NoVa Sports Coach

NoVa Sports Coach Competitive youth swim program geared toward improving technique and speed.

09/03/2026

NEW CLASS OPENINGS WITH NoVa Sports Coach

Starting Sept 8, we’ve got new classes and open spots in current sessions available.

🟦 Note: These are not Learn to Swim classes (those return next summer). All classes are run through NoVa Sports Coach, not the rec centers.

CLASS LEVELS
🏊‍♂️ Bronze (30 min): Learn freestyle and backstroke with proper technique and breathing.
🏊‍♀️ Silver (1 hr): Continue improving on freestyle and backstroke as you learn breaststroke and butterfly. Learn about starts, turns and finishes.
🏊🏽 Silver Plus (1 hr): Master all four strokes plus starts, turns, finishes and pacing.
🏊🏾‍♂️ Adults (1 hr): Not learn to swim but the next stage up - learning stroke development, breath control, and improvement on learn to swim skills. Improve upon freestyle and backstroke in 12 classes.
🏊🏿‍♂️ Gold (90 min): For advanced, competitive swimmers. Requires interview and tryout.

CURRENT OPENINGS

📍 Claude Moore Rec Center
• Bronze: Monday 5:00 pm
• Silver: Monday 5:30 pm

📍 Ashburn Rec Center

• Bronze: Monday 5:00 pm | Thursday 6:00 pm | Sunday 2:00 pm
• Silver: Thursday 6:30 pm
• Silver Plus: Tuesday 5:30 pm
• Adult: Wednesday 5:00 pm

📍 Dulles South Rec Center
• Bronze: Sunday 6:30 pm
• Silver: Sunday 5:30 pm

👉 View all classes and register now: www.novasportscoach.com

Our adult beginner stroke development classes begin on Sept 16 from 5-6 pm. These classes are for people who understand ...
09/03/2026

Our adult beginner stroke development classes begin on Sept 16 from 5-6 pm. These classes are for people who understand the basics of swimming but might not have strong technique, might struggle with head placement for breathing, etc. This is not a learn to swim program but the next step up from that. Coaches are not in the water and the water depth is 6 feet.

By the end of the 12-week program, you will be confident in the water, understand breathing technique, know how to swim freestyle and backstroke, improve your swim speed and efficiency, and be on your way to a lifetime of swimming!

This class is limited to 6 people only so don’t let this opportunity pass you by!

If you’d like to know more about this program to see if it’s right for you, we have a “try before you buy” day on Sept 9 from 5-6 pm. Cost for the one hour class is $75. You must register by Sept 7th by emailing [email protected]

08/17/2026

Summer by the Numbers 🏊

Our goal: 100% of swimmers ages 5–adult learn to swim in 6–12 half-hour small group classes.

For those who learned to swim this summer, thank you for helping us keep that stat alive! 🙌

📊 Average lessons to learn: 10 (that’s only 5 total hours)
🏆 Fastest learner: an adult who learned in just 2 lessons
🚀 First to learn: a child, in 4 lessons
🎯 Last to learn: a child, in 12 lessons
👶 Youngest swimmer: 4.5 years old
🧓 Oldest swimmer: 50s
👥 Group sizes: 5 for youth/adults, 3 for toddlers
🌊 ~98% started as complete beginners
😰 Almost 100% of adult learners started out with a fear of swimming

Toddler crew:
🩱 4 toddlers learned to float on their own
🏊 5 toddlers learned to swim underwater for a short distance on their own
⭐ 1 toddler learned an actual swim stroke (and actually learned two)!

Small groups. Real progress. That’s how we teach.

08/15/2026

What a FABULOUS summer season! For the 3rd year in a row, 100% of our swimmers age 5 through adult who completed their full 6-12 half hour small group lessons learned how to swim. THREE YEARS STRAIGHT and counting! We're so happy this year's swimmers helped us keep our 100% stat alive, and so proud of every single one of them!

Some standout moments: an adult swimmer swam in just 2 lessons, and a child in only 4! And even though we don't promise it for our toddlers (their little brains are still developing the coordination for it), we still had plenty of toddler wins this summer: one toddler learned freestyle AND backstroke, 4 toddlers mastered floating on their backs, and a couple of our littlest swimmers were confidently swimming underwater. These kids (and grown-ups!) worked so hard and it showed.

None of this happens without incredible coaches. Huge thanks to Coaches Andrew and Kara, and to Coach Lily, who joined our team this year! Their patience, skill, and heart kept our streak alive for one more year, and made this our best season yet.

Next year, our learn to swim classes will have early bird specials starting in January! Follow NoVa Sports Coach so you don't miss out.

08/02/2026

At NoVa Sports Coach, we never promise that your toddler will learn to swim by a certain age. Brains develop on their own timelines, and the coordination swimming requires (kicking, arm movements, breath control, all at once) typically comes together between ages 5 and 7. No amount of pushing speeds that up.

But when a swimmer IS ready…watch out!!!

This summer Erik (one of our toddlers!) didn’t just learn to swim freestyle. He’s already working on backstroke. That’s what happens when we meet kids where they are instead of forcing a timeline. Thats when the skills come and they come solid.

Congratulations, Erik. We’re so proud of you. 🏊

Congratulations to Caroline on her “Outstanding Improvement” award! She had only been in ONE of our gold classes when sh...
08/02/2026

Congratulations to Caroline on her “Outstanding Improvement” award! She had only been in ONE of our gold classes when she received this award so we can’t take any of the credit! But, what I will say is after only two lessons, she has dropped 2.4 seconds in freestyle and has seen huge improvements in her starts and turns! We can’t wait to see just how far you will go, Caroline! Congratulations!!! 🥳🎊🎉

07/21/2026

We’ve had some great things happening with our learn to swim program. So many people are learning the lifesaving skills of swimming! Congratulations to Sirin, Uttara, Omari, Meghan and Erik (a toddler!) for learning how to swim!!!

07/11/2026

CONGRATULATIONS A’MARE!!!
Dropped 3 seconds in 25 breaststroke and won 1st place in her meet today!

🌊 Just another Wednesday night and our Learn to Swim kiddos are crushing it again!Tonight, Bella (9 lessons total) and C...
07/09/2026

🌊 Just another Wednesday night and our Learn to Swim kiddos are crushing it again!

Tonight, Bella (9 lessons total) and Colton (7 lessons total) BOTH learned to swim freestyle. So exciting!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Once our swimmers are able to swim freestyle, they move right on to backstroke. And this week alone? About 10 swimmers have learned backstroke.

🟠Two strokes.
🟠Less than two months.
🟠All in 30-minute small group classes
🟠Small group classes of 5 swimmers or less.

This is the WAVE Method at work. Small groups, big results. 💪

🏊 Ready to watch your swimmer thrive? Spots are limited so reach out to [email protected] to get started! Summer learn to swim classes end August 16 so there’s still time!

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Berkeley Court
Sterling, VA
20165

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+15712590624

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