Ms. Cathy Swim Austin
Parent Testimonials
What Parents Are Saying . . .
To view a parent video testimonial click here!
My 10 yo autistic son went from being highly scred of the water and pools to swimming under water in 8 lessons. She was very considerate and pushed him just enough every time. Thank you Ms Cathy! Sally A.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My grandchildren, 2 and 4, just finished their two week swim class with Ms. Cathy. It was the best thing that I have ever spent my money on! She is absolutely magic. The 4 year old is swimming like a fish and the 2 yr. old is now jumping in and swimming to the stairs. The peace of mind that Ms. Cathy has given us is invaluable and I can not thank her enough. We will be back next year. I can't tell enough people about Ms. Cathy and her unique talent of teaching children to swim! Nancy M
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"My 20 month old son does so much better in the pool since our two weeks of lessons with Ms. Cathy. Her approach is fantastic and we loved that the lessons were everyday so he really got acclimated to the pool and swimming. The first few days of lessons are emotionally hard for the parent and child but sometime around day 3 the light switch went off and he loved it!" Holly Whichard
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Thanks for all the great lessons with Linc. It was Amazing to see him take breaths. Now he is trying to tread water and dive under water for dive sticks. We feel much safer knowing he can at least get to the side.
Take care. He was only 18 months old when he began taking lessons." The Cassidys
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ms. Cathy swim was amazing! My 5-year-old who learned how to swim last
year was scared to leave the step this year. After Ms. Cathy's class
he is jumping in the deep end and swimming the length of the pool AND he
learned how to dive for toys! BUT the most incredible story is about
my 2.5 year-old daughter who had never had a swim lesson. After 6 days
of Ms. Cathy's classes (in the rain and all), my daughter fell in the
pool while the babysitter was watching the children. Just as the sitter
was about to jump in-fully clothed- Savannah swam to the side and got
out with no assistance! That right there made every penny, every cold,
rainy day worth it! I highly recommend Ms. Cathy to anyone at any
age!!!" Thank you Ms. Cathy,
Kate Braddock
Kate Braddock
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“All three of my children learned to swim from Ms. Cathy. This summer
my two youngest (4 and 2) took class together. After 8 sessions, my
4-year old swims freestyle confidently across the pool and will surface
dive in the shallow end to pick up a toy. My 2-year old leaps joyfully
off the side of the pool, turns around and paddles himself back to the
edge. He too loves putting his head into the water to get a toy at the
bottom of the pool. People at our community pool are surprised to see a
little guy smile under water.
After having other people teach my children to swim with negligible
progress, I returned to Cathy. She is firm and friendly. Her experience
and commitment to teaching swimming are evident. I recommend Cathy to
parents who don’t want to wait or can’t risk waiting to have their child
actually manage him/herself in water.” ~Erin O’Toole Murphy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The first day was every bit as awful as that – Isabella cried and screamed for me to help her every time Ms. Cathy got her in the pool. I wasn’t entirely sure that I could handle another 7 days of this!
The second day was a little better, but there were still a lot of tears and fears. But by the third day – even before swim class – Isabella wanted to get in our pool and ‘practice.’ On day four, she and daddy were in the pool by 7:15 am and then two more times after that! She was jumping in and swimming longer distances – head under the water and all! She not only became very comfortable in the water, but was becoming an accomplished little swimmer!
I think that Cathy is a perfect choice as a swim instructor for any age – my 11 month son is currently learning from her!” ~Felicia Nash, MD
To view a video of Felisha’s son learning to swim click here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“After Ms. Cathy’s swim lesson my four year-old is surface diving underwater for toys and my 20-month old is swimming with minor assistance. Before coming to Ms. Cathy, my four year-old wouldn’t even put his face in the water. Blowing bubbles in the water had only happened a few isolated times after a full month of swim lessons at a nationally known facility.
Ms. Cathy was so calm, patient and firm with my boys. I just knew from lesson one that her method would work for my family. I do have to admit that it was quite exhausting the first three days. I spent the majority of the first few lessons handing my 20-month old to other mothers in the class while I wrestled my four year old back to the pool for his turn in the water. There is actually a picture of my 20 month old on Ms. Cathy’s website with another mom.
My four year old has sensory issues that make him over sensitive to touch as well as sound, so I knew he needed a teacher that was calm and firm. As much as he wanted to have fun in the water, it was not possible before Ms. Cathy’s lessons. Even hair washing at bath-time was a screaming nightmare that never seemed to end, but now he only gets mildly irritated.
