One child, one certified coach — AustSwim, SSI or ASCA — trained in lifesaving and CPR, teaching at your condo pool or a public pool nearby.
Every lesson is one coach and one child. Here's what that buys you — not a syllabus, but a result.
For toddlers and first-timers — including kids who cried through group classes. Breath control, floating, and moving in water without panic, built up gently and never forced.
The outcome: a child who gets in the pool willingly — and asks to come back.
The full journey from first strokes to swimming independently, mapped to Singapore's SwimSafer stages. Survival skills first, technique alongside, certificates when they're truly earned.
The outcome: a child who could fall into water — and get themselves out.
For kids who can swim but fight the water. Our senior coaches rebuild technique stroke by stroke — catch, kick, breathing, timing — with feedback clear enough for a child to act on.
The outcome: longer distances with less effort, ready for squad or school-team tryouts.
Three of our coaches specialise in special-needs learners. Consistent routines, sensory-aware pacing, the same familiar face every week — and progress measured against your child, nobody else.
The outcome: water time your child looks forward to, not a weekly battle.
We also teach adults, including complete beginners, and we can teach at your own condo pool.
Two minutes on the form below — age, comfort level, when you'd like to swim, and which pool suits you. We reply within one business day.
We match a coach to your child's age, temperament and goals — then book a trial at your pool so you can watch how they work together.
Continue in small blocks of lessons — no long contracts, 24-hour rescheduling, and an honest progress note after every lesson.
Lifesaving certifications (LS 1–3, Bronze Medallion and beyond) and CPR + AED training run right through the team. The person next to your child in the water is qualified for the moment you hope never comes.
Being a strong swimmer doesn't make someone a good teacher of children. Our coaches hold AustSwim, SSI and ASCA teaching certifications — current ones, earned between 2017 and 2026, not laminated relics.
No rotating instructors. Your child keeps one coach who learns their fears, keeps notes, tracks progress — and tells you the truth about it after every lesson, including "not yet".
Lessons at your condo pool, or a public pool near you — wherever in Singapore you are. A familiar pool close to home means a calmer child, and no dragging a tired kid across the island after school.
Every credential below is real and current — certification years included. Filter by what your family needs.
A decade on deck, ASCA-certified since 2017, and a former national wushu athlete — so calm discipline comes standard. Takes the tricky cases: stroke rebuilds, anxious swimmers, special-needs learners.
Teaches: Toddlers · Kids 4–12 · Adults · Special needs
Ten years of coaching across two sports — SSI-certified swim teacher, NCSF personal trainer, and a BWF-certified badminton coach. Sees movement patterns most coaches miss.
Teaches: Kids 4–12 · Adults
AustSwim-certified triathlete who coaches everything from first strokes to lifesaving skills — with NFPT personal-training and advanced open-water diving certifications on top.
Teaches: Kids 4–12 · Adults
AustSwim-certified since 2021 and one of our special-needs specialists. Grew up swimming competitively; teaches with the patience of someone who remembers learning the hard way.
Teaches: Kids 4–12 · Adults · Special needs
SSI-certified with four years of teaching kids, adults and special-needs learners. A long fuse, and a very short list of things that count as failure.
Teaches: Kids 4–12 · Adults · Special needs
SSI-certified with a lifesaving background, plus BJJ and multisport training. Equally at home with a nervous three-year-old and an adult learning late.
Teaches: Toddlers · Kids 4–12 · Adults
Twelve years a swimmer, seven a lifesaver — Silver Cross, Bronze Cross and Bronze Medallion on the wall. AustSwim-certified and an advanced open-water diver.
Teaches: Kids 4–12
AustSwim-certified with three years in lifesaving and six in gymnastics — brings real body-awareness coaching to beginners who don't yet know what their arms and legs are doing.
Teaches: Kids 4–12 · Adults
AustSwim-certified and lifesaving-certified (LS 1–3, Bronze Medallion). Steady, methodical, and very hard to fluster — which is exactly what a splashy beginner needs.
Teaches: Kids 4–12 · Adults
Aquathlete turned teacher, two years into coaching kids' learn-to-swim. Brings racing energy to lessons and knows exactly how to make drills feel like games.
Teaches: Kids 4–12
Ten years a competitive swimmer, now teaching toddlers and kids their first laps. Knows the water inside out — and remembers what it felt like not to.
Teaches: Toddlers · Kids 4–12
"We'd rather say 'not yet' than push a child into the next level. Fear leaves faster when nobody is rushing it out the door."— The MyFirstLap coaching team
This is most of our enquiries, honestly. Group classes fail fearful kids because the queue keeps moving whether they're ready or not. In a private lesson there is no queue — the first sessions are about trust and play, not laps, and your child's coach never forces a step they're not ready for.
It's slower for the first couple of weeks and dramatically faster after that. Most kids who "hated swimming" just hated being rushed.
We take toddlers from around age 3 (with a parent close by at first) and kids of any age after that. There's no "too late" — a nervous nine-year-old beginner is completely normal and catches up quickly one-to-one. Several of our coaches also teach teens and adults, so if you'd quietly like to learn too, ask.
At your condo pool, or a public pool near you — we cover most of Singapore, and we'll tell you straight if we can't reach you. Slots run weekday afternoons and evenings, plus weekends. You keep the same slot and the same coach every week, which matters more to a child's progress than most parents expect.
Rates depend on location and how often you swim, so we quote you exactly — in writing, before you commit to anything. After the trial you continue in small blocks of lessons: no long-term contracts, no auto-renew, siblings can share a block, and lessons reschedule free with 24 hours' notice.
And if we don't think private lessons are the right fit for your child, we'll tell you so at the trial.
The honest answer: it depends on your child, their starting point, and how often they're in the water. Water confidence usually comes within the first handful of lessons; swimming independently and passing SwimSafer stages takes months, not weeks — anyone who promises otherwise is selling something.
What we can promise: after the trial, your coach gives you a straight assessment of where your child is and a realistic path forward. Then a progress note after every single lesson, so you're never guessing.
Your coach comes to your condo pool, or meets you at a public pool near home. If your estate isn’t listed, ask — we’ll tell you straight whether we can reach you.
The awkward questions, answered before you have to ask them.
We quote your family a rate before anything is booked — based on your pool, your lesson length and how often you swim. Nothing starts until you’ve seen that number and said yes.
There are no packages to buy in advance and no joining fee. Lessons are paid in small blocks as you go, so you are never holding a balance with us.
Reschedule any lesson with 24 hours’ notice and it moves, not disappears. There is no contract and no notice period: when you want to stop, you stop.
Our promise: start with a single trial lesson and watch it from the poolside yourself. If it isn’t the right coach for your child, tell us and we’ll match you with a different one — or you simply don’t continue. There is nothing to cancel and nothing to claim back.
Two minutes, no obligation. The more you tell us, the better we can match the coach. We reply within one business day.