ABOUT START SWIMMING SWIM SCHOOL

Swim Lessons and Aquatics | Over 120 Years Combined Experience

START Swimming Swim School

Serving Houston, Cypress, Spring, and Tomball

It is our life’s passion to share our own love and respect of the water with as many people as possible at our swim school.
 
We see the positive effect swimming has on children and adults, every single day in our pool. It’s never too late to learn and it’s also never too early!

Our History

Coach Barbara and Coach Jason have taught at swim schools and coached in the northwest Houston area for many years. They have served as private and group instructors, summer league coaches and competitive league coaches.
 
Barbara has over 45 years experience in the swim industry. She has trained and certified instructors for over 17 years. Over the years Barbara managed many swim schools in this area. She was also the first coach of the Texas Terrapins Swim Team in Fairfield.
 
Coach Jason started teaching and coaching at an early age with a summer swim team, then Fleet FIRST. He then went on to coach the Texas Terrapins Swim Team for 10 years.
 
Barbara Harold and son Jason Harold opened START Swimming in 2015, utilizing rental spaces. In 2019 they started building out their own facility where START Swimming now calls home.

Our Facility at START Swimming

Coming soon.

Our Swim School Coaches & Staff

Coach Jason at Start Swimming

Coach Jason

Coach Jason got his first coaching experience at the age of 15 helping coach the 6 and under group of his swim team that he competed on. He got his first full time teaching job as a teacher at the age of 19. He taught only swim lessons for the next 4 years when he then became a full-time competitive swim coach for a USA swim team. He coached for the Texas Terrapins swim team for 13 years while honing his knowledge and experience to help create swimmers who would go on to bigger and better things. One of his swimmers that he coached for 8 years went on to swim at the Olympic trials in 2022. His passion for swimming brought him back to the learn to swim program and he and his family decided to open their own swim school in 2015. In his spare time, he loves spending time with his family, friends and 3 giant dogs!

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Coach Kathy

Coach Kathy has been a coach and instructor since 1999. She has coached several swim teams and at a few different swim school facilities before we scooped her up! Coach Kathy even swam for her own summer league team back when she was a kid! She teaches because she has always had a love for the water. She became an advocate for water safety when her daughter nearly drowned when she was young, so she felt it was important for her children and others to know how to swim. In her spare time Coach Kathy loves spending time with her family and her dogs by her new pool. She loves pilates, coffee and traveling.

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Coach Kim

Coach Kim is our Office Manager as well as an instructor and Lifeguard.  She came to us with 12 years of prior experience from lifeguarding to teaching to running aquatic programs.  She is also a certified Official and Starter for USA Swimming and an Official for NWAL. She is very passionate about water safety and loves teaching others about the importance of being safe in and around water. Coach Kim can be found around the pool in her crazy outfits and shoes with Cosmo the Bearded Dragon. She loves arts and crafts and going to swim meets. In her spare time, she loves spending time with family.

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Coach Barbara

Coach Barbara has over 45 years of experience. She has been a training and certifying instructors for 20 years. Barbara has managed many swim schools in the Houston area: George Campbell’s Olympic Swim Academy, FINS, and Fleet FIRST. She was also the first coach of the Texas Terrapins Swim Team in Fairfield. She strongly believes children should learn how to keep themselves afloat and how to swim at an early age and is happy to bring that goal to START Swimming and all students who learn at her swim school

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Coach Dusty

Coach Dusty comes to us with 29 years of experience! You name it and Coach Dusty has done it or taught it! She has known Coach Jason and Coach Barbara since Jason was just 18. On top of being our Aquatics Director she holds many certifications including WSI instructor, Lifeguard Instructor, CPR, First AID, AED and O2 instructor among others. She teaches to promote water safety for all and believes you are never too old to learn to swim.  Coach Dusty has a husband also named DUSTY! She spends her free time with her two dogs and family.

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Our Classes

Babies & Kids

Adults

Families

Water Safety Talks

Certification Programs

We have something for everyone!

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Coach Xander Start Swimming

Coach Xander

Coach Xander has been teaching with START Swimming since 2023. He has been a Lifeguard for more than 2 years. He is great with kids of all ages but loves working with Preschool Level 2 the best. He currently holds certifications in Lifeguarding, CPR, First Aid, AED, and O2. He is also a certified WSI. Coach Xander loves teaching swimming at our swim school because he likes helping children become safe in the water. In his spare time Xander loves gaming and hanging out with his friends. He also loves writing and Star Wars.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Want to learn more about our class offerings?

At START we have classes for every student, at every skill level at every age. Unique to Start is our Free Practice & Play for every enrolled START student. Check out our Swim Lessons & Classes page to learn more about the classes we offer. Have questions? Give us a call at 713-469-2503 and we can help!