About Bonds Swimming

Bonds Swimming

Bonds Swimming is synonymous with excellence and boasts over four decades of experience providing personalized instruction for children learning to swim. With a rich history of 40+ years in the field, Barrett Bonds offers a rare level of teaching expertise, a standard often elusive in today’s landscape. If your goal is to nurture your child’s confidence, impart essential pool safety skills, and cultivate a genuine love for swimming, you have arrived at the perfect place.

Bonds Swimming Goals:

Our goal is that if your child falls into the pool, they will turn around and swim back to safety. We would prefer that the child comes to you dripping wet as opposed too floating on their back and mom has to make a rescue.

Our History: Barrett started teaching in 1976, She swam competitive for Millers Swim Gym & the Little Rock Dolphins. Certified with Red Cross Lifeguarding in 1978, got the Water Safety Instructor in 1980. Barrett received a BS degree from U of Alabama in Aquatic Exercise and Sport in '85. Tutoring under Coach Don Gambril & student coaching under Jack Nelson (Ft. Lauderdale) . In 1988 the Bonds worked for Andy Broido at Mission Bay Aquatics Boca Raton,, Florida. In 2006 they worked with the Swim America program until '09 when they started Bonds Swimming in Midland TX. In 2011 Barrett was inducted into the Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame. Bonds Swimming has been a member of American Swim Coachesl Association since 2004 & United States Swim School Association since 2010. Our program was developed using years of experience. Their technique teaches a child, "if they fall swim back to the wall." They also teach Elementary Backstroke, as well as the 4 competitive strokes and spend every lesson with water & pool safety.

It is a program created to provide you the best lessons for your children.

Barrett Bonds Member of:

United States Swim School Association

National Drowning Prevention Alliance

America Swim Coaches Association

Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame 2011 Inductee