Private Swimming Instructor

Specialties

Providing professional swimming instruction to children and adults, from beginner to advanced skill levels.

Instruction is delivered with each student’s unique personality in mind. Drills and stroke corrections are personalized and focused, allowing technically sound swimming skills to be adapted seamlessly and effortlessly through appropriate skill progressions.

The most important aspect of swimming is breathing. Deep and relaxed breathing will allow you to swim for longer distances as your lungs will be better able to nourish your oxygen-​starved muscles. Breathing techniques such as diaphragmatic breathing can slow your breathing, and consequently your heart rate, resulting in a more relaxed and capable swimmer.

Correct body mechanics reduces drag and turbulence, creating a more efficient stroke.

With one on one personalized instruction, I am positive that your swimming will improve in days!

Diogo Borges, B.Kin.

Meet the Business Owner

Diogo B.

Business Owner

I was born in a beautiful island off the coast of Brazil. As a child, I took part in various sports and activities mostly in and around the water. Growing up near a salt water lagoon, called Lagoa da Conceição, I spend most of my days sailing and swimming a few hundreds meters off shore.

I started swimming competitively at the age of eight when my family moved to Germany. A couple of years later after moving to Canada, I continued swimming and became involved with Lifeguarding.

As an instructor for the City of Richmond since 2000, I continue to follow my passion for teaching, and to master my teaching skills to this day.

I am a certified Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, as well as a Practicing Kinesiologist with a Bachelor of Kinesiology from the University of British Columbia.