Welcome to the Gold Medal Swim School family. Since 1993, the Gold Medal Swim School has been welcoming, teaching, saving, and changing the lives of Arizona swimmers. Founded by Olympic Champion, Mike Troy, and Olympic Coach, Mike Walker, Gold Medal Swim School is committed to providing you with the highest quality swimming experience in our state-of-the-art heated, indoor facility.
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Let us start by saying, “Thank you”. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to teach you a life-saving skill, to further develop your swimming technique, to increase your overall fitness level, and to share our love of swimming. From the highest safety protocols to detailed progress reports, unparalleled facility cleanliness standards to our experienced and trained staff, we are focused on what is best for you and your swimming progression. Our commitment is to be the best swim school on the planet and we are excited you have taken this step to join the Gold Medal Swim School family and help us make this the best swimming experience for you. We welcome your questions, comments, thanks, feedback, and guidance; and to show his commitment to you, Gold Medal Swim School owner, Mike Walker, is available day or night, by phone or text, at (480) 287-4000 to help us better serve you.
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We now invite you to dive into the information on the following pages and really allow it to soak in!
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In this Welcome Packet, you will learn about what makes Gold Medal Swim School so special and begin to understand what sets us apart from all other schools in the swim school industry. You will learn about our staff, our programs, our curriculum, our Core Values, and what makes us – us. But always keep in mind, as do we, most importantly what made us – us is people like you. We have grown to who we are today because of questions and feedback from parents, clients, employees, and graduated swimmers. Call us, email us, text us and ask us all your questions. Let us know how we can continue to improve your Gold Medal Swim School experience and share the joy of swimming!
Department Leader of Customer Service Department Leader of Facilities
Your safety and comfort are our absolute number one priority!
Please check-in at the Front Desk when you arrive for class to record your attendance and receive class specific directions. If you have not been to our swim school before, please arrive a few minutes early so we can give you a tour of the facility, we would love to show you around and answer any questions!
If you have extra time before class starts, you can spend a few minutes checking out the lobby monitors for up-to-date information and announcements from the Gold Medal Swim School management team and owner, Mike Walker. Our friendly, lobby staff members are also always available to serve you and answer your questions!
When you are ready, head to our family-friendly changing room and get ready to swim! We provide stalls for your privacy in dressing, but please do not leave your belongings in a dressing stall at any time. There are hooks adjacent to the shower area and cubbies in the changing room to store your belongings during your lesson.
Proceed through the changing room door to the pool deck where you can wait for your class to begin and store your belongings. The instructor will invite you into the pool when it is time for the class.
Relax. We believe to be successful at anything it is paramount to be relaxed and comfortable in your environment, and this especially true of swimming. We believe a safe and inviting environment optimizes instruction and allows our students to thrive. To that end we have created a state-of-the-art heated facility with a focus on the highest water quality, utilizing the DELL Ozone system, the same sanitation system used to treat bottled water. We monitor this process and chemical levels every 60 minutes during lessons. All pool water is completely filtered every 90 minutes and replaced every six days to provide our instructors and clients with the safest, cleanest, and most comfortable water in the Valley.
Have Fun and Enjoy the Process. It is also important to exercise patience, as sometimes our current abilities do not match up with our time frame and expectations. Always celebrate your accomplishments and enjoy the process.
If you need to use the restroom during class, we have a restroom located on the deck, next to the shower area and changing room door. Our bathrooms and changing areas are disinfected before and after each shift. Every evening, the entire facility is sanitized by a professional cleaning service. Your safety and comfort are our number one priority, please let us know if something has slipped by us.
We have a large, family-friendly shower area to rinse off after your lesson. If you would like, bring shampoo or body soap and enjoy a quick rinse. Swimsuits must remain on in the shower area.
Grab your towel and then proceed through the dressing room door to access our changing stalls and larger facility bathrooms.
A swim suit dryer and plastic bags for wet clothes are provided in our changing area for your convenience.
Gold Medal Swim School is built on a unique foundation of Five Core Values: Safety, Air Regulation, Relaxation, Body Position, and Propulsion. This foundation is introduced in Baby Swim and extends through to our Adult programming. No matter what level of swimmer you currently are, the Gold Medal Swim School Core Values will help elevate your swimming successes. To learn more about our Core Values, click here.
