Safe before fast
A child who panics in deep water isn’t ready for stroke drills, no matter how good the kick looks. Comfort and safety skills come first, every time.
Meet your coach
Youssef Razzouk
Certified instructor, former competitive athlete, and the person who’ll be in the water with your child every single lesson.
Time in the water taught me how to teach it
I spent several years competing at a provincial level and made it to OFSAA twice, once in the A finals and once in the B finals. That’s where I learned what good technique actually feels like, and just as importantly, how a coach can break something complicated into a step a person can actually do.
For the last four years I’ve been teaching swimming full time. Hundreds of kids have come through my lessons. Some wouldn’t put their face in the water on day one, some were already on swim teams and chasing a faster stroke. What they have in common is that they left more capable and more confident than they arrived.
I hold my National Lifeguard certification, and I’m certified to train other lifeguards and instructors as a National Lifeguard Instructor and a Lifesaving Instructor. Safety isn’t a box I tick before a lesson. It’s the foundation everything else gets built on.
- 4Years teaching swimming
- 100sOf kids taught to swim
- 2×OFSAA finalist, A & B finals
Qualifications
Certified to teach, and to certify
Not every swim instructor is qualified to train other instructors. These are the credentials behind every lesson.
- National LifeguardCanada’s standard certification for professional lifeguards.
- National Lifeguard InstructorQualified to train and certify new lifeguards.
- Lifesaving InstructorQualified to teach lifesaving and water safety courses.
- 2× OFSAA finalistOntario provincial championships, A and B finals.
How I coach
Three things I hold to in every lesson
Meet the swimmer where they are
No fixed script. I read where a child actually is in the first few minutes and adjust the plan, not the other way around.
Honest feedback, always
You’ll hear what your child is genuinely good at and what still needs work. If they’re not ready for the next level yet, I’ll tell you.
Facilities & safety
Where your child will be swimming
A clean, well-kept indoor pool with a proper shallow end and a deep end, so every level from first-timer to strong swimmer has somewhere to work.
The pool
- 15 metres long, with plenty of room to build up distance as your swimmer progresses.
- A shallow end and a deep end, so nervous beginners can stand up while stronger swimmers still get real depth to work in.
- Indoor and heated, so lessons run comfortably whatever the weather is doing outside.
- Depths clearly marked around the pool, so you and your child always know where you are.
Safety on deck
- Rescue equipment on site, including life rings and reaching aids kept within arm’s reach of the water.
- First aid and medical equipment on deck for the whole lesson, not stored somewhere down a hallway.
- Your instructor is a certified lifeguard, National Lifeguard qualified and CPR certified, in the water with your child throughout.
- Flotation aids available for swimmers who still need the support, and taken away as soon as they don’t.
Parents are welcome to watch. You’re never asked to leave the pool area during your child’s lesson.
Come swim with us
Book online in a couple of taps, or just call and we’ll talk it through.