What's the BEST way to learn to swim?
With over forty years teaching experience, Jim Booth has found the answer. Early success leads to bigger successes-one step at a time. Our swim teachers use gentle encouragement plus high expectations to build happy, confident swimmers.
Welcome to the Jim Booth Swim School. Our program started over 40 years ago with one goal in mind: Excellence! Our techniques are unique and emphasize good basics. It is easier to learn the right way the first time, than to have to relearn later.
This is our swim school motto and your teacher's goal. We believe that a lot of little steps lead to great achievements and self-confidence.
Our innovative use of a smaller teaching pool allows swimmers to develop their stroke and confidence. The supportive teachers and warm water (94 degrees) helps kids relax. Swimming short distances with constant positive guidance encourage good stroke habits encouraged in the children. By the time they move to the lap pool they look forward to the challenge of swimming farther.
I strongly believe that swimming should be fun. When kids are having a great time, they progress faster and become great swimmers.
Our teachers constantly challenge our students in ways that help them explore the water while learning the fundamentals of great swimming. Over forty years of experience has taught us that learning correctly in the beginning leads to lifelong success. Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect!
My family had me in the water as a young child, before I could walk. I don't remember a time when I wasn't swimming. It was a fun and memorable family tradition that I hope to share with your family. This is why I love the Parent/Baby classes. From four months and up, these initial experiences in the water help create a lifelong appreciation for the water. This is not just a business for me. I enjoy meeting the students and their parents. As the swim school coordinator for the pools in the Santa Cruz area, I'm always available to answer questions or chat about swimming and your child's lessons. If you're a parent from another swim school, please feel free to call me anytime at 831-722-3500.