Our curriculum utilizes a layered approach and skills are mastered when they are performed successfully. Concepts and techniques are increasingly overlapped throughout our program to give you the foundation to achieve your swimming goals. This, however, takes time and practice. Consistent, high-quality repetition leads to mastery and builds a strong platform to launch both confident swimmers and great competitors.
Instructors follow structured lesson plans comprised of skills and Core Values created by owner, Mike Walker, but the real success happens when our instructors tailor these to your individual needs. You can expect to see skills uniquely delivered to each individual student within the group dynamic. Low student to instructor ratios allow us to teach our swimmers more effectively and the 100 plus hours of teacher training, everyone of our instructors has completed, becomes visible through dynamic yet clear coaching.
Our instructors go underwater with students! The only way to properly assess tension and relaxation levels is to actually watch and acknowledge them. We’ve found that students become more confident when the instructor is doing the skills with them. So, swimmers beware, instructors in the water!
Swimmers must wear proper swim attire while in the pool. We advise you to wear swim attire that is comfortable but will not hinder your ability and range of motion in the water. We absolutely expect modest swimwear to respect all backgrounds. If you need to purchase appropriate swim wear, we offer for sale in our lobby Gold Medal Swim School Women’s one-piece suits and Men’s jammer swim trunks.
We recommend goggles for our swimmers to establish ultimate comfort and relaxation in the water.
Goggles that cover the nose are not recommended and will inhibit the learning process.
If you have long hair (past your ears, as rule of thumb), it is important to keep it out of your face to ensure comfort underwater and allow for side-breathing technique. We recommend tying your hair back and/or using a swim cap so you will not be distracted and get the maximum benefit from your your lesson.
If you would like, bring shampoo or body soap to rinse off after class in our shower area. Towel off and proceed to the dressing room, where you can use one of our stalls to change into dry clothes.
Our FREE Unlimited Swim program is offered year-round and provides students the opportunity to take additional classes at no extra charge. We offer Unlimited Swim because we believe consistency is the best way to learn and develop lifesaving swimming skills.
Adult Swim Students are eligible for Unlimited Swim. Students must be perpetually enrolled to book Unlimited Swim. We recommend one Unlimited Swim class – in addition to the student’s perpetual class – per week for peak progression.
Unlimited Swim requests are for same-day bookings only. Openings are limited and are based on class availability. To request an Unlimited Swim class, submit the Unlimited Swim Request form after 9:00 PM the night before you would like to book a class. If space is available in one of the class times you request, we will book you into the class for FREE! Limit: One class per day. For more information on Unlimited Swim, click here.
Consistency is essential to learning and internalizing the lifesaving swimming skills we teach at Gold Medal Swim School. For this reason, we offer FREE makeup lessons for missed lessons, regardless of the reason.
Adult swimmers are eligible for makeups. Makeups are valid up to one calendar year from the date the associated class was missed. To receive credit for a makeup, report the class absence prior to 9:00 AM the day the class will be missed. For more information on Class Absences, click here.
Students must be currently enrolled to schedule a makeup. Makeups are scheduled based on class availability and may be booked up to seven (7) calendar days in advance. To request a Makeup, submit the Makeup Request form at any time. Once makeups are scheduled, they cannot be changed, rescheduled, or cancelled. Makeups hold no cash value. For more information on Makeups, click here.
Giving yourself the gift of consistent, year-round swimming improves your ability to be water-safe and allows you to develop a life-long love of the water.
We believe that consistent, weekly class attendance is one of the best ways you can contribute to your aquatic success. Breaks in weekly lessons can mean time spent catching up, rather than moving forward. Students who remain enrolled in perpetual swim classes progress in a more linear fashion.
It is also important to exercise patience, as sometimes our current abilities do not match up with our time frame and expectations. Always celebrate your accomplishments after each lesson.
Please feel free to contact the Adult Swimming Department Leader for support and extra help if needed.
Please feel free to contact the Adult Swimming Department Leader for support and extra help if needed.
Department Leader of Customer Service Department Leader of Facilities
Your safety and comfort are our absolute number one priority!
Please check-in at the Front Desk when you arrive for class to record your attendance and receive class specific directions. If you have not been to our swim school before, please arrive a few minutes early so we can give you a tour of the facility, we would love to show you around and answer any questions!
