Central Park Aquatic Center/ Occoquan Swim Academy

My son takes private swim lessons with Coach Caleb, and he absolutely loves it. My son has a disability and was traumatized from earlier lessons at the "mommy and me" lessons geared towards babies and toddlers at other locations, so we decided to enroll him in a swim school that focused on different values and competition. From our first phone call, the coaches and managers we spoke to were extremely polite, professional, and genuinely listened to our concerns. They offered us a trial class, which my son loved. We decided to enroll him in private lessons with Coach Caleb, who has worked miracles with our son. My son trusts him and has completed swim tasks that he never did before. My son has been working with Coach Caleb for a little over a month now, and we have already noticed a significant improvement in my son's water skills. At the previous location, we saw little to no changes in over 3 months, but we noticed a change within 2 weeks. The coaches rely on trust, accommodation, and individualize their lessons for each learner. We are so happy to have found this place and plan to continue as long as my son allows!

My 2 younger daughters (age 4 & 5) had their very first swimming class today. I just can't believe how much better this experience was than the one we did for our older daughter when she was young & we lived in Fairfax. The girls absolutely loved it! Every one from the manager to the instructor was awesome! With my older daughter, there were so many kids in her classes in Fairfax that she just stood on the wall most of the time. In contrast, my younger 2 girls today at Central Park Aquatic Center were working on their swimming the entire time with a small class. I just can't believe I didn't know about this place sooner. I got here by word of mouth of other moms in my subdivision who kept saying overwhelmingly that this was the best swim facility in our area for your kids to learn to swim. And they were right!

Excellent swim program that will take your future swimmers all the way to the awesome team (QDD). The pool is warm, the coaches are great, the price is right and Pam Reid is very accomodating. My kids love it there!

Very happy with our swim class experience here. We have tried other local swim classes and I feel my elementary school-aged children have gotten the most out of just one session here. We will continue to take summer classes and hope to continue through winter and aspire to swim team.