Water Instruction

For over twenty five years, Spindlebeak founder, Samantha Barham, has been a sought after coach for all levels of competitive aquatics. While accomplished as a competitive swimmer and coach, Sam has an enduring love of introducing young people to a lifetime of comfort and enjoyment in the water.
In 2018, Sam received her Infant Swim Resourcing, Self-Rescue, Certification and is able to provide aquatic survival skills to swimmers beginning at 6 months of age.  As an ISR instructor, Sam is able to teach infants to swim by honoring each child's individual strengths and experiences. She understands the fundamentals of the behavioral sciences, child development and of sensori-motor learning as it relates to the acquisition of aquatic survival skills; she uses this education to guide each child through the sequence of learning to swim and float.

Spindlebeak offers Infant Swim Resourcing and American Red Cross Water Safety Instruction for private lessons to humans of all ages. Our programs are structured to promote water familiarization, safety, correct stroke technique and personal development in a fun and safe environment.
The “ISR Self-Rescue™" and American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors offer a number of courses in which the objective is to teach people to swim and to be safe in, on, and around the water.  Our programs are the most comprehensive and effective programs of their kind available anywhere.

"ISR Self-Rescue"
What would your child do if he or she fell in the water? What is more reassuring to a Mom or Dad than knowing your child is capable of swimming and at ease in the water? Spindlebeak offers “ISR Self-Rescue™" lessons to provide resulting confidence in a swimmer's ability engendering a positive self-concept that is often demonstrated in other aspects of their personalities. 

​Interested in being a pool host?

​Pool hosting allows you to obtain lessons right in your own backyard… or wherever your pool may be! Signing up to become a pool host allows you to not only get your own child into lessons, but help other children and their families to do the same.
We look at a few things when considering a pool for a session.
  1. Location. Where is the pool located and how can we fit the distance into our current schedule?
  2. Number of students. To pull together a session at your home, we have to be able to fill a certain number of spots (this number varies on the location and our current schedule).
  3. Is it an in-ground pool? When getting a child in/out of lessons we need to have a platform which is typically the pool deck. If you have an above ground pool we would need a pool deck or platform attached.
  4. Is the pool heated? For early morning sessions, late evening, or early fall sessions a heated pool allows us to continue in-water as we have strict safety protocols for weather and temperatures.
    *a non-heated pool can be used dependent upon the time of year and time frame for lessons

 CONTACT

Please contact us with any swim lesson questions 
Please note, you will receive a quicker response via email versus phone due to availability.
[email protected]
Spindlebeak is the best! Ali has done great with Sam as well!
- Chari, VA Beach
I love that my daughter is not sitting on the side of the pool. She is constantly moving! The instructor 
keeps them busy.
-Katie, Chesapeake VA
Madelyn has been taking swim lessons for the past 6 weeks, 3 days a week, with my friend and expert of a swimmer. I have been so impressed with her progress. Madelyn is now diving for toys, jumping off the side and swimming with her face in the water to her instructor. I am confident that if Madelyn needed to get to the side of the pool on her own now she could!!! Swim lessons have been the highlight of our summer! I am super excited to continue and have my big girl on the swim team next summer.
- Katy, Chesapeake VA
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