Our family can now go to the neighborhood pool and have a blast. My children laugh and have a ball in the water. People often comment on how amazed they are that our baby boy swims to the pool stairs, climbs out, and jumps back in from the side with a huge smile on his face.
Thank you Ms. Cathy!” ~Shannon Wood
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“We came to Cathy to teach our son (Nicolas) how to swim as a result
of a near-tragedy. Our family went to a pool party at a friend’s house
and thought that, although Nicolas was very young, he would be safe
since we were nearby with at least 20 other adults and he was limited to
playing in the Jacuzzi part of the pool. That mistake nearly cost our
son his life. While chatting with some friends, I glanced over to check
on Nicolas and was immediately engulfed in horror when I saw him totally
helpless under the water with his eyes and mouth wide open. I quickly
ran over and pulled him out of the water – thank God I was in time to
save him!We vowed then and there to teach him how to swim. Unfortunately, he was now afraid of the water and, as a result, he was determined to stay out of the pool. We tried to teach him how to swim but failed miserably. We even used professional swimming instructors to teach him but they likewise failed because they were unable to deal with his fear of the water.
Finally, we came to Cathy for her help with the expectation that our son would never be able to swim. Fortunately, she approached our son with an unrelenting determination to ensure that Nicolas would overcome his fear of the water and flourish in the pool. Nicolas kicked and screamed during his first lesson to the degree that his mom could no longer maintain her composure and had to leave the pool for the remainder of his lesson. In addition, Nicolas refused to ever return to Cathy or her pool. Cathy’s patience and genuine concern for our son’s well-being motivated me to take him back for his second lesson – this turned out to be an excellent decision. Despite the struggles, the remaining lessons culminated in a miraculous breakthrough for Nicolas … the more he swam the more his confidence grew and his fear of water went away. Our son was eager to swim by the date of his final lesson and even ran to hug Ms. Cathy – they formed a bond of love and appreciation which remains to this day!
Cathy has a remarkable God-given talent which she uses to ensure the safety of young children in and around the water. We are eternally grateful to her for the kindness, compassion, and personal attention which she showed to Nicolas – this enabled him to overcome his fear of water and allowed him to join the other children in the pool. Her personal commitment to our son made all of the difference in the world. We encourage you to utilize Cathy’s services and talent to teach your children how to swim!” ~ Clay Vilt
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Prior our swim session, our daugher Lauren, age 4, was already very comfortable in the
water but did not know how to swim without water wings. Almost
immediately after the first lesson with Ms. Cathy, Lauren could swim a
few feet on her own. In her second week, she is now swimming the length
of the pool all on her own. She is also able to swim down into shallow
water and pick up stones from the bottom of the pool. Ms. Cathy has a
very straight-forward technique and has a very good re pore with the
students in her class. She can sense if a child is scared and adjusts
her teaching skills to that child’s needs. I highly recommend Ms. Cathy
to anyone who wants their child to swim with confidence! Oh, and I
forgot to mention that Ms. Cathy has the coolest pool in Austin! And I
don’t mean the temperature.” ~ Jennifer, Lauren’s Mom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“I went to Ms. Cathy based on a very high recommendation that she had been teaching for 30 years and could teach my child to swim in two weeks (8 days). I was a first-time Mom the first year I went to the two week session (2005) and I have to admit it was a bit tough to watch my precious almost two-year old cry and be so afraid at first. We kept with it knowing that we had a beach house and were around water a lot and it was imperative he learn basic survival skills. By the end of the 8 days, he was swimming! We kept practicing and other parents were amazed. We attended again in 2007 with my second son and he learned to swim as well.
I have recommended Ms. Cathy to many friends and acquaintances who marvel at how well my now 2 and 4-year olds can swim. By the end of the two-week session both boys could swim the length of the pool and dive down to retrieve toys. I would say for their age, they are far and away the best swimmers I have seen. My husband and I joke that when we get to a big crowded pool and let them go, parents give us some really funny looks as if we aren’t watching them close enough, until they start swimming. Then almost every time, someone will ask “where did they learn to swim like that?” I really enjoyed being with Ms. Cathy and think she is a great teacher and a great person!”
