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Elton Santamaria

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With over 16 years of experience teaching people of all ages to swim, I am dedicated to helping clients achieve their goals in the water. 🏊‍♂️ My coaching philosophy emphasizes building confidence and mastering fundamental techniques to develop strong swimming skills. I will help you with: -Overcome a fear of deep water. -Refine your strokes. -Comprehensive support every step of the way. I am also a certified personal trainer/Weight Loss Specialist. I apply the same level of dedication and attention to detail to your fitness goals, using customized exercise drills to ensure efficient and safe progress. By correcting your form and providing tailored guidance, I help you maximize your training sessions, reach your fitness goals, and have fun while doing it! Elton
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Hired 24 times

Serves Woodside, NY

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7 years in business

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Thandi T.

Mar 14, 2022

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Elton has really become like a big brother to me! We’re still training and swimming and he’s absolutely supportive of my fitness goals, he’s very attentive and patient and also encouraging of every small step making me want to work out and do better for myself! Elton’s view of swimming is not just about the physical but the mental too and he’s very intentional about making sure I understand my body’s relationship with water and now with physical training in the gym. He’s super friendly, punctual, easy going, consistent, and funny! I’d recommend him any day because not only would you gain a supportive trainer but a friend! I’m still training and swimming with Elton, since I think May or June 2022 and have no regrets!

Details: Adult (18 or older) • No experience • Not comfortable in water • Train for an event • Learn basic strokes • Become more comfortable in water • Improve swimming technique • Yes, a pool at my home • 45 minutes • My home, venue, etc.

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Christina K.

Aug 15, 2023

Taught my 3 yr old to swim in a way that is thoughtful, smart and fun so that he doesn’t want to get out of the pool at the end of each lesson now! Highly recommend to anyone who is looking for a great teacher for their child.
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Diane P.

Aug 13, 2023

Elton has been teaching my 4 year old daughter once a week consistently for about 2 years and it's always amazing to watch my daughter's lessons with Elton. She really has learned so much! During their lessons I see my daughter swimming the length of the pool (without needing to hold on to Elton), she is doing flips underwater, she is doing backstrokes the length of the pool, she loves to swim on her own to pick up those sinkable toys at the bottom of the pool and then swim back on her own, recently she is able to swim with her face underwater at least half of the length of the pool (amazing!), and these are just some of the things she's learned. She also knows how to climb the sides of the pool, jump carefully from the sides of the pool, and even dive head first into the water. Not only is she learning how to swim with all the right techniques, she really is having so much fun during her swim class with Elton. She has the biggest laughs and smiles during her swim class, and I truly am so lucky to have Elton as my daughter's swim teacher! (Recently my daughter went to a kids pool party, and a summer camp with swimming class - and at both places the teachers there kept complimenting how great her swimming skills are - proud mom here - thank you Elton!)
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Judy y.

Oct 18, 2022

I highly recommend Elton. He is very thoughtful and an intellect expert swimming teacher who is very considerate, has full awareness, patience, quickly responsive, and respectful. I used fear water. Over ten years, I have slipped discs in my lower back and an intense sciatic nerve pain (neck to leg). With Elton’s constructive swimming lessons, I, no longer fear water, mastered swimming within three months of lessons with Elton (twice a week lesson plus personal consistent practicing). I, no longer suffer from pains from disc and nerve pain. I lost weights and my body is lean with gentle muscles. For sure, Definitely my body is stronger. Now, I swim freely, dive with excitement, and jump into deep water with confidence. I highly recommend Elton for swimming lessons to those who want to overcome personal fear of water, strength muscles, and nerves, lose weight, looking for a well balanced and a healthy way of living.
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Kicy M.

Aug 22, 2022

Elton is an amazing swim instructor. He’s both patient and knowledgeable. With his help I went from being barely able to swim to completing a triathlon!
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