If you have extra time before class starts, you can spend a few minutes checking out the lobby monitors for up-to-date information and announcements from the Gold Medal Swim School management team and owner, Mike Walker. Our friendly, lobby staff members are also always available to serve you and answer your questions!
When you are ready, head to our family-friendly changing room and get ready to swim! We provide stalls for your privacy in dressing, but please do not leave your belongings in a dressing stall at any time. There are hooks adjacent to the shower area and cubbies in the changing room to store your belongings during your lesson.
Proceed through the changing room door to the pool deck where you can wait for your class to begin and store your belongings. The instructor will invite you into the pool when it is time for the class.
Relax. We believe to be successful at anything it is paramount to be relaxed and comfortable in your environment, and this especially true of swimming. We believe a safe and inviting environment optimizes instruction and allows our students to thrive. To that end we have created a state-of-the-art heated facility with a focus on the highest water quality, utilizing the DELL Ozone system, the same sanitation system used to treat bottled water. We monitor this process and chemical levels every 60 minutes during lessons. All pool water is completely filtered every 90 minutes and replaced every six days to provide our instructors and clients with the safest, cleanest, and most comfortable water in the Valley.
Have Fun and Enjoy the Process. It is also important to exercise patience, as sometimes our current abilities do not match up with our time frame and expectations. Always celebrate your accomplishments and enjoy the process.
If you need to use the restroom during class, we have a restroom located on the deck, next to the shower area and changing room door. Our bathrooms and changing areas are disinfected before and after each shift. Every evening, the entire facility is sanitized by a professional cleaning service. Your safety and comfort are our number one priority, please let us know if something has slipped by us.
We have a large, family-friendly shower area to rinse off after your lesson. If you would like, bring shampoo or body soap and enjoy a quick rinse. Swimsuits must remain on in the shower area.
Grab your towel and then proceed through the dressing room door to access our changing stalls and larger facility bathrooms.
A swim suit dryer and plastic bags for wet clothes are provided in our changing area for your convenience.
Gold Medal Swim School is built on a unique foundation of Five Core Values: Safety, Air Regulation, Relaxation, Body Position, and Propulsion. This foundation is introduced in Baby Swim and extends through to our Adult programming. No matter what level of swimmer you currently are, the Gold Medal Swim School Core Values will help elevate your swimming successes. To learn more about our Core Values, click here.
Our curriculum utilizes a layered approach and skills are mastered when they are performed successfully. Concepts and techniques are increasingly overlapped throughout our program to give you the foundation to achieve your swimming goals. This, however, takes time and practice. Consistent, high-quality repetition leads to mastery and builds a strong platform to launch both confident swimmers and great competitors.
Instructors follow structured lesson plans comprised of skills and Core Values created by owner, Mike Walker, but the real success happens when our instructors tailor these to your individual needs. You can expect to see skills uniquely delivered to each individual student within the group dynamic. Low student to instructor ratios allow us to teach our swimmers more effectively and the 100 plus hours of teacher training, everyone of our instructors has completed, becomes visible through dynamic yet clear coaching.
Our instructors go underwater with students! The only way to properly assess tension and relaxation levels is to actually watch and acknowledge them. We’ve found that students become more confident when the instructor is doing the skills with them. So, swimmers beware, instructors in the water!
Swimmers must wear proper swim attire while in the pool. We advise you to wear swim attire that is comfortable but will not hinder your ability and range of motion in the water. We absolutely expect modest swimwear to respect all backgrounds. If you need to purchase appropriate swim wear, we offer for sale in our lobby Gold Medal Swim School Women’s one-piece suits and Men’s jammer swim trunks.
We recommend goggles for our swimmers to establish ultimate comfort and relaxation in the water.
Goggles that cover the nose are not recommended and will inhibit the learning process.
If you have long hair (past your ears, as rule of thumb), it is important to keep it out of your face to ensure comfort underwater and allow for side-breathing technique. We recommend tying your hair back and/or using a swim cap so you will not be distracted and get the maximum benefit from your your lesson.
If you would like, bring shampoo or body soap to rinse off after class in our shower area. Towel off and proceed to the dressing room, where you can use one of our stalls to change into dry clothes.
Our FREE Unlimited Swim program is offered year-round and provides students the opportunity to take additional classes at no extra charge. We offer Unlimited Swim because we believe consistency is the best way to learn and develop lifesaving swimming skills.
