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My two kids go there weekly and got fever right after the swimming lessons for three times. I seriously doubt the water quality. One of my kids throw up today after taking swimming lesson there yesterday. I wrote email to them and didn't get any responses.

The instructors are good and my kids love the lessons. However with this many signals of fevers right after the swimming lesson, we have to cancel the lessons and switch to other places.

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Instructors are good but the policies they have very restrictive meaning if you child falls sick and can't make it to your class no makeups or refunds. Even if your child has Covid or any other infection that could be contagious there is no exceptions. Only time they will consider refunding is of you had 4 consecutive weeks of missing classes and a doctors note stating you are on long medical leave. So join at your own risk. Clearly the owners have never dealt with sick kids or don't understand the basic that sickness is not made up.

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★ 4

I will visit

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★ 1

I have 3 kids enrolled at DACA, and today I had a horrible experience with Roshni/Rosh at their front desk. I went to the front desk to raise a concern about one of my kids not getting enough attention in class due to another child constantly crying, and Roshni rudely jumped in the conversation telling me I should pull out my child from the class. I wasn’t talking with her in the first place, and nothing she said addressed my concern, and she kept rudely arguing with me. She seemed very racist and prejudiced. Apparently she’s a manager there, but she should be kept as far as possible from customers! Horrible person!

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★ 1

My son and daughter signed up for swimming lessons. I am not happy at all from the staff because they ruined the last two lessons. my daughter's teacher did not come to the lesson and they did not let me know and they put my daughter in a low-level class.

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★ 4

Good swimming pool

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★ 2

My son goes here for pre-competitive class. I really liked the coaches. However, the administrators are not at all flexible. If you miss class, you absolutely have no way to have make up classes except if you get note from doctors . So if my child is not well, am I expected to show to doctors every time? They should really consider changing their policies. With life being so uncertain, its unthinkable to have such rigid policies.

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★ 1

The teachers keep changing, so my son who is already struggling to learn is stuck in the same level even after 8 months.

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While the majority of the coaches exhibit competence, unfortunately, the staff’s level of helpfulness falls short. During my inquiries about my child’s recurring skin issues after swim class, their defensive response made it seem as though I was assigning blame. Additionally, their lack of attentiveness and frequent distractions hindered effective communication. My intention was simply to seek advice on whether specific skin creams could prevent these post-swim lesson skin problems.

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★ 5

Awesome place to conquer fear of water. Staff are super friendly and knowledgeable

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★ 5

Great staff.

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★ 5

My son tried two swim schools before DACA and we finally found a great place for him to learn. His swim teach, Sean, is super nice and patient for kids. Highly recommend.

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★ 1

Don’t enroll your kid here if you are looking for a steady instructor. Here instructors change every week, and kids need to again adapt to the new instructor. All the experienced instructors become supervisors or something, so they don’t get into water.

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★ 5

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Paid the $50 registration fee but can't get my child enrolled in an actual class. These guys allow registration for far more kids than they can actually offer classes to. Their on-line "registration" process is a giant mess. Need to call the office for every little thing and the folks in the office are confused about the process too.

In short, avoid this place. It is a waste of time and money.

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★ 5

My daughter has been learning to swim for almost 3 years at DACA Swim School(Cupertino).
The indoor pool is great for escaping California’s strong sunshine in summer. Also, the pool water is a little bit warm in winter, which makes kids feel more comfortable when they have to swim during cold days. Besides, the staff and instructors are friendly. Some of the coaches are really patient and professional, like Edward, Sonia, Amanda and so on. However, sometimes the new coaches will be assigned to students. It takes time for both new coaches and students to get used to each other. In general, this is a great place to learn to swim, especially for people who live nearby.

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★ 5

Daca is great for kids swimming lessons

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★ 5

Both my two daughters Youjia and Elizabeth are by teaching Coach Edward, he's very patient for them, so they like him so much and his class is fun, we've been there for many years during the covid and the little sister Elizabeth is still there now.

