This is a commonly asked question by non-swimmers looking to finally tackle the fear and put the pool time in. The truth is that there is no set number of sessions, or even time spent in the pool required to learn. Everyone learns at a different rate, and starts from a different place..

For many adults who come to us for private lessons, the reason they never learned to swim earlier is simply that they never had the opportunity. Some grew up in families where swimming lessons were too expensive, and it just wasn’t something that could be prioritised. Others lived in places where pools weren’t easily accessible, so swimming wasn’t part of everyday life. We’ve also taught adults whose parents didn’t swim themselves, which meant lessons were never something t