Testimonials

Although we'd taken our son for swimming lessons since he was a baby it had always been a battle. He never enjoyed them and as a result was still very nervous in the water with hardly any confidence. However, that changed when we started lessons with MXT. In the first lesson they had him smiling as he put his head in the water! Now 6 months later he has his 15m badge and laughs as he jumps into the deep end.They have managed to turn swimming lesson from something we used to dread into something Owen really looks forward to. The speed of his progress is due to the lessons being one to one. This helps give your child confidence so they progress much faster than in conventional classes. They also offer intensive swim weeks in the School holidays which I really like as it is easy to see the improvement in your child swimming at the end of week. The only thing I would change is for the administration to be a bit more pro-active but I cannot fault the teaching and the confidence it has given my son. Owen says 'MXT is a really good swimming place they can teach you to do lots of good swimming in different strokes. They've got very good teachers who are very kind. If you are a non swimmer or scared of water, they can easily make you a swimmer who is very confident'

Both my children have had swimming lessons with Mario - I really like his style and pace of teaching which is suited to the individual child. My older daughter could already swim but had some lessons to improve on her technique. My younger daughter was unable to swim and very nervous in the water and within 4 months of lessons could swim independently and now enjoys joining in the swimming races at school. As she had been so nervous, we were told by another swim school that they wouldn't accept her but Mario turned the situation around. They are as flexible as possible if you need to change lessons etc and the communication is great.

Dear Chris and the MXT team, I wanted to write to thank you for the brilliant way you have changed my 9 year olds life!! Up until a few weeks ago he couldn’t swim. He wouldn’t get water anywhere near his face and refused point blank to have lessons. Eventually he agreed to a 1:1 trial with MXT as several of his school friends told him it was fun. During the assessment he actually put his face in the water and came out the pool reluctantly. He hasn’t looked back since and now enjoys ‘touching the bottom’ and picking up things from the bottom. Although he does have his favourite teacher, he isn’t worried if he has a different one and progresses each lesson whilst still having fun. He lives from one lesson to the next and would come every day, all day if he could. He can’t wait to get into the pool and doesn’t want to get out after his lesson. This new-found pleasure has not only given him confidence in the water but more self-confidence in all he does. Thanks to Tim, Cammy and the MXT team my son has found a life changing hobby that he simply can’t get enough of – long may it continue!! With many thanks, Tina Stratton

My little boy has sat for four years looking longingly at our pool at home and on holidays wishing he was brave enough to get in but he just couldn't because he was terrified of everything to do with water, even baths were a chore and an experience he never enjoyed. I thought that taking him to swimming lessons was going to be miserable and a time that he cried and felt afraid and I watched in horror as I put my son through this trauma. How wrong I was!! The team at MXT were recommended to me by many and they have been fantastic. After a little wobble on the first lesson, he has made enormous progress each week but always at the perfect speed for him and what he was ready to manage. The teachers always care, they always make it fun and they always reinforce that he can and will do it. They have helped him surpass all my expectations and I am so grateful. Money very, very well spent.

Mario is a brilliant swimming instructor and I can highly recommend him. You don't have to be a child to benefit from his expert training. I was 50 years old when I had my first lesson with Mario and his aquatic skills transformed my enjoyment of swimming.

We have just finished a week of intensive swimming for my two children aged 5 and 8. They have had a great week. Their instructors Melissa and Jack made them feel so confident and they have both improved so much in the past 5 days. I have tried other swimming lessons before but these lessons were so much better. Mainly because of the individual attention they both got and the fact that because the pool has a deep end so my timid daughter actually had to have a go at swimming and not just spent all the time with her feet on the floor! Thank you for a great experience.

Our 3 grandchildren have attended lessons during the school holidays and we have been delighted at their rapid progress in obtaining/perfecting swimming skills and would highly recommend the school to other parents/grandparents.

My son Jack (4yrs) was reluctant to get in the water at the start of the week, but by the end he was much more confident, and went from not wanting to put his face in the water to willingly going to the bottom of the pool to get toys. When he heard about this feedback form about the lessons he asked me to say: "They were brilliant! I love Chris [his main teacher], he helped me." I would definitely recommend the school.

Mrs Dawson-Cantelo I would just like to say that we have been having swimming lessons with MXT for over 3 years now. After one or two lessons my children had lost their fear of water, and now 3 years on all of them have progressed in strength, technique and grace. The health benefits of swimming are notable and MXT have made it a fun and relaxed environment. Thank you. Mum of four - from Worthing

I got to be 57 and still could not swim, despite constantly promising myself that I would take a special ‘teach you to swim in a week’ holiday. So why did I keep putting it off? I was scared probably, having only been in the water briefly as a boy, put there by a PE teacher whose idea of teaching was to supply a float and then chat to the PE mistress! A friend recommended MXT Swim School and gave me Mario’s number. It took me nearly 3 months to make that ‘phone call, but it was a ‘phone call that changed my life really. Mario and all his staff that I came in contact with, or had lessons with, were all kind, patient and encouraging. It must have been hard for each of them to understand why a man of 57 was so nervous and so rigid. They each must surely have thought at some time, “What’s the matter with you Martin?” “Relax, have faith, trust me, and for goodness sake get on with it!” But I never heard those words, only words of encouragement, and praise for every little improvement.  And now I can swim! I can do all of crawl, breaststroke and backstroke;  I can turn round in the deep end and go back the way I came, or even do a complete circle and carry on the way I started; I can fall in or even jump in, and be confident, relaxed and at home in the water. If I push myself I can do 40 lengths, not a lot by most people’s standard I know, but for me, something I never thought possible, and being able to swim has made such a difference to my holidays too. I am still having lessons to improve my technique and stamina, but I now have more time to watch the other pupils in the pool, and how they and the teachers interact. It does not matter whether it’s a child of 2 who is nervous, an adolescent who is already good but wanting to improve in order to compete, a person with learning or physical disabilities, or another late starting adult like me, all get tailored and relevant 1-2-1 (sometimes even 2-2-1) teaching. All leave the pool happy and wanting to return. So well done Mario and all at MXT Swim School; a great team doing a great job.