Firstly, thank you for your time for wanting to find out a little more about me and where my passion for swimming came from.
My earliest memory of swimming was not pleasurable or enjoyable for either myself or my parents. I was that young child who was petrified, anxious and came up with every excuse not to attend my swimming lessons. My fear of the water eased in time with perseverance and encouragement before swimming became a large part of my life over the years.
My swimming has progressed from constant screaming, learning to swim, club swimming, competing, rehabilitation, life guarding and teaching. Throughout this journey I have fortunately met and trained with incredible individuals who to this day I still have contact with.
Teaching swimming has enabled me to work whilst completing my Masters Degree, it gave me time to meet, connect and empathise with other individuals who I could relate to and work with to achieve their individual goals. Achieving goals, small wins or big wins are all milestones which should be celebrated and recognised. Everyone has to remember where they started and appreciate their own swimming journey.
Swimming also got me my first job abroad where I participated in Camp America lifeguarding and swimming, I went back year, after year, after year before changing roles to become assistant director and moving to the USA full time!
Outside of swimming I am an equestrian with a big baby horse and two dogs (mum of two!). All my furry children keep me on my feet, up nice and early and keep me very busy.
Great teacher! My daughters confidence has really improved in the water and their technique is improving with each lesson. Thank you.
Robyn has been extremely patient, helpful and supportive in teaching me as an adult how to improve my swimming technique. Her professional, friendly and skilful manner has given me some fantastic results. I would strongly recommend her for teaching all ages and abilities. Thanks Robyn.
Ok tried the other review site which led to a review of customer service, which was great by the way! Robyn is as wonderful, empathetic person. My husband and I shared 6x30min sessions. I was not a confident swimmer, could do breaststroke, but wanted to learn front crawl so I could try open water swimming, my husband wanted to improve his technique. Right from the start Robyn was encouraging and all our sessions were motivational and fun! She was always able to come up with ideas to help us improve, which she made clear and easy – ‘end on a high’ With a combination of quality instruction and our practice sessions, I can swim front crawl with confidence & my husband’s technique has improved…simply life changing for me… thank you so much Robyn, you are a pocket rocket wonder.
Robyn is a fabulous teacher, very patient, calm and explains things in a clear and easy to understand way.
I feel I have made a lot of progress since she started teaching me, and I am now a lot more confident in water. She has helped me finally master underwater breathing and I am starting to feel more confident with backstroke.
I highly recommend her.
Robyn is a great teacher, very friendly and patient and explains everything really well. She is easy to get in contact with and very responsive to messages. I’ve been doing adult improver lessons and can finally feel confident with my head under water!
The locations are great – small private pools that you can stand up in which helps with confidence.
I’m in my late 60’s and learning breast stroke. Robyn has been excellent in making this happen. Her ability to analyse my stroke and her breadth of knowledge of feedback techniques is leading to steady progress.
As an adult swimmer I was a little anxious about learning to swim, Robyn quickly put that to rest. She makes you feel comfortable, relaxed and has a lot of exercises in her arsenal to find what will best work for you. She also always tries to put your interest first even if it might be more trouble for her.
Initially booked 6 lessons, promptly booked another 6 after that as I loved the progress I made.
Brilliant swimming instructor and just a great person in general!
Highly recommend if wanting to learn to swim at any age.
Great experience. My son loved his lessons and developed his confidence really quickly. Would highly recommend Robyn.
Robyn has so much patience and loads of fun and engaging techniques to help kids learn to swim.
She teaches my three and six year old in a joint lesson and is great at helping them perfect their skills together, while also ensuring they have plenty of individual attention.
I’m so pleased we started lessons with Robyn, the kids have made great progress in a short amount of time.
My daughter had the best time learning how to swim with Robyn. She made learning fun while doing different swimming techniques. My daughter looked forward to every swim lesson. My daughter is much more comfortable in water. Thank you Robyn.