~Leah Petri
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“I first took my grandson Charles, age 4, to Cathy’s swim class two years ago, when he had a fear of the water. The first few days of the class were filled with shrieking kids and overprotective parents, but by the fourth day the kids were swimming like fish, using their arms and legs, going underwater, retrieving objects from the bottom, floating, getting safely to the side of the pool. Cathy has the perfect combination of being totally the boss and also being sensitive and affirmative. She can be trusted completely, and has one end in mind: to make the kids safe in the water, and even enjoy it! Two years later my grandson is 6 and I signed him up for more lessons from Cathy, to make even more progress. She knows how to take a child from wherever he is and guide him along to the next level. And her pool is the coolest pool I’ve ever seen; you’ve got to see it! She designed it herself. We are so fortunate to have Cathy in our neighborhood. She is a treasured resource that we should take advantage of! And don’t wait–even little babies can learn to swim, and without any fear all.” ~Hendle Rumbaut
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“We moved to our neighborhood about 5 years ago. I was nervous to be
living by the lake with a two year-old who did not know how to swim and
showed no signs of any fear of the water. I was also expecting another
baby any day so I wasn’t really sure of what I should do. I knew of the
YMCA and other baby swim classes but I had never really heard of any
type of success. Then I heard there was this lady in the neighborhood
who could teach my child how to swim in eight lessons. I wasn’t really
sure what to expect when I showed up but I knew I wanted her to be able
to swim. The first day was horrible (the screaming that came out of my
daughter). I wasn’t sure that she really could be learning anything.
But slowly as the days went on I would take her down to the pool and
what do you know, she could swim! And as the lessons went on and we
practiced more she got better. I truly could not believe that my little
girl was swimming and swimming well. I knew that by the end of the
lessons she could save herself if she ever fell in the lake.By the time my son was fifteen months-old he too was swimming with Cathy and now we have a third child who is fifteen months old who just finished with Cathy and is loving swimming with her older sister and brother. Our oldest is now on the swim team and is doing a great job. She just broke the pool record for the butterfly this past week. I thank Cathy for giving them such a strong and successful start to swimming. My older two love Cathy and love seeing her down by the lake. She has taught them confidence and safety in the water and I could not be more grateful. Know that if you are thinking of signing your child up for Ms. Cathy’s swim lessons you are making a great choice." ~Kandi Endres
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Ms. Cathy taught both of my girls to swim. It only took two private lessons for Delaney – who was 3 at the time and is 7 now – to learn to swim. Before we took her she was afraid to get her face wet and would hang around the entrance to our pool. She would not go in with anyone. She went to Ms. Cathy and cried the whole first lesson and was swimming by the end of it. Then the next day she was swimming, confident and not afraid of the pool or Ms. Cathy. Now Delaney is on the swim team and winning ribbon after ribbon.
Marley who is 3 1/2 just finished her last lesson of the two-week session. Prior to her lessons, Marley didn’t even want to be in the pool. She was afraid to go under. She cried the first three days of the lessons and then never again. She is an awesome little swimmer now. Again Ms. Cathy gave her the confidence she needed and showed her how to swim. Marley is kicking properly and using her “big puppy arms” and doing a fantastic job.
I have recommended Ms. Cathy to several friends. We have a pool so it was very important that my girls learn to swim and learn how to get out of the pool. People always ask ‘where did she learn to swim like that and so young?’ and I always give out Ms. Cathy’s name and number. Then I tell them that the kids cry like crazy and hate it at first but they are going to learn to swim and that is the point! I love Ms. Cathy’s ‘tough-love’ approach to swimming. That is why she has never met a person she could not teach! We love her and are thankful for her and recommend her to everyone!!”
~Teresa Anthony
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“We wanted our son Gus to be happy and confident in the water, so
when we heard of Ms. Cathy’s classes and the incredible results they
produce, we signed up immediately. Gus was just over a year old when he
first took them and I have to confess I was not prepared for how hard
the first week would be on us! When I turned up, a few minutes late,
all I could hear was the sounds of kids crying. Hmmm . . . Gus was not
fazed; he walked around to our ‘spot’ on the pool side.Moms sat there and would each pass their child to Ms. Cathy (who was in the water) as their turn came up. Ms. Cathy would take each child, one at a time, and gently put them under water, walking backwards, creating a current towards her, so the child would ‘swim’ towards her. They naturally held their breath, no explanations were necessary, and doggie paddled their way to her. Gus was startled in his first experience, and by the second one he was crying. Then, as each successive turn came up he became more terrified, pulling away, screaming, and wanting to run away. It was horrible to hear him so desperate and so scared. And I worried: the last thing I wanted to create was a water trauma! I left that first class very upset and called my husband immediately on the way home – was this the ‘right’ way to teach him to swim? Later that day I spoke to a good friend who is a mother of young children and a swim instructor in LA. She reassured me that no water trauma was being created, and that truly, this was a very effective way to create a confident water baby, and a completely normal and natural response at the beginning.
