Tidal Waves Swim Lessons

first day of swim lessons

June 4th, 2024

Our Brunswick swim lessons are the perfect place for your child to learn to swim. The Forest Hills Tidal Waves swim lessons take place every Tuesday and Thursday morning between 9:00am and 11:30am. The 2024 time schedule and groups will be posted when they are finalized.

Our instructors engage each swimmer before getting in the pool and use fun games to teach how to swim. Swimmers can only learn when they are engaged, which is why the Forest Hills Tidal Waves focuses on the FUN-damentals of swimming.

Some swimmers progress at a much faster rate than others, so we give swimmers the ability to advance to higher level groups during their time in lessons in the summer. This way, swimmers are always challenged in their skills! This is at the coach's discretion and will communicate with the parent of the swimmer when a swimmer is ready to move up.

If a swimmer progresses above the skills we teach in lessons, they can immediately move right to the swim team! The cost of lessons is the same as the swim team so there is no additional cost.

Learn about the swim team

Water confidence

Water confidence is the foundation of learning to swim. Our instructors utilize games and engaging activities to engage each swimmer at each level.

Body position

Teaching good body position helps swimmers advance faster and further. Our instructors focus on teaching good body position to help your child succeed as they progress.

Good strokes

Our instructors prepare your swimmer for future swim team participation by teaching all four strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.

Intermediate group:

  • Beginner group skills incorporated
  • Basics of all four strokes
  • Streamlines
  • Deep end confidence

Beginner group:

  • Water confidence (breath holding, face in the water)
  • Floating
  • Kicking
  • Shallow end heavy instruction

Advanced group:

  • Intermediate group skills incorporated
  • Technical skills for the strokes
  • Dives
  • Deep end heavy instruction

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Owen Hancock

Owen swam the past two years for the Blue Devils during high school and qualified for States in the 100 fly in 2023.

Owen started his swimming career on the Tidal Waves in 2010 and has two younger siblings on the team. Owen will be swimming for the Grove City College Wolverines in the fall.

Owen's older brother, Mac Hancock, coached from 2018 to 2022.

Favorite stroke:

butterfly
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Elise Horton

Elise started swimming on the Forest Hills Tidal Waves when she was 7. Since then, she has continued her swimming career on Swim United.

Elise swam on the Brunswick High School Swim Team and qualified for districts individually all four seasons (2019-2022) and was a state relay qualifier her senior year.

Elise's older sister, Tara, is a former Tidal Waves coach.

Favorite stroke:

breaststroke
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Isabelle Parr

Isabelle started swimming with Swim United when she was 8 years old and started with the Forest Hills Tidal Waves when she was 12. She became an assistant coach a few years later.

Isabelle swam on the Brunswick High School Swim Team and has been a OHSAA district qualifier all four years of high school (2019 - 2022). Isabelle currently swims for the University of Mount Union.

Favorite stroke:

freestyle
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Nolan Wickes

Nolan started swimming for the Tidal Waves when he was 12 under the legendary Coach Jenna Al-Zarraq. Since then, Nolan has competed with Swim United and the Brunswick High School Swim Team. This is Nolan's second year coaching with the Tidal Waves.

Nolan also has three siblings that also swim on the Tidal Waves.

Favorite stroke:

butterfly

$120
Residents of FHPOA

$140
Non-Residents

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When you sign up below, you will be placed on a waiting list. Priority for the team will go to residents of the development, then returning families, then new sign ups. We will take as many swimmers as we can!

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