Robyn has been teaching our daughter Elsie to swim for the last 2 ½ months.
Having previously had a bad experience with a different swim school, Robyn was very good at gaining Elsie’s trust and giving her confidence in the water. Elsie’s ability is building lesson by lesson and she is really happy to be taught by Robyn.
Robyn is a very supportive and I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending.
Robyn is an excellent teacher and would highly recommend her to anybody who was looking to learn how to swim.
She was very professional, patient & friendly.
as an adult learning how to swim I was very nervous and robyn helped me get over my nerves.
Since finishing my lessons I have been nothing but in the pools and it was all thanks to robyn.
Robyn is an absolute gem of a find. She has taken my little boy’s enthusiasm for swimming and converted it to an actual technique! She has a fantastic way with people and we really look forward to our sessions. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
I decided to learn to swim as an adult and I was so convinced it would be very difficult…Robyn has taught me otherwise. I have not had much experience when it comes to learning to swim but I cannot imagine it gets better than this. Robyn is amazing!
I’ve been training with Robyn for a few weeks now. She’s incredibly patient and shows great bias for action in understanding and supporting my needs and concerns. She breaks down techniques in bite sizes, making it easier for one to learn and improve on skills. With each lesson, I feel wee bit more confident in water although I’m aware I have a long long way to go.
I booked lessons for my children aged 12 and 13. They absolutely loved it and also felt motivated and challenged. Robyn is an excellent swimming teacher and they’ve both improved LOADS!
Robyn is friendly, approachable and really encouraging. She put me at ease straight away on my first taster lesson. When I lacked confidence she reassured me and pushed me to try things. I have enjoyed my lessons. Would definitely recommend her! 🙂
I did a course with Robyn to learn to swim and it was a good experience. I had come to England to learn English and even with the language barrier, Robin was able to adapt. Not only did she teach me how to swim but she also taught me new words in English as well as things about English culture and all this in a good mood. She always found simple ways to explain things to me and when I couldn’t make a move she found a way for me to understand.I highly recommend swimming lessons with Robyn. Thank you Robyn
I booked 12 swimming lessons with Robyn primarily to learn how to swim front crawl and backstroke. I have been absolutely delighted with the progress made in such a short space of time. Robyn is an absolutely excellent tutor – very knowledgeable, motivational, patient and kind. She has made the lessons fun and enjoyable and I am a much more confident and stylish swimmer now and this is totallly down to Robyn’s hard work. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to improve swimming style and technique. Thanks so much!
Robyn is a brilliant swimming teacher very patient. She has managed to help my 6 year feel a lot more confident in the water while pushing him to further his skills. He has really taken to his swimming lessons with Robyn and instead of dreading them he looks forward to them. Thank you
Robin was a great teacher. She took over from another teacher but was so enthusiastic. She was in the water all the time with made it easier for me to understand the coaching. She tried new ways to make things clear. A really good experience, and very smiley and encouraging.
Robin is very good patient nogilable really enjoy my lesson with her excellent teacher
good teacher makes me feel relaxed and the lessons are enjoyable very good at getting to know how am thinking about what I do in the water definitely the right teacher for me
Excellent teacher good person skills lesson are enjoyable, I feel more confident in the water
It’s not an easy decision for me to restart learning to swim after 20 years. After 3 times 1 to 1 teaching lessons, I know that this is the best decision I made this year, and I’m going to enjoy swimming for the rest of my life. Thank you so much Robyn, I’m so lucky to have you as my teacher.
Robyn has been absolutely brilliant with my two children (3&5 years old). Robyn took over from a previous Swim Now teacher and she made the transition seamless. The children have come so far in their time with Robyn and look forward to their swimming lessons each week. Robyn has great patience with the children and knows how to read each lesson and adapt to the children’s mood or behaviour in that particular lesson. I can’t wait to see them progress even more with the support of Robyn.
