Private swim lessons are available for individual children and adults or groups of three or more people. Students may be beginners unable to swim at all or advanced swimmers who want to improve their technique or compete. Common student goals include becoming comfortable in water, learning basic strokes, improving swimming techniques or training for an event. Swimming lessons may take place at a public pool, private club or at the students home. Several factors affect the cost of private swimming lessons.
Length of Lesson
Length of lesson
The duration of each lesson is usually the main consideration with cost. Most teachers offer swim lessons in 30-, 60- or 90-minute sessions.
Private lessons
Private lessons offer one-on-one learning between the student and the swim instructor. Individual private lessons cost more because they account for the time the teacher is devoting to one student rather than other group-oriented opportunities. Students also get more personalized instruction and attention. Private lesson prices increase gradually with longer sessions. Here are some pricing examples for private lessons:
Buddies Swim School in Glendale, California:
Swimming in Los Angeles, California:
Packages
Prepaying for lessons in bulk typically costs less per lesson. Prices per lesson drop as students purchase more lessons in bulk. Here are some examples of tiered lesson pricing and the resulting savings:
Aqua Buddies Swim School:
Spitzer Swimming:
*Note, both of these swim schools offer other packages, with varying class durations and number of lessons per package.
Group lessons
Students may organize private group instruction, hiring a swim teacher for a group of children or adults. For group lessons, teachers either charge per student (at a reduced rate from their individual private instruction pricing) or they charge by the lesson. For example, Aqua Buddies Swim School has a per lesson rate rather than a per student rate, so the cost of classes is the same regardless of the number of students.
Location
Swim instructors in cities and areas with a higher cost of living typically can charge higher rates for private swimming classes than those in small towns or more rural areas.
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