Coach Syd is truly the Swim Whisperer! He is an amazing, gentle, gifted teacher. Within three days our four year old was swimming all the strokes, including the butterfly – amazing! He and his staff are gems to this community. Highly, highly, highly recommend!
-Jocelyn Solomon-

I want to thank you for helping make my kid’s summer adventure in California special. My kids have always wanted to learn to surf and you did a great job teaching them. You will always be a part of my family’s memories. People like you are hard to find!
-Stan Glaser-

Coach Syd’s LA Surf and Swim doesn’t just have more 5-star ratings on our site than any swim school in Los Angeles; it has more than five star ratings than any class of any kind! 
-Roberta Brown – Nickelodeon’s Parents Connect-

I want to say that we are all so happy with Jude’s new ability to swim and his complete enjoyment of this new skill. Coach Sydney and his whole team were magnificent, patient, intuitive, encouraging, and not least of all, inventive and persistent. We will be back for both boys next summer and for any other water skills the whole family may want or need.  
-Alyssa Moffitt-

To ALL the instructors: THANK YOU for being so awesome, for working with both me and [my son] Luca. What a team! You all rock!
-Silvana-

My four year old had been to many wonderful swimming classes in west LA, but it wasn’t until he began classes with Coach Syd and the other great instructors here that it all clicked for him.  It was extraordinary to see how quickly Coach Syd helped Ben put it all together - and on top of it, to see how much fun it was for him. Thank you!
-Marin Hinkle-

Thanks to Coach, working with my stroke techniques since I was in diapers, I’ve earned a full swimming scholarship to Stanford next fall.  His unique techniques, especially in my breaststroke, have propelled me to become the fastest high school swimmer in the country in my events. 
-Curtis Lovelace- (nephew)
High School All American, Olympic Trial qualifier, Stanford

Thanks in part, large part to Coach Syd’s polishing my strokes since I was 3, this year as a High School freshman, I’m now faster than my big brother when he was my age.  At the High School Championship this year, I won two silver medals in the same events my brother Curt won the gold. People have started calling me and my brother the Eli and Peyton Manning of swimming.
-Chase Lovelace (nephew)

Prior to Coach Sydney, Ella would never let go of the edge of the pool.  After her first lesson she could play in the pool and swim with complete confidence. Thank you,
-Brooke de Vere Green-

We love his patience & fun ways of teaching! He’s awesome!
-Marie D.

Miracle worker!
-Ernestine L

Around our house we call him the swim whisperer.
-Rona

The twins talk about you all the time.
-Lauren & Olivia Sieve

Coach Syd and his staff were miracle workers with our daughter. She was absolutely terrified of putting her head in the water. After a few failed attempts at swim lessons other places, I felt Coach Syd was our last hope. With his patience and love our daughter went from screaming to swimming in a few short lessons. She gained confidence and started trusting her abilities. Now she loves the water!  It’s impossible to get her out of the pool, it used to be impossible to get her in!  We will continue with Coach Syd’s lessons since she has grown to trust him so much.
-Christie Ramsey

Coach Syd is the Swim Whisperer!
He is an amazing gentle and creative soul!
-Kristin Shafto-