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Too expensive and no makeup classes for sick or illness.

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My son is attending here for more than 5 years and the main issue is the trainers are school boys and girls and Every other week there is a new one for him and there is no consistency in their methods. I want to be objective here in my feedback but I wish there is a set method of training at his level (orange). These practices would have a set back on kids progress and confidence and I informed the lady in-charge in a nice way and she was rude with me saying I can pull out if I want.and I'm considering that!

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★ 5

Less crowded due to covid restrictions. Well managed and maintained

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★ 2

Not so great. The environment is too crowded and too noisy. The swimming lessons are bad either. I didn’t see any improvement on my swimming after learned a year or so.

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Instructor wasn't very engaged or involved in the class. In addition, the school does not offer make-up classes even if your kid is not feeling well (not even with a doctor's note). Overall it's pretty expensive for what you get. The only reason I gave 2 stars is the heated pool.

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★ 5

V good instructor's a good place to learn swimming

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I have mixed opinions about DACA. My 7 year old son was excited to participate. We practiced in our HOA pool until he could do basic freestyle and backstroke comfortably although his form was terrible. My son was very motivated, we went to the assessment and they recommended him for the begginer pre-competetive classes. We stuck with it for two months.

Long story short, it was too intimidating for my 7 year old. His coach was not very encouraging and being in a huge noisy cold pool complex was hard. DACA seems like a swimmer factory. Most coaches (including my son's) stand at the end of the pool, briefly explain a drill, and send the students off down the lane. The the coach tells the students all of the ways they messed up and explain what they need to do better. If your child is older (maybe 12+) and motivated, then they could probably benefit and get really good. Watching some of the other skill levels, I could see some really good swimming and instruction overall.

The problem is that for little kids, very new to swimming, they don't understand why they are doing drills or what the objectives are to certain form and technique. In my experience with swimming and other sports teams, the number one trait of a successful coach is positive reinforcement. E.g. Good - "That was great how you kept your head looking straight down at the bottom of the pool during your stroke. Keeping your head down will help you go faster and you won't wear out your neck. Keep your head lower when you breath like this." vs. Bad - "Don't bring your head so high out of the water when you breath. Do it again." I think that getting in the water with the kids at this age so they can model technique and learn to feel the proper stroke is critical as well. This is something the coach rarely did.

There was one coach I observed with a group of 12 year olds that was doing awesome. There was another coach I saw with 10 year olds that was just terrible (A big fat guy that just yelled at the kids and complained). I'm not sure how they assign instructors to the classes, but it seems hit and miss. Also class sizes ranged from 3 kids to 15 kids per instructor (bigger classes for the more experienced?).

I had no issues working with the administration. They were able to coordinate payment through a home school charter without issues. I think the pricing is fair since two 30 min classes per week is good.

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I had changed timings for my kid to just try out first time in the year. Front desk told me that we are allowed to do so 4 times a year so we have 3 times left. My kid didn’t liked and wanted to get back with same class and teacher. Front desk lady was so rude when I asked her as if I am asking special favour . I asked her if that time is available, to which she said it’s completely booked that slot which could be. Then I tried to say that we are even ok with another day since My kid wants that teacher, to that she simply said that the teacher is leaving. Finally we settled for another teacher. They themselves change teachers for same batch same time without even informing parents of so, then why are they so rude when parent is requesting. Very bad experience with front desk. Front desk needs to be polite to their customers.

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I joined my kid here when he was 4 yrs old. He had this inherent fear of water and it took him a month(4 classes) to get over that. The instructor he got had exposure to kids with this fear. She made sure he had fun and at the same time he got his swimming lesson for the day. DACA is a little ob tge costlier side, but is very good for learners. They have classes fir adults even. My kid has been going to them for about 4 months now and he can swim. To keep kids intereated they have the ribbon levels and you are expected to earn them. I feel that is what keeps the children motivated. Pros. Good staff, good pool environment.
Cons. $$, they are inflexible, in that if you miss a class for whatever be the reason, you arent reimbursed/postponed.

