Evolution Swim Academy Aliso Viejo

Evolution Swim Academy is awesome! The trainers are very good with children, and are patient with them. Communication is great between parents and the coaches. They are committed to teaching your child how to swim properly, and enjoy doing it! They are encouraging and engaging with children. Bobby and Coach Eric are the best! I recommend ESA!

I enrolled my daughter in the Parent & Me classes when she was 12 months old. Honestly, I was skeptical about how much she would really learn at such a young age. I figured we might stick with it a month or two and then move on if I couldn’t see measurable results. Over four months into classes my daughter is thriving in the water thanks to Evolution Swim Academy and her fabulous instructor, Jack.
Here are a few things I loved about my experience with Evolution this summer:
1. Jack took time to learn my daughter’s name and her favorite parts of different activities/​songs. Even though she is too young to really communicate with him much he really saw her as a person and wanted to make sure she was getting the most out of her experience. I love that.
2. When my daughter progressed to a point in her back floating that was more advanced than many of the other kids in her class, Jack still took the time to show my husband what to do next and he made sure my daughter wasn’t being held back by other classmates who were younger or newer than she was.
3. Jack had a tremendous amount of patience with crying children and he offered parents real encouragement by sharing his own story of how he was afraid of the water as a baby and went on to become a competitive swimmer, water polo player and lifeguard.
While I wasn’t so sure about Parent & Me classes a few months ago, I am completely sold on the value of this class now. Evolution Swim Academy has exceeded my expectations. Even their littlest swimmers get personalized attention.
My daughter will be back next summer – and I hope Jack will be too.
Thank you Evolution and thank you Jack!

Our 5 year old son has had a great experience with Evolution Swim at the Renaissance Club. He has progressed very quickly with his instructors help (and our independent practice of their lessons). I highly recommend this group. Excellent instructors and modes of learning.

The best camp in So. Orange County! It has made a huge difference in our granddaughters development. The leadership is caring and excellent. The staff is very conscientious and the programming is fun for all.

Great summer camp.
On a whim I signed my son up for the one week sports camp in SJC from a Groupon. Was a little nervous but a classmate was doing it too. Showed up first day and ran into another mom who said her neighbors went earlier and had so much fun they signed up again. So I was relieved.
My son (age 8) had a great time. It wasn’t a fight each day to get him to go (and wasn’t sure how he would be). He would come home exhausted but in a good way. He got to play soccer, volleyball, kickball, dodge ball, tennis, and try archery and swim (and I’m sure there is stuff I forgot).
The staff was very friendly and greeted the kids with smiles each day. And on Monday/​Friday they even provided the lunch!
Super happy with this week of sports and would definitely recommend it.

Love this swim school. My child has been going here for awhile and I can’t wait for their own facility to open. Coach Tammy is amazing and very patient with my child. The owner is a family man and I’ve spoken with him and I feel we are on the same page as far what I expect from a swim school. Thanks for your patience and kindness. It’s important to me to support small businesses in south orange county and this is a company that I will be recommending to all of our friends!

My two young girls learned how to swim after taking lessons at Evolution Swim Academy. My youngest was so frightened at first that she would just cry at the thought of having to get close to the pool. Through the thoughtful and patient instructors and Evolution’s amazing lesson plans, she is now a confident swimmer who loves both the pool and ocean!
Evolution Swim Academy truly cares about children and the importance of water safety. We plan to continue on with their swim camps and eventually their swim team. We know we will be in great hands all along the way!

My daughter has been with Evolution for 3 yrs now and LOVES it! Great coaches, that have prepared her for the swim team, which she is looking forward too. Just started Mommy and me classes as well with my 14 month old, which we are both enjoying. He loves the games we play, while it teaches him basic steps.

Evolution is super accommodating with times of lessons and the instructors are encouraging and great with kids. Our son needed private lessons to start because of his lack of fondness for strangers and was ready for the 3 to 1 ratio class in 3 months!

I learned about the school about 18 months ago from some acquaintances, at the time I was spending time between Westlake Village and Irvine and was in the process of relocating my family. My wife contacted the academy directly and one of the owner, Felipe, made the point of establishing contact with me directly so we could talk about the program before my family even visited the academy physically. I got to meet Felipe and his wife, their family is very similar to mine, our kids roughly the same age, and I knew at the time that he understood my needs. My daughter had been going to a private swimming school for over a year so it was a tough decision for us to make. He did everything for us to make the transition as comfortable as possible. We tried different times and different coaches until we found what we feel are the right ones for our kids. Both my kids have a blast when they go, and on recent trip I was able to see such a noticeable change. My daughter was swimming with no problems from end to end of the pool, my son was jumping in without being afraid. They are both at young age and as a parent I felt extremely proud of both of them. Without a doubt I would recommend this school to any parent, as they have been patient and understanding every step of the way. The facilities are top of the line and you get to see so many different kids at different ages at different levels which keeps the motivation for the sport and the desire for the achievements at a high level.

