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
Christeen Spencer
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
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.
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!
The benefits of these block classes are:
Tuesday & Thursday Mornings from 10:30 till 11:30
Cost $6.00
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.
Head Coach
Learn to Swim Teacher
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.
2021 Swim Teacher of the year for QLD
Learn to Swim Teacher
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!
Learn to Swim Teacher
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.
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.”
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!”
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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