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About
Do you have a body that's a liability, not an asset?
Or, are you already successful, but want to pump up your game--acquiring radiant health and vocational focus?
Or is it athletic skills you want to build?
I’m a wellness coach certified by Harvard Medical School who's been a world-famous yoga teacher, triathlete, and decorated swimmer. I consistently integrate the latest breakthroughs in fitness, sleep, mindfulness, nutrition, and other disciplines as I teach. I've kept myself and others looking decades younger while discovering new levels of extreme achievement.
We'll assess your goals and formulate a transformative regimen--and a whole new lifestyle (if you want to go that far!).
If you've been stalling, take this opportunity to finally get the work done.
Please contact me for swim instruction, yoga teaching, nutritional guidance, personal training, triathlon training, and the wider range of health-enhancement needs.
Overview
Hired 39 times
Serves Dallas, TX
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9 years in business
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Rubisha S.
Jun 11, 2026
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Hired on Thumbtack
I have been training with Coach Eric for awhile. He’s been helping me get comfortable with swimming and training me for my 70.3.
Details: Adult (18 or older) • Beginner • Comfortable in water • Train for an event • Yes, a pool that allows private lessons • I'm flexible • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc.
Private Swim Lessons
Yazan D.
Nov 18, 2025
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Hired on Thumbtack
Coach Erick is an excellent swimming coach. He helped me improve my technique and overall performance. His attention to detail and ability to explain each movement clearly made a big difference in my progress. He is very professional, extremely knowledgeable, and truly committed to helping his swimmers improve. Highly recommended.
Details: Adult (18 or older) • Intermediate • Comfortable in water • Improve swimming technique • No, I would like the pro to suggest a pool • I'm flexible • At the pro’s location
Private Swim Lessons
Hal B.
Jun 12, 2026
Eric got me started with basics I can work on his dedication is evident and I feel he genuinely likes teaching and enjoys students results. He remained positive even when I had struggles
Suzanne G.
May 23, 2026
I wanted to learn how to swim for a lower impact exercise alternative to running. Eric has been incredibly helpful as I’m learning to swim with much better form (I really had no form before). It’s hard work, but Eric is a great coach who explains what to do very clearly and then gives me time to practice it, with constructive feedback.
Anthony C.
Mar 24, 2026
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Hired on Thumbtack
I had a session with Eric and it was a decent experience overall. The workout itself was fine, but at times it felt like he wasn’t fully present or engaged during the session. Because of that, I didn’t feel completely confident moving forward. Wishing him the best.
Details: Adult (18 or older) • Beginner • Comfortable in water • Become more comfortable in water • Train for an event • Learn basic strokes • No, I would like the pro to suggest a pool • 30 minutes • At the pro’s location
Private Swim Lessons
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Eric Shaw
FAQs
How did you get started doing this type of work?
Learning to swim when I was five, my family spent a lot of time in the water on vacations and in urban pools as I grew up. I distinguished myself as a swimmer in high school, then continued to train for exercise and triathlon competition until the present day.
I first began teaching swim lessons during college.
After my freshman year, I came home to Sacramento to work as a city pool lifeguard, swim teacher, and swim coach. I continued that the following year then, on a break from school, became a swim teacher for Reed College and the Boys Club in Portland, Oregon.
Eight years ago I began teaching swim lessons regularly again.
I applied skills I'd learned from a successful yoga career, and enhanced these with further insights into hydrodynamics, muscle control, buoyancy, bone density and other insights key to teaching swim technique.
Describe a recent project you are fond of. How long did it take?
One student who came to me, Gerald B., was seriously deficient in both body control and courage towards the water. His fear was terrific. He had trauma from being thrown into the water as a child and nearly drowned. He'd also had grown up in a culture that did not emphasize fitness--let alone swimming skills. He had a very challenging time with everything, but using a rash of new techniques, and over the course of 18 sessions, I taught him a successful freestyle stroke and proper survival skills in the water. He was overjoyed, and I was glad of the new things i'd been forced to learn as a teacher.
What advice would you give a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?
Though less experienced teachers often have great enthusiasm, instructors with the most years of experience are often the the most skilled. Those with more years invested will, most likely, have more nuanced teaching techniques and broader knowledge.
When looking for a good instructor, it's important to have a phone conversation with them first.
Feel out your emotional connection to them, and discover whether or not you trust their authority and character.
Listen to them describe their course of study and the structure of their classes. Discuss your swimming goals with them and share your degree of confidence in your physical and mental abilities, or lack thereof.
If the conversation is successful, dive in! You learn by experimenting. Trust. Try out the first teacher that feels good to you.
