Michelle Welsh

By April on 08/09/2011
Booking of Lesson: Excellent
Quality of Instruction: Excellent
Michelle is great instructor from being patience to be in fun with all four of my children.. Ages 4 to 11..
I am so glad to have found you...

By Viv on 07/02/2011
Booking of Lesson: Excellent
Quality of Instruction: Excellent
The plan was for our daughter to take swim lessons this summer. The family is now taking swim lessons with Michelle. We are having too much fun with swimming under Michelle’s coaching. She is a great teacher! Michelle is very patient and very passionate with teaching people. She takes the time to break down the steps that are easy to follow. She makes us feel comfortable and safe in the water. We didn't anticipate learning this fast! We highly recommend Michelle. We have dreamt of someday being able to swim and this gift from her is just priceless! Thanks Michelle!

By Swim 101 student-"Marvie" on 11/02/2010
Booking of Lesson: Excellent
Quality of Instruction: Excellent
Michelle Vos is the type of instructor you want at any level of swimming. She is highly interested in knowing your swim goals from the very beginning. During lessons, she remembers the things that are important to you, identifies your personality in the pool and adapts to your learning style. I am the type of person that loves learning why techniques are important and that is all explained very clearly and throughout your lessons. My biggest challenge had been to breathe while freestyling. Michelle taught me the importance of taking my time and staying focused. By my 4th lesson, I was freestyling across the pool without stopping. I never imagined I would be freestyling in such a short time. She gave me my ultimate bday gift. Her style of teaching is very pleasant, fun and professional. I can't wait until she returns to season so I can continue learning new things! She is very genuine. You can tell that she enjoys teaching.

By Hibah on 08/08/2010
Booking of Lesson: Excellent
Quality of Instruction: Excellent
Michelle is a great swim instructor. I am an adult with no swimming experience, prior to my lessons with Michelle. She breaks everything down into simple steps, which helps me not feel overwhelmed. She also really stresses improving my comfort level in the water. She has a very systematic and attentive approach that seems in tune with how far along my swimming skills have come. She is motivating and friendly. I cannot recommend her enough!

By Manisha on 08/05/2010
Booking of Lesson: Excellent
Quality of Instruction: Excellent
Michelle is very passionate about teaching individuals how to become effective and efficient swimmers. She not only teaches you the mechanical aspects of the sport, but she also educates you on water safety skills that may save your life in an emergency. She has extensive experience teaching individuals of all ages and skill levels. Most importantly she makes you feel completely at ease in the water; whether you’re at the shallow or deep end (she also has worked as a lifeguard which eases any additional tension you might be experiencing). She emphasizes the fact that when you are less tense in the water you swim further with minimal effort. I enjoy every second of every lesson and highly recommend her!

By James on 08/05/2010
Booking of Lesson: Excellent
Quality of Instruction: Excellent
michelle is such a great instructor. i have a fear of deep water and i'm a full grown adult. by the second lesson, she had me doing the freestyle and turning on my back in the deep end. i did not feel panicky at all. i highly recommend her. she knows how to break down each part so that it is understandable for anyone. believe me, i've been with several different instructors.

By Kelly on 08/04/2010
Booking of Lesson: Excellent
Quality of Instruction: Excellent
I booked Michelle for my 6 year old daughter who needed to learn to swim. Now, my daughter is a bit skittish and hates having her face splashed or wet, so I was envisioning a tough set of lessons. But no... that's not what happened. Michelle is so easy to be around, and has an affinity for children that shows in her instructional style. She never orders. She doesn't seem to have a negative bone in her body. My daughter took to her in about five seconds. By the end of the first lesson, there she was, face in the water! Michelle clearly loves what she does and she's very good at it. She teaches a clean, safe style which emphasizes safety and an enjoyment of water which is infectious. The private pool she uses is very private, very clean, and there are changing facilities. My only problem now is that my toddler wants to get in the water during his sister's lessons! I would recommend Michelle Vos to anyone and everyone who wants either their child to learn to swim, or was looking for some lessons of their own.

By tony on 07/16/2009
Booking of Lesson: Excellent
Quality of Instruction: Excellent
My first lesson with Michelle was very motivating. All I've wanted to do since then is get back in the water and practice what I've learned. Either swimming is easy or Michelle knows what she's doing. I'll go with the latter. I felt so at ease and relaxed. Michelle's method of teaching really worked with me. She first explained the basics (freestyle) so that I could understand what needed to be done and how to do it properly. Then she had me practice step by step. I was surprised of how effective that information was. I saw progress within the first ten minutes. I highly recommend Michelle to anyone wishing to learn how to swim or improve their technique.