Robyn is my fantastic teacher. I had never swam before ( hence need for lessons) & was terribly nervous about it, but Robyn was able to support & reassure me. I’m making steady progress, enjoying the experience & always looking forward to my swimming sessions. Keep up the great work. Robyn, you are an asset to your team. Thank you
Robyn is an amazing instructor. Her personality, patience and delivery is top notch.
She’s definitely a true professional with great customer service skills.
Thank you Robyn!
I’m 21 starting swimming lessons from the beginning , and being in a pool was not always something I particularly enjoyed . Robyn takes time to know who she is teaching and my lessons are all tailored to my needs . She is very supportive and encouraging in the pool nd I feel like over the past 7 weeks I’ve learnt so much more than I could have imagined. I really enjoy swimming now and can’t wait to continuing further .
I have always had a passion for learning to swim but never actually dragged myself to the pool to do so until this year when I signed up to group lessons at my local leisure centre. Whilst the group lessons helped me get the feel of swimming in some recognised way, I felt I needed some 1-2-1 to work on my technique and speed up my progress.
Robyn has been a steady hand guiding me through different techniques but more so with my front crawl where I have seen considerable improvement. Her ability to explain and highlight areas of improvement puts you at ease.
I find our lessons enjoyable because I know every week I will pick up something new or correct a flaw in my technique to a noticeable degree.
Overall, I think Robyn is an excellent teacher with a very professional but personal approach.
Robyn was patient and supportive in her efforts to teach me to swim again after having a Stroke some years ago. The lessons that I initially found quite tiring and stressful quickly became less so as she understood more about my physical limitations, to the point that I looked forward to her lessons. I found that in a few lessons I was gaining both confidence and ability in the pool
Robyn is patient, kind and very supportive. My goal as an adult swimmer is to be more efficient in front crawl. Her lessons are well thought out, fun and challenging. She puts you at ease so you can learn and grow. Bonus that she also understands that life gets hectic and is accommodating if I need to switch my sessions.
Robyn is an excellent swimming teacher. I’m a complete beginner to swimming and as an adult it is not easy to learn to swim. I was a little nervous but Robyn quickly put me at ease. She is friendly and approachable. I have made lots of progress due to Robyn’s patience and clear instructions. She adapts her instructions to suit you. Especially if you are not getting a certain technique. After 5 lessons I am much more confident in the water and can swim on my back unaided. Thank you Robyn for making my lessons so enjoyable. I always look forward to my swimming lessons and my chats with you. I highly recommend Robyn.
Really friendly, and patient at going over different swimming techniques.
Great teacher! My daughters confidence has really improved in the water and their technique is improving with each lesson. Thank you.
Robyn has been extremely patient, helpful and supportive in teaching me as an adult how to improve my swimming technique. Her professional, friendly and skilful manner has given me some fantastic results. I would strongly recommend her for teaching all ages and abilities. Thanks Robyn.
Ok tried the other review site which led to a review of customer service, which was great by the way! Robyn is as wonderful, empathetic person. My husband and I shared 6x30min sessions. I was not a confident swimmer, could do breaststroke, but wanted to learn front crawl so I could try open water swimming, my husband wanted to improve his technique. Right from the start Robyn was encouraging and all our sessions were motivational and fun! She was always able to come up with ideas to help us improve, which she made clear and easy – ‘end on a high’ With a combination of quality instruction and our practice sessions, I can swim front crawl with confidence & my husband’s technique has improved…simply life changing for me… thank you so much Robyn, you are a pocket rocket wonder.
Robyn is a fabulous teacher, very patient, calm and explains things in a clear and easy to understand way.
I feel I have made a lot of progress since she started teaching me, and I am now a lot more confident in water. She has helped me finally master underwater breathing and I am starting to feel more confident with backstroke.
I highly recommend her.
Robyn is a great teacher, very friendly and patient and explains everything really well. She is easy to get in contact with and very responsive to messages. I’ve been doing adult improver lessons and can finally feel confident with my head under water!
