Salinas Aquatic Center

My kids have been coming to swimming lessons and overall they enjoy it. The pool is well maintained. The staff is friendly. The only thing that needs improvement is the teaching of some instructors. Some of the instructors don’t tell the child what they are doing wrong or what is the correct way to do it. I’m watching a child freestyle across the pool but her technique is wrong. It looks like she’s swimming in place and having trouble coming up for a breath. The instructor is Swimming along with her but doesn’t stop her and correct her. The child gets to the wall and is given a «good job» with no suggestions on what she can do to improve. For the money that is being paid on these lessons, I would hope the kids are actually learning how to swim. Some of the instructors are awesome but some need to improve the way they teach.

I have two children taking swim classes here. The instructors are all young, but seem to work well with all the students. The classes start right on time and finish right on time. The front desk staff is friendly and helpful.
The facility itself is nice and clean. The locker rooms do not allow the opposite sex to enter if they are over the age of 4. There is a family changing room but they only have one.

Several good class teachers. As a previous review said: some are inexperienced — the young person who seems to administer the lessons overall is not very responsive to comments and questions, doesn’t answer emails; changes levels of classes without considering all aspects of groupings. The front desk people are very pleasant and responsive. It’s possible the head coach is in charge overall but it’s not possible to tell from the website.

My daughter and I our on our second round of courses in the parent-​tot class. We love it! The staff, front desk and instructors are all friendly. I am thankful they offer a variety of times/​days, as it fits with my schedule. I would recommend taking lessons here!

I’ve had my kids in lessons here since spring of 2011. I have to say I overall am good with this place but the instructors can be hit and miss. We had a really great one over the summer. Just beware — some of them are very young as one might expect and you never know what to expect with a combination of very young children mixed in multi-​aged classes with very young teachers who clearly don’t all the same experience level with teaching. I’ve decided to stick with it and get to know the management and get to know which instructors fit the best with my kids. I believe the price is right and I’d rather be the learning process be fun and less stressful than other private teachers in the area who are more intense. If you have an initial less-​than-​stellar experience, request a new instructor for your next session and see if it helps. ALSO another advantage is that there are «make up days» if you miss a day during your session. Be sure to ask them for details about how this works when you sign up your child.
Another thing to consider — boys age 5 and over are not allowed in womens locker room which poses somewhat of a problem for me as my son is 5 and not confident to go in the mens locker room alone. I’ve scheduled our lessons around times when there are no adult swims before or after. There is a family changing room but the drawback is waiting for someone to unlock it, or there is a line for it, and there are no dryers in there.
As I said, I’ve been pretty happy with the facility and lessons and only take a star off for the instructors not being consistent but if you’re patient you can certainly work around it.