Expert 1-to-1 swimming coaching at your home pool in Potters Bar, Brookmans Park and the surrounding Hertfordshire area. Brian FitzGerald travels to EN6 and AL9 — children, adults and nervous swimmers welcome. ASA & STA qualified, DBS enhanced checked.
Potters Bar and Brookmans Park sit on the Hertfordshire side of the M25, with excellent rail connections to King's Cross and a high concentration of large detached properties with private pools set into generous garden plots. Brookmans Park in particular — built in the 1920s on the grounds of two former country estates, Brookmans and Gobions — features substantial homes among woodland and lake settings. Brian coaches across both areas regularly.
Every session is 60 minutes, fully 1-to-1, and built around the swimmer in front of him. The lesson plan follows the individual — not a fixed syllabus, not a group average. Whether that's a child working on water confidence, an adult learning to swim for the first time, or a teenager improving stroke technique, the coaching adapts to them.
The same coach every session, a plan that builds consistently, and full individual attention for the entire 60 minutes. No rotating teachers, no shared lanes, no waiting.
Learning or improving as an adult is always easier in a private pool. No audience, no public lanes — just expert coaching at your own pace in your own setting.
Brian has 25+ years of experience with water-anxious adults and SEN children. The calm, private pool environment in Potters Bar or Brookmans Park is exactly what these swimmers need.

Every session at your Potters Bar or Brookmans Park pool is built from scratch around your swimmer. Brian assesses where they are at the start of the first lesson and adjusts the plan each time — progressing at exactly the right pace for the individual, never faster and never slower.
Entry, floating, buoyancy and breathing rhythm — the foundation of all swimming. Brian takes as long as needed before introducing any stroke technique.
Each stroke built correctly from the beginning, with bad habits corrected before they become embedded. Focused 1-to-1 coaching is the only reliable way to achieve this.
For more confident swimmers — efficiency, race turns, endurance and open water awareness. Brian coaches recreational and competitive swimmers across EN6, AL9 and surrounding Hertfordshire postcodes.
Brookmans Park and Potters Bar are part of the same Hertfordshire belt as Radlett and Arkley — large properties, private pools, families who take swimming seriously. I coach regularly across this area and the sessions are always the same: 60 minutes of individual, focused coaching. No shortcuts.
Brian FitzGerald — Swimming Class UKBrian covers the full EN6 and AL9 postcode area, from Potters Bar itself — with its East Coast Main Line station and its roads running out towards Northaw and Cuffley — through Brookmans Park and the North Mymms parish. Homes in the grid of Brookmans Park's residential roads, built among the woodland and lakes of the old Gobions estate, are all within his regular route. The Folly Arch, a Grade II* listed landmark visible from much of the village, and the nearby Gobions Wood nature reserve mark the outer edges of the area.
Brian also covers Bell Bar and Welham Green to the north, Northaw and Cuffley to the east, and the borders of South Mimms and Hatfield. Families in Brookmans Park with pools on Foxes Lane, Moffats Lane, Bradmore Way and the surrounding roads are all within range. Brookmans Park station is on the Thameslink line; Potters Bar on the Great Northern — Brian fits sessions around commuter schedules.
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Folly Arch (Grade II* listed), Brookmans Park • Gobions Wood Nature Reserve • Brookmans Park Transmitting Station • Brookmans Park station (Great Northern) • Potters Bar station (Great Northern) • Potters Bar Golf Club • Northaw church • Morven Park, Brookmans Park • Parkfield, Brookmans Park • Wroxham Park estate
Brain is a fantastic teacher. He is very patient ,understanding, calm and very encouraging. Best swimming teacher ever.
Brian is an excellent teacher who is really calm and helps you build up your confidence with every stroke. My swimming has really improved and my confidence is increasing lesson upon lesson. Highly recommended.
For the love of the water I wanted to be able to move in it. Stephen one of the trusted instructors gave me the drive to learn the basic never looked back since.
One price per session at your home pool. No packages, no contracts, no joining fees.
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Expert 1-to-1 coaching at your home pool in Potters Bar, Brookmans Park and the wider EN6 and AL9 area. All enquiries welcome.