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They discriminate people with disabilities! My kid has disability and was mistreated by Pierre (a swimming teacher) checking with lawyers how to proceed !

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★ 5

This swim school is one of the best swim schools I’ve ever had the pleasure of attending. Great and helpful staff, very accommodating. Awesome and friendly instructors that go out of their way to make all students feel welcome!

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We brought our kids here when they were young. The kids had fun and our overall experience was good.

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★ 3

Pretty decent but don't expect too much in a group class setup.

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★ 5

I love coming to swim here. It is always an enjoyable time. The deck supervisors are always so nice to everybody and they know so many of the kids there it feels really welcoming.

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I took the in-water skills session as a part of Safety Training for Swim Coaches with Jennifer, and she was amazing. Affordable price and dedicated staff. Thank you!

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My kid has been going there for last 4 years, despite being proficient , he has barely been able to get to ore-competitive . It's like we have been paying them month over month to just go and have him hang around in the pool for 30 mins . When we urged them that there is no progress they changed him to pre-competitive and that gave them the opportunity to charge us even more. On top of that , they are so inflexible that if due to health issues if we have to cancel one class they still charge us fully and don't give any options to reschedule etc. there are only 4 classes a month , which are very expensive and then if you miss one , you are still paying for it. I feel a complete waste after investing 4 years in this place. Looking for a place which will focus on my son's development instead of finding ways of earning more and more money for us for no return.

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I used to swim at this place and almost every one is really nice, and there are many fun things to do

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★ 5

My kids both go here. My son graduated from the swim school and is now at the pre competitive level at De Anza college. My daughter is four and swims proficiently. We've always had amazing instructors and great customer service. We feel very lucky to be a part of the DACA community.

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Some of the instructors are good. Pools are small and it seems like there is always an incident in one of the pools to cause a shutdown and move everyone into a single pool.

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★ 5

Both my children graduated from DACA. The instructors were very friendly,cheerful and playful.
I would recommend DACA for swim lessons.

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★ 5

I came down here from Redding, CA to swim for DACA. After hearing so many good things about the team, from the quality character of the staff and swimmers to the swimming expertise relayed to me in the pool by Coach Pete and Coach Gordy. Before I had come down here, I had been having a tough time staying in the pool and my hunger for swimming was quickly dying out. I had come down to get rejuvenated and be a contributing member of this team (and a proud one at that). By the end of the summer, my expectations had been far exceeded. I went home and wore my cap with pride. It's been a few months since then, and I still miss it. It takes a special group of people to have me miss waking up at 5:50 AM six days a week in the summertime, or miss being told to kick even farther or faster than I thought I could. My teammates were also awesome. I was so thankful to be surrounded by such a stellar group of people. In addition to putting in work at the pool, I made some great friends. For the quality of coaching I had, the price was very reasonable. I am so grateful for everything DACA has done for me.

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The worst swim school for several reasons:
1) They are money hogger. All they care of is how they can extract from the customers
2) Staff is very rude.
3) Staff is very partial. They make exceptions for some customers and not for others. They did a refund to my friend, but when it came to us they refused. We have a proof of the their double standards
4) In a 30 mins class, the swim teachers for the first 10 mins of the class teach some basics, then onwards they start looking at the clock to see how soon it will pass and the last 10 mins they will goof around by playing around, so essential in 30 mins session the class is for 10 mins.
5) They provide no make up classes even if your childs class falls on a holiday. I understand it's a policy but then they make selective exceptions to their special customers.
6) The bathrooms are unclean, full of hair & filth clogged over all the places.
It's a total waste of money, energy and time with DACA. They suck..also they don't care as they think they will always have some enrollments due to their centralized location in Cupertino.

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★ 5

I'm very impressed with this organization (both the swim school on De Anza and the associated pre-competitive and competitive programs at De Anza College).

