One of the most important decisions you will make for yourself or your children is which swimming lessons are best for them. It is not the case that all swimming lessons are the same. The nations former (and best!) performance director has been quoted as saying that the majority of swimming lessons in the UK are poor. Choice is often made on parents convenience, cost, proximity of the pool to home or school etc. rather than what the pupils will actually learn. Often the automatic choice is the local leisure centre or it assumed that the localâ€club†is the best place to go. Why, because until you have tried a few, you have no bench mark to work on.