Our team philosophy is to create and develop a foundation for children that promotes and inspires sound values, self worth and integrity through the enjoyment of swimming.
Christeen Spencer
ASCTA Award Winning Swim School
We won!! Louise Atkin one of the many talented teachers at the Swim1 swim school in Coolum took out the Australian Swim Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA) Qld Swim Teacher of the Year award for 2021.
To win this award against bigger schools with so many quality teachers throughout Qld is such an honour.
Merry Christmas to all our amazing swimmers and their families.
Thank you all so very much for supporting our beautiful family business.
From our family to yours.
Enjoy a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Stay safe around the water and look forward to seeing you all in 2025.
***Pool Closed from 21st December 2024 till 13th January 2025***
Term 1 2025 starting Tuesday the 28th January 2025
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Christmas School Holiday Intensive Lessons
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Block 1 16th – 20th December 2024
Block 2 13th – 17th January 2025
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Swim 1 is an Award Winning family owned swim school operated by Advanced (Silver Licenced) coach Chris Spencer.
We’re based only a few streets away from the beach in Coolum on the beautiful Sunshine Coast.
We conduct learn to swim classes from 6 months through to squad development levels, adult lessons, and stroke correction.
We also conduct Magna Therapy sessions and H2O Magnafit Workouts.
Why learn with Swim 1?
We are a registered Swim Australia Swim School, with fully qualified and highly experienced staff.
Our pool is a fully enclosed 15 metre, indoor heated pool, all with the health benefits of a magnesium mineral salt system and ozone. For more information visit https://www.magnapool.com.
This system provides so many benefits to all our swimmers, staff and patrons. It’s safe and hygienic, healthy for your body, skin and mind, relieves stress and anxiety, detoxifies the body, reduces aches and pains, and provides your muscles with energy. It’s also great for our environment too!
Learn to Swim
Classes are 30 minutes long. Based on approximate age. Moving to the next level will depend on your child’s progress.
Infant 1
- Suitable for babies 6mths to 12/13 mths.
- Parents are in the pool with their child.
- Skills taught are water familiarisation, breath control and survival skills with song and games.
Infant 2
- Aged from 14mths to 2-2 ½ years
- Depending on child’s ability and progress level, they may be ready for transition class. Instructor will decide.
- Skills taught include kicking and paddling, introduction to blowing bubbles. Safety. Aim toward being independent in the water. Floating. Safe entry and exit.
Transition
- Age 2 ½ to 3 yrs
- Some swimmers may advance quicker than others depending on ability and mental readiness.
- Parents sitting on the side of pool, near their swimmer to help guide through transition to instructor and independent lessons.
- Skills: Survival skills, safety, dog paddle with bubbles, floats, safe entry and exits.
Levels 1 – 4: School Age
- Major focus on freestyle technique, skills and drills. Survival skills and safety. Introduction to all four strokes through the levels:
- L1 – Freestyle with intro to backstroke
- L2 – Freestyle + Backstroke with intro to Butterfly
- L3 – Intro to breaststroke
- L4 – All four strokes
- All levels have components of dive and turns etc
- Mini Squad development
- Refining all four strokes. Advanced drills and skills. Increase distance and fitness
Holiday Block Lessons
Intensive holiday blocks take place throughout the year during school holidays for learn to swim.
The benefits of these block classes are:
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- Consistency
- Swimmers progress faster
- Strengthen muscle memory
Puggles Swim School for Deaf Swimmers
We are a recognised Puggles Swim School so deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children can learn to swim in a mainstream swimming class. This means hearing and DHH kids learn to swim together – awesome!
MagnaTherapy Sessions
For those wanting to conduct their own exercise routine with the added benefit and in the privacy of our magnesium mineral salt indoor heated pool, all in a fully enclosed, private, relaxing environment. Float, water run, soak or exercise to your own program and enjoy helping your body in a happy healthy way.
Tuesday & Thursday Mornings from 10:30 till 11:30
Cost $6.00
Have any questions? Call us now!