Evolution Swim Academy is an amazing swim school! Our family loves the instructors and the hands-​on high quality teaching-​techniques they use. My daughter began her first swim lesson with some hesitation and tears, by the end of the class she was all smiles and now looks forward to going every week. I appreciate all the love and patience they have demonstrated throughout the classes. The staff has done a wonderful job finding me class days/​times that work around my schedule– Thank you for the great communication regarding make-​ups as well. As a mom, and a H.S. Teacher, it makes me feel good to watch my daughter enjoying herself and having fun while learning such an important life skill such as swimming. Keep up they great work guys!!!

Our family LOVES Evolution Swim Academy! I have 2 children who have been taking lessons from an early age. I started out with having them attend only during the summer time but have moved to year round lessons. My daughter is very nervous around water and they have helped to ease that fear. My son enjoys the water and they have helped him build incredible confidence to the point where he is working on stroke techniques at the age of 3! This wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible talent they have on staff. Most notable are Wes, Kaitlynn, Sarah, and Evin. Great group of people working to help children become water safe, which was the reason why I initially sought them out, with the added benefit of introducing children to basic techniques that could propel them into a fondness for the sport!
I highly recommend checking out this extraordinary swim school!

We enrolled our 2 year old and 4 year old in Evolution a year ago and have had a wonderful experience. The staff truly has our needs in mind and has bent over backwards to get us the times, days, and teachers we needed. Our son cried for quite a while and I never once heard a teacher or staff member complain, they were always extremely professional and showed that they truly cared for him. Now 12 months late we are still going every week. Their make up policy is also the best Ive ever seen at a swim school, in fact its the best I have seen in any children’s activity or school.
I should also mention that when we moved here we asked our swim school in Sacramento for recommendations and they referred us to Evolution. Then once we moved here and spoke with a well known and respected private swim teacher, she also recommended Evolution. I consider a referral from the company’s peers/​competition to be more valuable than most.

We started our daughter in the infant classes here and upon turning age 2 moved her up to semi private lessons. The infant class were good for helping baby become comfortable with going under the water, kicking her legs, rolling onto her back, and holding her breath. I noticed that the quality of instruction really depended on which coach was leading the lesson. Some were definitely more helpful with the way they gave instructions or in their willingness to go the extra distance to make sure you were getting the most out of the lesson. The same was even more so true when we moved to semi private lessons. After a couple months of lessons with one instructor we were asked to either switch to pricier private lessons or schedule with a different instructor because our toddler was having a hard time listening and it was becoming dangerous. When we called the office to discuss this further, the staff was courteous and kindly assured us that they had an instructor that would be a better match for our child’s needs. We gave it a shot and in a single week we had more progress with the new instructor than we had in the months of lessons with the prior teacher. So instructor choice here was key for us.
We plan to resume swim lessons here again next Spring unless a more convenient or better deal comes up somewhere else. This school is professional and I have definitely seen results. I only wish that we had switched teachers earlier. The only other criticism I have is that they don’t really have a system for communicating your child’s lesson progress to you. At the end of the lesson they will only tell you how it went and if there is anything you can work on if you ask and sometimes you have to be very specific with your questioning to get any useful information. It would be great if there was a more formal system in place for communicating with parents about your individual child. Not sure if they have a protocol in place for this but it would definitely make Evolution go from a good swim school to a great swim school in my opinion. Communication is key!

This is a fantastic swim school! My oldest child was able to successfully transition from this program to a swim team. The technique she learned at this swim school made her more successful than many of the kids already on the team. I also have a three and a one year old in this program and they are doing amazing!!! It’s so great to have a three year old that isn’t clinging to me in the water but swimming on her own! The instructors here are very well trained and amazing with kids

I don’t know where to start. My conclusion is that AquaTen SUCKS and I don’t recommend it to anyone. Because I was so frustrated that staff is not communicating with parents. These people are so NOT organized and not professional. I signed up my son in May along with Waterworks Aquatics in Irvine. We live in Aliso Viejo, 5 min away from Renaissance sports club. AquaTen swim school is cheaper and closer than Waterworks so I wished AquaTen would work out. Well, one month later, we only go to Waterworks. Here are the reasons. First of all, I signed up for twice a week and they gave me different instructor without telling me anything. I paid for private lessons and I got semiprivate lesson for make up without any discussion. The end of lesson, when I asked the instructor «How did he do?,» he told me «He did great.» I was expecting more specific like what they did and what my son need to be working on, etc like Waterworks does. When I thought that I was done with them, I found out that I got overcharged for the month of May and I was told that they will send me a check for the difference. Well, It’s been almost a month and I have not seen that check nor hearing from them. I can go on and on with more complaints but why? I wasted enough of my time. I’m going to move on. I just want my money back soon!

Love the instructors at this swim school. They are patient and you can tell they love working with kids. We love this place :)