Adult Swim Students are eligible for Unlimited Swim. Students must be perpetually enrolled to book Unlimited Swim. We recommend one Unlimited Swim class – in addition to the student’s perpetual class – per week for peak progression.
Unlimited Swim requests are for same-day bookings only. Openings are limited and are based on class availability. To request an Unlimited Swim class, submit the Unlimited Swim Request form after 9:00 PM the night before you would like to book a class. If space is available in one of the class times you request, we will book you into the class for FREE! Limit: One class per day. For more information on Unlimited Swim, click here.
Consistency is essential to learning and internalizing the lifesaving swimming skills we teach at Gold Medal Swim School. For this reason, we offer FREE makeup lessons for missed lessons, regardless of the reason.
Adult swimmers are eligible for makeups. Makeups are valid up to one calendar year from the date the associated class was missed. To receive credit for a makeup, report the class absence prior to 9:00 AM the day the class will be missed. For more information on Class Absences, click here.
Students must be currently enrolled to schedule a makeup. Makeups are scheduled based on class availability and may be booked up to seven (7) calendar days in advance. To request a Makeup, submit the Makeup Request form at any time. Once makeups are scheduled, they cannot be changed, rescheduled, or cancelled. Makeups hold no cash value. For more information on Makeups, click here.
Giving yourself the gift of consistent, year-round swimming improves your ability to be water-safe and allows you to develop a life-long love of the water.
We believe that consistent, weekly class attendance is one of the best ways you can contribute to your aquatic success. Breaks in weekly lessons can mean time spent catching up, rather than moving forward. Students who remain enrolled in perpetual swim classes progress in a more linear fashion.
It is also important to exercise patience, as sometimes our current abilities do not match up with our time frame and expectations. Always celebrate your accomplishments after each lesson.
Please feel free to contact the Adult Swimming Department Leader for support and extra help if needed.
Please feel free to contact the Adult Swimming Department Leader for support and extra help if needed.
Department Leader of Customer Service Department Leader of Facilities
Your safety and comfort are our absolute number one priority!
Please check-in at the Front Desk when you arrive for class to record your attendance and receive class specific directions. If you have not been to our swim school before, please arrive a few minutes early so we can give you a tour of the facility, we would love to show you around and answer any questions!
If you have extra time before class starts, you can spend a few minutes checking out the lobby monitors for up-to-date information and announcements from the Gold Medal Swim School management team and owner, Mike Walker. Our friendly, lobby staff members are also always available to serve you and answer your questions!
When you are ready, head to our family-friendly changing room and get ready to swim! We provide stalls for your privacy in dressing, but please do not leave your belongings in a dressing stall at any time. There are hooks adjacent to the shower area and cubbies in the changing room to store your belongings during your lesson.
Proceed through the changing room door to the pool deck where you can wait for your class to begin and store your belongings. The instructor will invite you into the pool when it is time for the class.
Relax. We believe to be successful at anything it is paramount to be relaxed and comfortable in your environment, and this especially true of swimming. We believe a safe and inviting environment optimizes instruction and allows our students to thrive. To that end we have created a state-of-the-art heated facility with a focus on the highest water quality, utilizing the DELL Ozone system, the same sanitation system used to treat bottled water. We monitor this process and chemical levels every 60 minutes during lessons. All pool water is completely filtered every 90 minutes and replaced every six days to provide our instructors and clients with the safest, cleanest, and most comfortable water in the Valley.
Have Fun and Enjoy the Process. It is also important to exercise patience, as sometimes our current abilities do not match up with our time frame and expectations. Always celebrate your accomplishments and enjoy the process.
If you need to use the restroom during class, we have a restroom located on the deck, next to the shower area and changing room door. Our bathrooms and changing areas are disinfected before and after each shift. Every evening, the entire facility is sanitized by a professional cleaning service. Your safety and comfort are our number one priority, please let us know if something has slipped by us.
We have a large, family-friendly shower area to rinse off after your lesson. If you would like, bring shampoo or body soap and enjoy a quick rinse. Swimsuits must remain on in the shower area.
Grab your towel and then proceed through the dressing room door to access our changing stalls and larger facility bathrooms.
A swim suit dryer and plastic bags for wet clothes are provided in our changing area for your convenience.