Compared to other swim schools (La Petite Baleen in San Carlos and Sutton in Cupertino -- which were both good, just not as good as DACA), there is much more of an emphasis on honing skills and progressing with the instructors at DACA. My now 12 year old and 10 year old daughters had plateaued at Sutton. My older girl has now moved on to the competitive program and my younger girl is in pre-comp. I'm 99% sure it's not just a change of venue that spurred the kick-start. My observation of the instructors at DACA shows much more emphasis on form and performance than I've seen elsewhere. I've never seen at other schools an instructor lunging through the water to grab a student's ankle followed by hands on correction of a stroke problem.

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★ 5

My son (8 y.o.) has been enrolled for a month now, and I am very pleased with the staff's service. Every time I talk to any of the staff members my request is granted. Either by phone or in person, I am very satisfied with the service. The facilities are very clean, and the chlorine smell is much less then in other similar swim schools we have been before. I cannot say about my son's progress yet, the time has been too short for that, but he is enjoying the classes so far.

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Registered for their Splash classes and later for their adult swim lessons(April and May 2013). Some instructors were good and some are not. I felt the instructors who are good for teaching kids need not necessarily be good with adults. Probably because, adults come with a lot of fears, predispositions and a much much slower learning pace than kids. The ability to relate to the adult's difficulties and be able to communicate in ways that would yield in the right body movements in water is possible only for a more experienced instructor. Adults do not have the same flexibility as kids. I encountered one very good instructor and one not good instructor, so I guess its best to enroll for splash classes and determine which instructor suits best before committing to a month long time slot with an unknown instructor for an adult class. I say this because their class change policies and cancellation policies are quite unfriendly. They theoretically say you can call 24 hours in advance to cancel a class, but they do not honor when we want to exercise. There are no make up classes. Does not help for most adults. I understand that they do not want people to unduly take advantage of rescheduling classes, but even for a sincere learner their policies are truly deterring continuity or value for money.
I agree with others about the change facilities. I've seen an almost torn and falling apart shower curtain for a two months before they replaced it in the ladies change facility. They have just one shower in the change facility. For the traffic they have, they will need at least one more. The current shower has a rusty bench, and not that clean floors(may be difficult to maintain in such facilities).

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They have two overcrowded pools. If one of the little kids pees in the shallow pool, they move all kids to the other pool. That means the bigger kids can no longer swim laps (they take down the lane markers and make kids swim "laps" the narrow direction of the pool, maybe 20 feet wide), so they basically get nothing out of the lesson time. DACA refuses to offer any opportunity to reschedule and won't give discounts for the substandard lessons those days. Don't bother complaining, they won't do anything.

They also have very small change rooms (take your kids home in a robe and then change them). Also, 30 min lesson = 25 lesson + 5 play time. Teachers aren't always the same each week. The kids are in groups of 4 and they only let one swim at a time so most of their lesson time is spent waiting their turn.

The only real positive is they have a lot of evening time slots for parents who can't take kids during the day.

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Last five minutes of class is throwing ball game. One of girl threw a ball too far close to woman coachs face. The coach was so mad and she was intimidating couple of times of arm swing with ball and finally she threw a ball at full speed to girls face. What kind of ethic and marol was there??

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Very rude , unprofessional staff
Instructors change every week, have scary tattoos, no family designated changing area, very small locker room.
If you planing to bring your little children to learn how to swim, you will see them actually swimming for 5-10 minutes the most, the rest of time they just playing around. If you are looking for a clean, nice place for your children to learn how to swim, look elsewhere else like AVAC or YMCA.

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★ 5

Great place

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I think this place must have changed since the other reviewers went here! They have two large warm water pools, our instructor (tracey) is friendly and professional. My daughter (14 months) loves her swimming sessions. The changing facilites are poor - they could do with more space, more places to put your child while you are changing. But if you are organised, it is fine.

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