The next day was worse. Gus was beside himself and I was so upset, not knowing if this was good for my child or terrible. On day three I insisted my husband come to check out whether it he too felt this it was too much. Of course, by day three Gus was doing much better. There were only a few tears. By day four they had stopped. We went to the pool each day of the three-day break, and just had a blast. Gus could not get enough of it. The next four sessions he did not shed a single tear and the rest of the summer was just blissful. Gus was comfortable and happy in the water – diving for rocks (with us) all the time.
Ms. Cathy taught us how to handle him correctly in the water (I
suggest both moms and dads are present for this class because you have
to be confident in how you handle them), so we were fully confident with
him in the water. Unfortunately, we completely stopped swimming in the
winter so by this summer we felt we should do the classes again. This
time he was just over two years old. Lots of crying on day one, but by
day two he’d resolved to be a ‘big boy’ and was super brave and shed
only a few tears. Since then he’s just too excited to go diving for his
‘rocks and torpedoes.’ We’re only half-way through the course and
yesterday he and I spent the afternoon in the pool diving for over an
hour and a half and he was giddy with excitement the whole time! ‘I
want to go under, I want to go under!’ He simply cannot get enough of
swimming and diving these days. Thank you Ms. Cathy. It was hard going
at the beginning, but completely worth it! We have a very happy water
baby!”
~Leslie Begert
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Leslie Begert
“My parents never learned to swim. I learned to swim in my teens. I
now have a 2 year-old with a pool in my backyard. People try to scare
me about this and I think to myself, “That is fear-based thinking.” I’m
not going to be afraid, but I am going to be responsible and cautious
with my son, Luke. I took Cathy’s class because I wanted to instill
confidence in Luke–not fear. I want Luke to know that if he gets into a
situation that is not ideal for him that he has the skills to get out
of the situation and into safety. I’m so amazed with his abilities
now. Luke took classes from Cathy at age 1 and 2. He’ll be back again
at Cathy’s swim class at age 3. Luke knows how to swim to the steps or
to the side of our pool by reaching up for the ledge. I can’t tell you
how much comfort this gives me. I have broken the cycle of fear in my
family. And, my son has the skills to be a confident little boy in the
water. I don’t think that I’m asking for trouble. I think that I’m
asking for knowledge and peace.” ~Rose Neas~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“I heard about Ms. Cathy from my neighbor – a mother of 5 kids, some of whom swam in our pool with my eldest child. As a recent mother with post-partum (a large part of which came from my fear of my youngest crawling right into our pool when net was off or when staying at our lake house), I started my middle child in swim lessons with Ms. Cathy when I heard her story of why she became a swim teacher and why she practiced the ‘swim in 8 days’ program. I immediately knew I was in the right place and asked her if there was any way my 10 month-old could join the following week. She was empathetic to my post-partum fear of water around my children.
It was so liberating for me and my two younger kids, seeing them develop the courage to go underwater, take breaths on their own, kick and get out of the pool on their own. It was great to see their independence grow and my fear diminish. My 10 month-old was basically able to get to the wall or steps and get out after 8 days, and one year later, he is standing on the top step, diving into the water, kicking and using his arms, all in a very coordinated fashion. I have to help him lift his head to get proper air, but he is so proud of himself and so am I. I would encourage you to conquer your child’s fear and allow them learn to swim in 8 days.” ~Anne Ebert
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“I can’t say enough about Cathy’s ability to teach swimming. Living
near the lake and having friends and family with swimming pools, it was
imperative my kids were good swimmers. Cathy was able to make them
competent swimmers by the age of three. I completely attribute their
ability to Cathy and her instruction.” ~Liz Mewborne
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“We went on vacation last week and Will and Kate were swimming SO
GREAT! Thank you for being such a wonderful teacher for them. On the
way home from vacation, Will said, ‘Mommy, will you call Ms. Cathy and
tell her what a great job I did swimming?’ He was so proud of himself!