Gold Medal Swim School is built on a unique foundation of Five Core Values: Safety, Air Regulation, Relaxation, Body Position, and Propulsion. This foundation is introduced in Baby Swim and extends through to our Adult programming. No matter what level of swimmer you currently are, the Gold Medal Swim School Core Values will help elevate your swimming successes. To learn more about our Core Values, click here.
Our curriculum utilizes a layered approach and skills are mastered when they are performed successfully. Concepts and techniques are increasingly overlapped throughout our program to give you the foundation to achieve your swimming goals. This, however, takes time and practice. Consistent, high-quality repetition leads to mastery and builds a strong platform to launch both confident swimmers and great competitors.
Instructors follow structured lesson plans comprised of skills and Core Values created by owner, Mike Walker, but the real success happens when our instructors tailor these to your individual needs. You can expect to see skills uniquely delivered to each individual student within the group dynamic. Low student to instructor ratios allow us to teach our swimmers more effectively and the 100 plus hours of teacher training, everyone of our instructors has completed, becomes visible through dynamic yet clear coaching.
Our instructors go underwater with students! The only way to properly assess tension and relaxation levels is to actually watch and acknowledge them. We’ve found that students become more confident when the instructor is doing the skills with them. So, swimmers beware, instructors in the water!
Swimmers must wear proper swim attire while in the pool. We advise you to wear swim attire that is comfortable but will not hinder your ability and range of motion in the water. We absolutely expect modest swimwear to respect all backgrounds. If you need to purchase appropriate swim wear, we offer for sale in our lobby Gold Medal Swim School Women’s one-piece suits and Men’s jammer swim trunks.
We recommend goggles for our swimmers to establish ultimate comfort and relaxation in the water.
Goggles that cover the nose are not recommended and will inhibit the learning process.
If you have long hair (past your ears, as rule of thumb), it is important to keep it out of your face to ensure comfort underwater and allow for side-breathing technique. We recommend tying your hair back and/or using a swim cap so you will not be distracted and get the maximum benefit from your your lesson.
If you would like, bring shampoo or body soap to rinse off after class in our shower area. Towel off and proceed to the dressing room, where you can use one of our stalls to change into dry clothes.
Our FREE Unlimited Swim program is offered year-round and provides students the opportunity to take additional classes at no extra charge. We offer Unlimited Swim because we believe consistency is the best way to learn and develop lifesaving swimming skills.
Adult Swim Students are eligible for Unlimited Swim. Students must be perpetually enrolled to book Unlimited Swim. We recommend one Unlimited Swim class – in addition to the student’s perpetual class – per week for peak progression.
Unlimited Swim requests are for same-day bookings only. Openings are limited and are based on class availability. To request an Unlimited Swim class, submit the Unlimited Swim Request form after 9:00 PM the night before you would like to book a class. If space is available in one of the class times you request, we will book you into the class for FREE! Limit: One class per day. For more information on Unlimited Swim, click here.
Consistency is essential to learning and internalizing the lifesaving swimming skills we teach at Gold Medal Swim School. For this reason, we offer FREE makeup lessons for missed lessons, regardless of the reason.
Adult swimmers are eligible for makeups. Makeups are valid up to one calendar year from the date the associated class was missed. To receive credit for a makeup, report the class absence prior to 9:00 AM the day the class will be missed. For more information on Class Absences, click here.
Students must be currently enrolled to schedule a makeup. Makeups are scheduled based on class availability and may be booked up to seven (7) calendar days in advance. To request a Makeup, submit the Makeup Request form at any time. Once makeups are scheduled, they cannot be changed, rescheduled, or cancelled. Makeups hold no cash value. For more information on Makeups, click here.
Giving yourself the gift of consistent, year-round swimming improves your ability to be water-safe and allows you to develop a life-long love of the water.
We believe that consistent, weekly class attendance is one of the best ways you can contribute to your aquatic success. Breaks in weekly lessons can mean time spent catching up, rather than moving forward. Students who remain enrolled in perpetual swim classes progress in a more linear fashion.
It is also important to exercise patience, as sometimes our current abilities do not match up with our time frame and expectations. Always celebrate your accomplishments after each lesson.
Please feel free to contact the Adult Swimming Department Leader for support and extra help if needed.
Please feel free to contact the Adult Swimming Department Leader for support and extra help if needed.
