Member Testimonials
We have been taking lessons at the Y for awhile now, and have noticed GREAT improvements with Claire at the helm!! Her communication, accommodation and execution have been top notch.
Addition we GREATLY appreciative, Catherine, who is a very effective and kind swim instructor. Our son really enjoys his lessons due to her attention and care.
This year's experience with the YMCA Montclair has been wonderful! My child loves his time and the caregivers are attentive and caring. -Bradford Parent
It's a good deal. There are so many good fitness and training classes and I love the pools.
I love visiting with my Y family and taking classes with Ray, Chris, Jovans, &Ashley almost every weekday
We love the Staycation program and use it often. It’s one of the few programs that offer FULL day childcare and include swimming as one of their daily activities. That’s a big win for us!
Love the hours and the wide variety of activities!
I enjoy swimming and the pool is always warm. Stuff is nice & always smiling 😊. Thank you 🙏.
Welcoming atmosphere and facilities.
Friendly staff, accommodating schedule, good instruction
I have recommended YMCA swim lessons to friends
We have been really happy with our experience doing private swim lessons. Our coach is lovely and my son is really responding to her. Would be nice if it was only other private lessons and we didn't have to compete with a group lesson but overall its been a great experience.
Great instructor!
Quality of teachers and the faculty as well as the facility
Great place!
We used to do group lessons at another swim school and that got our son comfortable in the water. After a while he plateaued. So we made the switch to do private lessons. Obviously more expensive than group lessons but we like the fact that he gets one-on-one attention. He likes his coach (Cameron) and I can see he has improved vastly since learning a couple of months ago. I would recommend doing private lessons if that’s an option because I believe overall, he learns quicker and so will need less time overall doing lessons.
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Claire was so amazing with my daughter. So kind, but firm and my daughter learned so much. I would recommend her one thousand percent. I really felt like she was invested in my daughter making progress.
It has saunas and is pretty clean. I wish the towel service was back, though!
So far we’ve had two instructors, Justin and Venice. They’ve both been absolutely amazing. Great working with kids, knowing how to motivate them, get them not scared of the water and just generally enthusiastic about swimming.
Anna has also been great, very responsive and always willing to try to work with us to find good scheduling solutions.
We look forward to more advanced lessons and getting the kids on a swim team at some point!
All the staff is friendly and knowledgeable and tend to remember the children and their families either by name or sight. It makes you feel remembered and engaged.
The hours; plenty of equipment; courteous staff
friendly staff
Patient instructors who teach well.
Convenience. Knowledgeable
I love the affordability and how kind the teachers are. I love the curriculum and technique. My only critique is that I think the instructora need to be more hands on when teaching certain things like diving and such. Showing kids outside the pool is not always the same than physically showing them in the pool.
The variety of setups each week.
Cost, class size, instructors
My child is having fun at the same time is learning, so enjoys going to class.
The community feeling, the daytime classes, access to quality equipment
The instructors and Claire were extremely helpful in guiding our son's development and next steps.
A lot of good equipment, people of all ages working out together