Meet Our Team
Our instructors and coaches are fully qualified with up to date skills and knowledge in the aquatic industry. Providing our swimmers with easy to follow progressions that really work. These have been developed over many years with great success under the experienced eye of coach Chris who has been in the industry more than 34 years.
Safety skills and water awareness are paramount and inclusive of our lessons.
All staff attend yearly CPR courses, upskill workshops and hold current Bluecard working with children checks.
We love sharing our knowledge with our swimmers and seeing the progress to success in the water, always makes us happy.
I’ve been involved in the swimming industry for over 35 years.
Through my amazing journey teaching babies through to Australian team swimmers, I’ve been fortunate enough to work with some of the best teachers and coaches in Australia and overseas. It’s a joy and privilege to see the wonderful transformation that takes place with the gift of teaching a swimmer no matter the age or ability, to succeed.
With world class progressions in the teaching plans that I have created over many years, this gets the swimmers confidence and body position working sooner with our swimmers progressing faster.
When children get that excitement and confidence in themselves, the sky is the limit. I love it, time and time again.
Queensland is the best and the Sunshine Coast is an amazing place!
On the coast we have many beaches, rivers and creeks perfect for cooling off on a hot summers day or all year round for the die heart swimmers.
Unfortunately our beautiful water ways can be hazardous if not respected and that’s where we come in!
At Swim1 we can teach you to swim as well as water safety, I want everyone to enjoy the water and respect the water.
No matter how old or young you are we at Swim1 would love to show you how to enjoy the h20, see you in the pool!
I’ve been teaching kids to swim for 17 years now, and still love what I do.
I’ve taught babies right up to adults, swimming schools and also children with disabilities.
I love this job, and enjoy watching the kids progress from being timid of water to loving it.
And when the penny drops and the kids learn the strokes, the look on their faces is priceless, that is why I do this.
“Thank you, Chris, at last!
I have spent years taking kids to learn to swim classes and was very frustrated with the techniques and length of time it was taking to teach my kids to swim. Matty was very scared of water and I had taken him to a few different learn to swim classes and it wasn’t working.
Chris had him relaxed in the water and swimming far quicker than my older children.”
“The amazing team @ Swim1 Coolum are absolute professionals, elite in their field and so welcoming and encouraging.
My children Jazzy and Jesse have evolved immensely in their swimming abilities due to their incredible teachers Miss Chrissy and Miss Louise and look forward to their swimming lessons and learning new skill sets each week.
Living on the beautiful Sunshine Coast it is so important children can swim competently and I can not thank or highly recommend Swim1 Coolum enough for all they do!”
“The Swim1 Team are exceptional swim teachers! I highly recommend them.
Sakura has always loved the water and has taken lessons most of her life. Since starting with Swim1 in August last year, Sakura’s swimming has progressed at an astonishing rate.
Sakura has mild cerebral palsy, so her body doesn’t always move as quickly or with as much agility as a typical child, so Louise and Chris have such expertise that they work with Sakura’s body and what she can do, altering swimming techniques to meet her physical abilities, which builds Sakura’s skills and confidence, as opposed to simply following a pre-written program of what swimming ‘should’ look like.”
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Contact Info
Opening Hours
Mon, Tue, Thu - 8 am – 10:30 am
Mon, Tue, Thu - 3 pm - 6 pm
Wed - 3 pm - 5.30 am
Friday - 7:30 am - 11 am
Saturday - 8 am - 11 am
Sunday - Closed
Mon, Tue, Thu - 3 pm - 6 pm
Wed - 3 pm - 5.30 am
Friday - 7:30 am - 11 am
Saturday - 8 am - 11 am
Sunday - Closed
Phone
(07) 5446 1982
Address
1 Santa Monica Ave, Coolum Beach Qld 4573
info@swim1.com.au
COVID 19 Compliant Swim School
- Health Checks
- Hand sanitizer on entry
- Registration on entry
- Social distancing throughout facility
- Limited numbers
- Cleaning and disinfecting every session
- Happy healthy environment