The locations are great – small private pools that you can stand up in which helps with confidence.
I’m in my late 60’s and learning breast stroke. Robyn has been excellent in making this happen. Her ability to analyse my stroke and her breadth of knowledge of feedback techniques is leading to steady progress.
As an adult swimmer I was a little anxious about learning to swim, Robyn quickly put that to rest. She makes you feel comfortable, relaxed and has a lot of exercises in her arsenal to find what will best work for you. She also always tries to put your interest first even if it might be more trouble for her.
Initially booked 6 lessons, promptly booked another 6 after that as I loved the progress I made.
Brilliant swimming instructor and just a great person in general!
Highly recommend if wanting to learn to swim at any age.
Great experience. My son loved his lessons and developed his confidence really quickly. Would highly recommend Robyn.
Robyn has so much patience and loads of fun and engaging techniques to help kids learn to swim.
She teaches my three and six year old in a joint lesson and is great at helping them perfect their skills together, while also ensuring they have plenty of individual attention.
I’m so pleased we started lessons with Robyn, the kids have made great progress in a short amount of time.
My daughter had the best time learning how to swim with Robyn. She made learning fun while doing different swimming techniques. My daughter looked forward to every swim lesson. My daughter is much more comfortable in water. Thank you Robyn.
Robyn has been teaching our daughter Elsie to swim for the last 2 ½ months.
Having previously had a bad experience with a different swim school, Robyn was very good at gaining Elsie’s trust and giving her confidence in the water. Elsie’s ability is building lesson by lesson and she is really happy to be taught by Robyn.
Robyn is a very supportive and I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending.
Robyn is an excellent teacher and would highly recommend her to anybody who was looking to learn how to swim.
She was very professional, patient & friendly.
as an adult learning how to swim I was very nervous and robyn helped me get over my nerves.
Since finishing my lessons I have been nothing but in the pools and it was all thanks to robyn.
Robyn is an absolute gem of a find. She has taken my little boy’s enthusiasm for swimming and converted it to an actual technique! She has a fantastic way with people and we really look forward to our sessions. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
I decided to learn to swim as an adult and I was so convinced it would be very difficult…Robyn has taught me otherwise. I have not had much experience when it comes to learning to swim but I cannot imagine it gets better than this. Robyn is amazing!
I’ve been training with Robyn for a few weeks now. She’s incredibly patient and shows great bias for action in understanding and supporting my needs and concerns. She breaks down techniques in bite sizes, making it easier for one to learn and improve on skills. With each lesson, I feel wee bit more confident in water although I’m aware I have a long long way to go.
I booked lessons for my children aged 12 and 13. They absolutely loved it and also felt motivated and challenged. Robyn is an excellent swimming teacher and they’ve both improved LOADS!
Robyn is friendly, approachable and really encouraging. She put me at ease straight away on my first taster lesson. When I lacked confidence she reassured me and pushed me to try things. I have enjoyed my lessons. Would definitely recommend her! 🙂
I did a course with Robyn to learn to swim and it was a good experience. I had come to England to learn English and even with the language barrier, Robin was able to adapt. Not only did she teach me how to swim but she also taught me new words in English as well as things about English culture and all this in a good mood. She always found simple ways to explain things to me and when I couldn’t make a move she found a way for me to understand.I highly recommend swimming lessons with Robyn. Thank you Robyn
I booked 12 swimming lessons with Robyn primarily to learn how to swim front crawl and backstroke. I have been absolutely delighted with the progress made in such a short space of time. Robyn is an absolutely excellent tutor – very knowledgeable, motivational, patient and kind. She has made the lessons fun and enjoyable and I am a much more confident and stylish swimmer now and this is totallly down to Robyn’s hard work. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to improve swimming style and technique. Thanks so much!
