Saf-T-Swim

It is very difficult to book a good instructor. All good instructors are booked 1 year ago. Also, they comes and goes so often. It is just waste money if your kids are younger than 5 years old.

Our daughter, now 3, has been swimming here since she was 6 months old. Currently she swims with Jess who we absolutely love although all of her teachers have been great. I do think some are better than others but overall her swim lessons have given her so much confidence in the water and most important to us is that she has no fear whatsoever. The place is clean and everyone is friendly.

We have been swimming at Saf-​t-​Swim for the past ten years. This should be enough to tell you that we are extremely satisfied. The instructors take pride in their work, and in teaching the children the important message about water safety. Their prices are fair. The staff has good knowledge about child development and uses good teaching strategies (structured sessions, reinforcers, and repetition). They accept all children with varying abilities which says a lot about a facility! They work with families to meet personal goals. They set goals for their students and acknowledge their achievements. All instructors and office staff are very approachable and work with families to accommodate schedules as best they could.
The environment is cheerful and clean. The waiting room has double-​sided mirrors which allows you to watch your child’s session without distracting them. Instructors give feedback after each session and are always available to answer your questions. The office staff is wonderful. They make you feel like your child is the most important child they have, they answer the phone promptly and do not leave you on hold for an extended period of time! They understand that our time, as parents, is valuable!

I can’t believe this place. We have been coming here every week for over a year, with two kids. We have invested over $ 3,000 in this place.
In 2014, the pool has been closed over 10 times for «accidents». This means that someone’s kid crapped in the pool. The swimmers are required to wear two diapers, which means there are some parents who aren’t following the rules. So this closes the pool for several hours, canceling all swimming classes. There are 10 – 15 kids every half hour, so you do the math. So now you have to make up the class or classes you lost. And might I add these «accidents» are not random. We have a morning class, and the accident only happens before we arrive for the pool. So, they can pretty much track it down to the half hour of 15 kids that the accident is occurring in, but yet nothing has been done.
The problem with these make-​ups is that they won’t add these missed sessions onto the end of your 10 week session, you have to find a time where you can be «fit in». Well, that doesn’t happen. Myself as well as many other parents have stacks of «make up» slips that we can’t use. And yes, I have complained to management, wrote letters, and apparantly nothing has changed.
So, thanks to the parents for not following the rules, and thanks to Saf T Swim of Bellmore for not enforcing the two diaper policy. For this, you get my 1 star review.