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Steve G., San Antonio, TX Swimming Coach

Steve G.

Swimming

SILVER

In his first time leading a Junior Championship delegation, Coach Steve returned with a 6th Place Combined Championship banner from Bakersfield, California. View all coaching experience

This coach is unavailable to take clients at this time.

Training Locations
Training Locations
  1. Austin, TX
  2. Buda, TX
  3. San Antonio, TX

Coach is willing to travel up to 50 miles

  • 30 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Distance Freestyle, Sprint Freestyle, Individual Medley, Open Water

  • Flip Turns, Kicking, Pacing, Pulling, Relays, Sprinting, Starts, Technique, Open Turns

Credentials

  • 30 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Distance Freestyle, Sprint Freestyle, Individual Medley, Open Water

  • Flip Turns, Kicking, Pacing, Pulling, Relays, Sprinting, Starts, Technique, Open Turns

More About Coach Steve

ASCA Certification - Level 3

Even as a college basketball player Coach Steve was developing his aquatics roots, running a summer swim school and summer league team for the City of San Antonio. After basketball, he took his aquatics background to the Boys and Girls Club, where he developed one of the top inner-city programs in the country.
In 1994, he was recruited to Northside, to coach John Jay High School's swimming and water polo teams, before becoming the Assistant Senior Coach in 1998. In his first time leading a Junior Championship delegation, Coach Steve returned with a 6th Place Combined Championship banner from Bakersfield, California.
In addition to Coach Steve's Senior Team duties, he was the Safety Coordinator for NISD Aquatics, Swim America Swim School Director and Head Swimming and Water Polo Coach for Health Careers High School.

After Twenty Five years in aquatics, Coach Steve returned back to coaching basketball. In August 2013 he was named Head Men’s Basketball Coach of Alamo Colleges Northeast Lakeview College. The school’s first year for their athletics programs.

Coach Steve first season, he led his team into the TCCSL final four. The hard work, commitment and dedication he put in during his first season.
Coach Steve was voted by his peers 2013 – 2014 TCCSL Men’s Coach of The Year.

Coach Steve took a rather unusual route to the Junior National coaching level. Before entering aquatics full-time, he played in an NCAA Final Four and the NBA. Even as a college basketball player Coach Steve was developing his aquatics roots, running a summer swim school and summer league team for the City of San Antonio.

Basically, I will get together with the athlete and take them through a few skills and drills progressions to assess their skill level to see where they are skill wise. Once I have originated the athlete. I would begin their training with skills progression according to their skill level and build from there.

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Client Reviews

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Steve did a great job helping my child feel at ease and tweak what she needs to continue to get better. He is encouraging and specific with what to do to help her improve. Excited for more sessions!

Two words that come to mind for Coach Steve is professional and knowledgeable. It’s obvious Coach Steve has an in-depth understanding of swimming, and he is effective at communicating his knowledge. I get excited going to my lessons with Coach Steve.

Coach Steve is extremely informative and doesn’t just tell you what to do during your coaching. He explains how and why it’s necessary in order to be done correctly.

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What a find! Coach Steve has trained individuals who have performed at the state, national and international levels. He is not only a gifted teacher but he has a stellar academic background in sports and kinesiology. I was hesitant to work with Coach Steve as I'm a pure adult learner and absolute novice. He placed me at ease. He is calm, reassuring and does not overwhelm. He has a zen calmness and joy for teaching. In two sessions he had determined my stroke flaws and assigned just a few drills to practice to correct the flaws. I think I'm already faster! I highly recommend Coach Steve! His modifications to my stroke and body position... PRICELESS!

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He is excellent and amazing coach , and encourage my childs very well .
Really I like this coach

My son had his first session with Coach Steve, He was amazing, my son made so many gains in the 40 minutes of class. He is very patient, kind, and gives good tips with improving strokes. Highly recommend Coach Steve!!

Coach Steve did a great job breaking down my sons’s stroke and tweaking the needed areas so he can gain speed in his races. He is a great teacher with explanations that were easy to understand and execute! He used video along with his easy going and encouraging attitude to motivate my son. What a great find!

