages of 3-5 years old and at the bubble blowing stage. Water safety and beginning skills are introduced.

Sign up sheets will be available on the bulletin board by the coach’s office the week before the lessons begin. These lessons will run Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings from 10-11:30. Lessons will run for 15 minutes with a group of four in a lesson. There will be eight available spaces for each time slot. These lessons are offered on a first come, first serve basis. Each swimmer is only allocated one week of free lessons for the summer .


		Swim Lessons Orinda Park Pool offers swim lessons to children of all age levels, beginning Monday, June 16^th. Three categories of lessons are offered: Competitive, Learn to Swim, and Free Lessons. Competitive Lessons are for children currently on the swim team. Learn to Swim Lessons are offered to swim team members and non-swim team members and cover the fundamental skills necessary to join the swim team. Both of these are paid lessons and the fee is dependent on the level of coach you request. Free Lessons (not available to swim team members) are also offered to young children of pool members between the ages of 3-5 years old and at the bubble blowing stage. Water safety and beginning skills are introduced. Only one week of free lessons per swimmer for the summer. Competitive and Learn to Swim Lessons at Park will be the same as last year. All lessons will be private, that is, one-on-one. This allows the coaches to customize lessons to address each individual swimmer’s needs and will be the most effective in accelerating the skills of Park’s swimmers. The philosophy is that lessons and practice go hand-in-hand . . . lessons should never be a substitute for a well-run technique-based practice session. Private lessons allow a swimmer to work on skills they might be having difficulty mastering, and then the swimmer returns to practice with a new understanding of and confidence in the techniques being taught. Lesson sign-ups will be available on deck in individual coach binders. Each coach will have a binder with a sign-up sheet for each week. In order to sign up, you must fill in your swimmer’s name for an appropriate slot and place your check in the attached folder for the Lesson Coordinator to pick up. Please indicate the name of your child on the check. Your sign-up becomes official when both the coach and the Lesson Coordinator have initialed your lesson slot. This way, you will know exactly when and with which coach the lesson will take place. All binders will be on deck every day. The Lesson Coordinator this summer will be Stephanie Rinquist. You can contact her at vamns@comcast.net with payment questions. Please contact the coaches directly for changes or cancellation notices. Lessons will begin the week of June 16^th and will be offered for seven weeks through the end of July. Sign-ups will begin June 8th. Each family will be limited to 1 week of lessons per child until June 23^rd. . This will allow more families to participate in lessons. After June 23^rd , You may only sign up for two, one-week sessions at a time. Lessons are taught on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and will be 20 minutes in length. One-week sessions consist of four lessons (80 minutes of total instruction). This guideline is important because lessons should not replace practice. Swimmers will learn plenty of new techniques to work on in practice at the end of a one-week session of lessons, and they will need time and space to do so. It is also necessary so that everyone has the opportunity to take lessons with the coach they want. As you finish one week of lessons, you may sign up for another week if space permits and the coach recommends it. Lesson sign-ups will begin by June 8th.The cost of the lessons range from $35-$100 a session and are based on the level of coach who is instructing. Fees are payable by check to Orinda Park Pool. Single 20-minute lessons are also available for $20 each. Fees are payable by check to Orinda Park Pool. If you would like to sign up for a single 20-minute lesson, you may do so for $20. Please indicate that you are only signing up for a single lesson on the sign-up sheet. Time slots are available from 1:00-3:00 for swim team members and siblings, from 3:00-5:00 for Learn to Swim lessons, and then again from 5:20-6:00 for anyone. It is possible that swim team members may take lessons during the 3:00-5:00 hours, but this will depend on space availability. Lessons are taught on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and will be 20 minutes in length. One-week sessions consist of four lessons (80 minutes of total instruction). The cost of the lessons will be based on the level of coach who is instructing. Lessons with a Head Coach will be $100 a session. Lessons with an Age Group Coach will be $80.00 Lessons with a Senior Coach will be $65 a session. Lessons with a Coach will be $55 a session. Lessons with Junior Coach will be $35 a session. charges subject to change – exact charges will be listed on outside of coaches binders Free lessons* (not available to swim team members) will begin the week of June 16^th. They are offered to young children of pool members between the ages of 3-5 years old and at the bubble blowing stage. Water safety and beginning skills are introduced. Sign up sheets will be available on the bulletin board by the coach’s office the week before the lessons begin. These lessons will run Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings from 10-11:30. Lessons will run for 15 minutes with a group of four in a lesson. There will be eight available spaces for each time slot. These lessons are offered on a first come, first serve basis. Each swimmer is only allocated one week of free lessons for the summer .