We could hardly keep them out of the pool – they are loving it. Below
are some pictures from our trip. You are a miracle worker – we all know
how resistant Will was to swimming, but now he is a little fish –
amazing!” ~Laura Dawson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“I wanted to share my experience with Cathy as my children’s swim
instructor. My first introduction to Cathy was by witnessing the
results of other children who’d been to her for instruction. I was
amazed at how young they were and how at ease and skilled they were in
the water. We had just bought a house with a pool and I immediately
signed my son up for Cathy’s classes. At the end of his first week, he
was swimming to the side and steps of our pool.3 years later it was time for my daughter to learn the same skills. Even though she was only 1 and a half, she did quite well. She resisted a little the first couple of classes, but got the hang of it by the end of the 2nd week (see pictures below). But something happened in the year off and when it came time to get in the pool this season, she wouldn’t even put her bathing suit on. She wanted nothing to do with it. I called Cathy. On our first day back this year, my daughter was carrying on so loudly I was sure we’d be asked to leave! Cathy convinced me to bring her back the next day and to let her be the “bad guy”. Even though the next two classes weren’t a breeze, they were definitely easier. And by the last day of the first week, my daughter couldn’t wait for her turn to come around. (see pictures) She’s swimming to the steps and side of our pool again with no problems…. She loves the water again and I’m so pleased!” ~Krista O’Malley
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~Jeri Jarett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“My three year took lessons from Cathy and is now swimming great! At
his first few lessons he was so scared he tried to drag the chair by
the pool in with him. By the end of his two session he was clapping for
other children and yelling hurray and he WANTED to get in the water.
Cathy has an amazing gift of getting the children to try their best and
teaching them to not be afraid of the water. We had taken lessons
elsewhere and all my son learned to do was play with toys on the stairs.
Now, he wants to go under water and jump in and swim!” ~Kristen LaBoon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"My 4 yr old son, Presley, was not scared of the water just of
swimming. That is a recipe for disaster. After a close call on the 4th of
July, his mother and I knew he had to learn to swim. A friend of mine
had used Ms. Cathy’s swim class with success and had praised her ability
to work with their terrified 3 yr old girl. I knew that it would be
challenging to get past his fear. Presley is a very strong 4 yr old and
put up quite a fight. Ms. Cathy’s approach was nothing less than
intuitive magic. I’m not going to lie, the first day for Presley, not
all the kids, was very difficult for him and me. There was lots of
crying and pleading. The next day, however, was much the same his first
two turns, then like a light switch went off, he was diving for rocks
and keeping his head in the water. Each day at swim lessons was a
personal victory for him and a beautiful lesson for me. I guess I had as
much to learn about what he could accomplish as he did. Presley is in
his 7th lesson today and is swimming on his own to the side of the pool
and getting up on the edge by himself. The experience of watching my
child overcome his strong fear is a lesson he and I will not forget. I
watched each of the upset children had their own ah-ha moments as they
exited the pool with smiles instead of tears. The objective of learning
to swim was accomplished, but it was a life changing experience as a
parent for me. Your a very special teacher. I wish you the best. Thank
you so much!!!" ~Jon Semlear~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My 3 year old Calla has always loved the water — as long as she was wearing floaties. This summer she graduated to an inner tube but developed the habit of shouting “help, help” for fun whenever she was in the pool. As I struggled to wrangle her and our new baby in the water, I realized it was time to get Calla swimming on her own.
A friend has two children who learned to swim with Ms. Cathy and recommended her highly. She warned the first week would be rough, but that the end results were worth it. I chatted with Ms. Cathy and she assured me she’d have Calla swimming at the end of the two week session.
The first day was trying, as Calla fought getting in the pool and screamed “I want to go home” at the top of her lungs in between turns. However, despite the bumpy start, I was pleasantly surprised when Calla had positive attitude after the first lesson and was excited to return the next day. By day three she was swimming on her own and continued to improve and grow more confident every day.
Ms. Cathy has a special something that allows the kids to trust her and makes them want to improve. She focuses on instilling safety and building confidence, and gives parents tips on keeping the whole family safe in the water. And most importantly, she makes it FUN! Calla has a great time and now her little sister is signed up for the next session. I will recommend Ms. Cathy to all my friends. Happy swimming! ~Lauren Hollingsworth
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This has been the most amazing experience my son has ever had. After
attending a swim party with Cayden (3) and several of his friends, I
was amazed at how well several of the little girls swam. They told me
all about Ms. Cathy and her program. They did not sugarcoat anything
and were very matter of fact about how hard the first few days are.The first two days of lessons were dreadful. Cayden cried and screamed and acted as if he wanted nothing to do with the water (although he did participate, he came up crying every time). During the middle of lesson three, he all of a sudden decided he wanted to swim to the stairs. Ms. Cathy let him swim to the stairs instead of the middle of the pool and since that moment, he has swam with no problems and even asks about swimming lessons.
It has been amazing to watch my son turn from terrified of going underwater into a little fish. I have recommended Ms. Cathy to many people and know that she will continue to bless many children and their families! ~ Rose McIntyre