Coach Gordon, Thank you so much for today's lesson. Victor and Jaden said it was great. Jaden learned more in one hour with you, than in the whole 6 weeks he was with his last coach. Literally. We are so excited to continue so he can build his confidence and strengthen his skills. Thank you again!

Coach Steve has been awesome! I highly recommend him for anyone learning to brush up on and improve their skills or anyone wanting to learn. He's very patient, competent and just a great person. Look forward to more sessions with Coach Steve! Thank you Coach!

Coach Steve was great! His knowledge and experience was obvious right away. He noticed and fixed techniques in my swimming that I’ve been trying to improve -on our first session. Can’t wait to work with him again.

Coach Steve is great. He is articulate, methodical in his instruction and his experience shines through in the ways he finds to inspire you to do better. I am an adult swimmer who wanted to ramp up my technique before joining a swimming masters program. I specifically wanted to focus on flip-turns and butterfly stroke as I was sure I was pretty good at the rest. Well, I was wrong. Coach Steve broke down each stroke to its basic steps and explained clearly the correct technique on each of the four strokes (freestyle, back, breast and butterfly). He provided drills to work on each which made it easy to practice on one’s own. My swimming is way smoother now. It feels like the difference between running barefoot and running wearing shoes. This is a great start of a fitness journey. My pet peeve is the practice pool availability. Unless it’s summer you are limited to gym pools. If you are not a member you might need to pay entry fee but there ways around it and ways to minimize the cost. All in all, I wholeheartedly recommend coach Steve for your swimming needs.

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Coach Steve has been amazing ! We have only had 4 sessions together and I have made so much progress in this short of time . I can't wait to see how good of a swimmer he makes me .

He was a great coach. I saw a big difference in my swimming after he left. He has a very good eye to catch mistakes and has all the experience to correct them. Also a good teacher with outstanding capacities to summarize.

AWESOME! After the first lesson I felt like I've learned more than any other time before. I told him my goals and we started with basic breathing techniques that I need to master. I felt comfortable and confident that I will reach my goals. Highly recommend.

Good coach, very knowledgeable

Coach Steve breaks down the swim stroke into pieces and teaches you drills that work each piece. He uses video feedback so that he can show you what you are doing well and not so well. You can tell that he loves teaching swimming and it's not just a job to him. I highly recommend Coach Steve.

Coach Gordon is very professional, patient with beginners and has proved in only 2 sessions his techniques show results. We are very pleased with his services and will continue to work with him. As I said, in only 2 sessions we have witnessed major improvements with my son's swimming. Thanks Coach Gordon!

I've had two sessions with Coach Steve and I am so impressed. He watched me swim 50 yards and immediately analyzed my stroke and started working on my form. I can't believe how much he has helped me in just two one hour sessions! Highly recommend!

Coach Steve worked with both my son and daughter. He assessed their skills and taught them drills that will help them improve their stokes. Coach Steve is very personable and does a great job putting the kids at ease and motivating them.

Steve is a great guy and an even better coach. He was able to instantly see what my girls needed and was able to address the problems effectively. The girls really liked his positive attitude.

Today we had a private lesson with Coach Gordon for my son. He worked to improve his stroke and other skills. This is going to be a huge help for him in his time on the High School Swim team. My son is very excited for us to schedule another session. Coach Gordon is very knowledgeable and a great motivator for young athletes.

I was looking for a swimming coach in order to better prepare myself for an upcoming military school. Coach Gordon taught me more in 45 minutes than I had learned during my entire life swimming. He emphasizes proper head placement as well as correct body posture in order to maintain the best possible swim structure in the water. I am better at swimming the front crawl and can't wait until the next session in order to perfect my technique.

Coach Gordon is a great motivator. He's very passionate when it come to his athletes and the sport of swimming. He has worked very hard giving us the tools we need to be successful. Coach G. is really great at looking at our strokes and breaking them down and putting together stroke progression to make them better. We are very thankful for all of the hard work he put in to make us the best we could be. Thanks coach G. 6th placed Junior National Championship Team AAAA 1998.
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