Charles River Aquatics

Very very very nice staff and great pools. Good camp
Jun 21st, 2023

No matter where your kids start taking swim lessons, you will end up at Charles River Aquatics. My son tried YMCA, Gold Fish (far and near). My daughter did Brookline Rec. Nobody will teach your child the real efficient and modern swim technique. The instructors will watch arms and legs moves and correct them until the child has the proper technique. Besides that the staff is really nice and very helpful. My daughter finished level 4 at Charles River Aquatics and she swims beautifully.
Feb 28th, 2023

The best to improve!!!! All the coaches are fantastic and welcoming. My 2 daughters swim for CRA and they still say it was the best time!!
Feb 25th, 2023

CRA is very professional at teaching swimming and focuses on building a strong foundation. My kids have improved so much here compared to other programs we tried. Highly recommend.
Feb 24th, 2023

My experience at CRA started out great but has gone downhill, and currently, I'm really disappointed. When I started last summer, I had a great instructor and learned a lot. I continued on after the summer, paying $200.00/month for adult small group lessons. Some of the lessons were cancelled due to "black-out dates" or swim meets. Other lessons involved substitute instructors, some good and others who seemed young, inexperienced and lacking in teaching skills. CRA states that "there are occasional dates on which programming is cancelled. These interruptions are taken into account when calculating monthly tuition." So there were at least 9 cancelled classes and it is hard to wrap my head around the math - it seems like a few months, we were paying $100.00/class. I guess the money spent is OK if the instruction is consistently top-notch, but not if it is otherwise. Recently, there was an abrupt change in swimming instructors, and I wanted to talk to someone in management about it. I wrote two emails, waited a week, and was promised a call which I never received. So I'm finishing out my time with CRA since I already paid $200.00 for the final month of May, but as I said, I am SO disappointed and will likely not return. It is a real bummer. Addendum: Yes, I would appreciate a credit for the May classes. The transition was not handled well. The new instructor is a very, very nice person, very personable and professional and I'm sure he is wonderful with his usual assignments. I wish management could listen deeply to what I am saying and consider my viewpoint with an open mind.
May 16th, 2023