Jannina Marie Londono

I am a fun and spirited advanced swim coach and trainer! I have over ten years of teaching experience and a competitive swim history background. I developed my passion for swimming long before I could walk! I joined my first swim class at 6 months old and have been swimming ever since. I joined my local swim team at 5 years old and swam competitively through high school when I became a lifeguard and began teaching and coaching swimming. I have experience teaching all levels and ages of swimming starting at 6 months through senior citizen at all levels including learn to swim, competitive swimming, triathlon training, and water aerobics. Additionally, I have experience teaching children and young adults with special needs. I have taught with NYC Parks & Recreation Aquatics Department where I was employed as an Aquatic Specialist and led the "Mommy & Me" classes, learn to swim levels 1 and 2, senior citizen water aerobics and served as the Head Coach for the Summer Swim Team where I led them to their first victory in over 10 years. I would later teach at various swim schools until ultimately starting my own Swimming business. I work with all age groups above 6 months. I am First Aide and CPR certified. I have previous lifeguard and WSI certifications and training.

I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and Biology. This medical background allowed me to complete medical rotations in the following departments: Labor and Delivery, Medical Surgical, Emergency, Pediatric, and Psychiatric. This expansive background provides a unique approach to swimming that incorporates human anatomy as well as brain development into each and every lesson!

I was the Head Coach for the Tony Dapolito Aqua Devil Summer Swim Team in 2010. The team belonged to the NYC Parks and Recreation Aquatic Department and is comprised of many competitive swim teams that compete against each other regularly throughout the year. I had the pleasure of leading the swim team to their first victory in over 10 years!

I had the pleasure of coaching an elderly woman in her mid seventies with severe water phobia. We worked closely for an entire summer and were able to overcome her fear and she was able to successfully learn how to swim! It is never too late to learn how, sign up for lessons today!

My sessions focus on client goals with a water safety mindset. Water safety is incorporated into each lesson according to skill level including life saving skills such as: floating, blowing bubbles, treading water, and climbing out of the pool. With these skills in mind we work on the foundations of each stroke (posture, kick, arm strokes, and breathing), aiming to build strength and slowly incorporate them together into full stroke swimming with proper technique and propulsion. We begin each lesson with dry-land posture drills to learn about proper aquatic positioning, tonality, and body rotation in the water. We then progress to drills around each stroke foundation until we are swimming the full stroke! Additionally, we will learn proper push-offs and starts for each stroke as well as dives and underwater work. You will learn something new each lesson!