Book Private Swimming Lessons with Coach Ryan
Learn to swim with Confidence. The water is home!
Learn to swim with Confidence. The water is home!
Ryan favorite place in the world is the water. A father of two, a scuba diver, an avid swimmer and a lifetime of water experience from swimmer to coach, Ryan brings his love of the sport to a pool near you.
Sherman Oaks, CA
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Weekly Availability
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Saturday
4:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Sunday
4:00 PM - 12:00 AM
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Get to know Coach Ryan
About Me:
I've been swimming since age 4 on swim teams on the East Coast. Setting records at local swim clubs and summer swim team as early as middle school and was competing with travel teams in High school. Before a leg injury, my sprint times were fast enough to be a walk on to the University of Kentucky's Swim Team. I am at peace in the water and my
How I can help you improve your game:
From introductory lessons to general improvements to drills to improve on your own, I can help you or your family thrive in the water
What a typical training session looks like with me:
Meet at your pool or a public one and depending on your level of swim comfort we set a goal for the day and set out to get closer to accomplishing it. Each person learns and handles the water differently. The main goal for a newer swimmer is to become comfortable in the water, while a competitive swimmer will want to focus on small changes to style or new techniques to gain speed. The training will be modified as needed to help reach those goals.
Career summary and accomplishments:
I am a career Production Manager and Line Producer in the Entertainment Industry. I swam in college and High School and taught swim lessons starting at 14 at my local pools. I've managed Private Pools where I taught private lessons as well and have a wide variety of experience with different age groups from toddler to adult.
Best coach I ever had:
I had a coach for a travel swim team called the Tiburones in Maryland who created a swim team that wasn't built on repetitive drills but on mixing it up and would give us advice on what to do in between sets that were constantly changing. I was a sprinter, so repetition never did as much for me as adrenaline and learning something on the fly did. He came up with new games and challenges to get us hardly even remembering that we were putting in 5000 meters before school started. Some of the best techniques I still use today while swimming for fun.
What athletes and parents should know about me:
I love the water. Hopefully you will too
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