Robyn is a brilliant swimming teacher very patient. She has managed to help my 6 year feel a lot more confident in the water while pushing him to further his skills. He has really taken to his swimming lessons with Robyn and instead of dreading them he looks forward to them. Thank you
Robin was a great teacher. She took over from another teacher but was so enthusiastic. She was in the water all the time with made it easier for me to understand the coaching. She tried new ways to make things clear. A really good experience, and very smiley and encouraging.
Robin is very good patient nogilable really enjoy my lesson with her excellent teacher
good teacher makes me feel relaxed and the lessons are enjoyable very good at getting to know how am thinking about what I do in the water definitely the right teacher for me
Excellent teacher good person skills lesson are enjoyable, I feel more confident in the water
It’s not an easy decision for me to restart learning to swim after 20 years. After 3 times 1 to 1 teaching lessons, I know that this is the best decision I made this year, and I’m going to enjoy swimming for the rest of my life. Thank you so much Robyn, I’m so lucky to have you as my teacher.
Robyn has been absolutely brilliant with my two children (3&5 years old). Robyn took over from a previous Swim Now teacher and she made the transition seamless. The children have come so far in their time with Robyn and look forward to their swimming lessons each week. Robyn has great patience with the children and knows how to read each lesson and adapt to the children’s mood or behaviour in that particular lesson. I can’t wait to see them progress even more with the support of Robyn.
Robyn is my fantastic teacher. I had never swam before ( hence need for lessons) & was terribly nervous about it, but Robyn was able to support & reassure me. I’m making steady progress, enjoying the experience & always looking forward to my swimming sessions. Keep up the great work. Robyn, you are an asset to your team. Thank you
Robyn is an amazing instructor. Her personality, patience and delivery is top notch.
She’s definitely a true professional with great customer service skills.
Thank you Robyn!
I’m 21 starting swimming lessons from the beginning , and being in a pool was not always something I particularly enjoyed . Robyn takes time to know who she is teaching and my lessons are all tailored to my needs . She is very supportive and encouraging in the pool nd I feel like over the past 7 weeks I’ve learnt so much more than I could have imagined. I really enjoy swimming now and can’t wait to continuing further .
I have always had a passion for learning to swim but never actually dragged myself to the pool to do so until this year when I signed up to group lessons at my local leisure centre. Whilst the group lessons helped me get the feel of swimming in some recognised way, I felt I needed some 1-2-1 to work on my technique and speed up my progress.
Robyn has been a steady hand guiding me through different techniques but more so with my front crawl where I have seen considerable improvement. Her ability to explain and highlight areas of improvement puts you at ease.
I find our lessons enjoyable because I know every week I will pick up something new or correct a flaw in my technique to a noticeable degree.
Overall, I think Robyn is an excellent teacher with a very professional but personal approach.
Robyn was patient and supportive in her efforts to teach me to swim again after having a Stroke some years ago. The lessons that I initially found quite tiring and stressful quickly became less so as she understood more about my physical limitations, to the point that I looked forward to her lessons. I found that in a few lessons I was gaining both confidence and ability in the pool
Robyn is patient, kind and very supportive. My goal as an adult swimmer is to be more efficient in front crawl. Her lessons are well thought out, fun and challenging. She puts you at ease so you can learn and grow. Bonus that she also understands that life gets hectic and is accommodating if I need to switch my sessions.
Robyn is an excellent swimming teacher. I’m a complete beginner to swimming and as an adult it is not easy to learn to swim. I was a little nervous but Robyn quickly put me at ease. She is friendly and approachable. I have made lots of progress due to Robyn’s patience and clear instructions. She adapts her instructions to suit you. Especially if you are not getting a certain technique. After 5 lessons I am much more confident in the water and can swim on my back unaided. Thank you Robyn for making my lessons so enjoyable. I always look forward to my swimming lessons and my chats with you. I highly recommend Robyn.
Really friendly, and patient at going over different swimming techniques.
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