Every question families ask Rehan, answered in one place.

Anywhere in Dubai that has a pool. Rehan comes to your villa, your building, your community or your club, and he can teach at any other pool you have access to.

Rehan can arrange a pool for you. The hire or entry cost of that pool is added to the lesson price, and he tells you the amount before you book.

Yes. The lesson price covers the coaching, and travel to your location is charged on top depending on the distance. Send Rehan your area and he confirms the full price before you book, so nothing is added afterwards.

Every lesson is a full hour of one-on-one coaching.

Rehan teaches swimmers from six months old to adults. Babies and toddlers swim with a parent in the water.

No. The price includes any equipment the lesson needs. Bring swimwear and a towel.

No. There is no contract and no sign-up fee. You pay for a single lesson or a pack, plus any travel or pool charge Rehan has confirmed with you.

Yes. Lessons are private by default, so message Rehan for sibling or group pricing.

With Rehan, a single one-hour private lesson in Dubai is AED 200. A four-lesson pack is AED 600, which is AED 150 per lesson, and an eight-lesson pack is AED 1,000, which is AED 125 per lesson. Travel and any pool he arranges are charged on top at cost and confirmed before you book.

Rehan teaches from six months old, with a parent in the water for babies and toddlers. The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that lessons can begin for many children from age one and that by age four most children are ready to learn to swim properly.

Yes. Adults are a large part of who Rehan teaches in Dubai, including complete beginners and people who are frightened of water. Lessons are one-on-one at your own pool, so there is no class watching and no minimum standard to join.

Most complete beginners need a continuous block of roughly eight to twenty one-hour private lessons to swim independently, and basic water safety comes sooner than that. Weekly consistency matters far more than the total booked, because long gaps cost confidence rather than technique.

Yes. Lessons run evenings and weekends as well as during the day, because he travels to you rather than running fixed class times. You choose the slot that fits your week on the free intro call.

Rehan swam year-round with Occoquan Swimming and in the Senior Gold group at the Potomac Marlins, taught learn-to-swim with the Kingsbrooke Sea Lions, coached the youngest swimmers at the Ashland Stingrays, and completed lifeguard training with Prince William County Parks and Recreation in CPR, first aid, AED use and water rescue. His race times are public on SwimCloud.

Book a free 30-minute intro video call on the booking page, or message Rehan on WhatsApp at +971 50 248 4481. On the call he asks who is swimming, what they can already do and which pool you want to use, then confirms the full price before anything is booked.

Rehan Ahmad teaches babies in Dubai from six months old, with a parent in the water. The American Academy of Pediatrics notes there is no evidence that formal swim programmes for infants under one year reduce drowning risk, so lessons at this age are about water comfort, parent handling skills and enjoyment rather than teaching a baby to swim independently.

Yes, for the baby and toddler program one parent or carer is in the water for the full hour. The child learns while being held by someone they trust, and the parent learns the holds, the cues and the safe practice routine to use between lessons.

Only when the child is ready, and never as a surprise. Submersions are short, calm and always signalled first, and they come after the child is comfortable blowing bubbles and getting their face wet. If a child is not ready in a given lesson, Rehan does not force it.

A single one-hour private lesson is AED 200. The four-lesson pack is AED 600, which works out at AED 150 a lesson, and the eight-lesson pack is AED 1,000, or AED 125 a lesson. Teaching equipment is included. Travel to your pool, and the cost of any pool Rehan arranges, are charged on top and confirmed before you book.

It varies widely by child and by how consistently they swim. The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that by age four most children are ready for swim lessons and that by five or six most can master the front crawl. Water safety skills such as floating and returning to the wall usually come before clean stroke technique.

There is no fixed number, because it depends on the starting point and on how often the child swims between lessons. A child who is already comfortable in water and swims weekly usually shows clear progress within a block of eight lessons. A child starting from real fear takes longer, and the early lessons are spent on comfort rather than strokes.

Usually yes. A nervous child in a group tends to compare themselves to faster classmates and to wait at the wall between turns, which gives anxiety time to build. A private lesson moves at their pace with no audience, which is why Rehan teaches every lesson one-on-one by default.

Lessons are private by default, but Rehan does teach siblings, either back to back in the same visit or together where it suits both children. Message him on WhatsApp with the ages and levels and he will tell you honestly which arrangement will work better and what it costs.

No. Teenagers often learn faster than younger children because they can follow a technical instruction, hold a body position and practise deliberately on their own. The usual obstacle is embarrassment rather than ability, which is why Rehan teaches privately at the swimmer's own pool with no class watching.

Yes. Rehan trained year-round with Occoquan Swimming and competed in the Senior Gold group at the Potomac Marlins, with personal bests of 23.67 in the 50-yard freestyle, 51.17 in the 100 and 1:03.36 in the 100 breaststroke. His results are publicly listed on SwimCloud, and private hours are used for the technical work squad sessions cannot fit in.

Yes. Rehan schedules lessons around school hours and existing squad sessions, including evenings and weekends. Because he travels to your pool, there is no extra commute to fit in either, which is usually the thing that makes the week impossible.

A single one-hour private lesson is AED 200. The four-lesson pack is AED 600, or AED 150 a lesson, and the eight-lesson pack is AED 1,000, or AED 125 a lesson. There is no contract or sign-up fee. Travel to your pool is charged on top by distance and confirmed before you book.

No. Adults learn to swim regularly and often faster than expected, because they can follow technical instruction and practise deliberately. Rehan Ahmad teaches complete adult beginners in Dubai privately at their own pool, so there is no class and no minimum standard required to start.

Yes, and you will not be taken into deep water to prove a point. Lessons start in water where you can stand, and every step into deeper water is agreed in advance. The aim is for the fear to resolve rather than be overridden, because fear that is only overridden returns the next time you swim alone.

No. If that is where your discomfort sits, the first lesson works up to it slowly and may not get there at all. Comfortable exhaling into the water is the single change that unlocks most adult swimming, so it is worth reaching properly rather than rushing.

At whichever pool you already have access to: your building's shared pool, your villa pool, a community pool or a club pool. If you have no pool at all, Rehan can arrange one and the hire or entry cost is added on at cost and confirmed before you book.

Private swimming lessons in Dubai generally cost between AED 125 and AED 300 per lesson in 2026. Rehan Ahmad charges AED 200 for a single one-hour lesson, falling to AED 150 per lesson in a four-lesson pack and AED 125 per lesson in an eight-lesson pack. Travel and any pool hire are quoted separately before booking.

Yes. With Rehan's Swim Academy, four lessons cost AED 600 rather than AED 800, a saving of AED 200, and eight lessons cost AED 1,000 rather than AED 1,600, a saving of AED 600. Packs are priced lower because weekly repetition is what actually builds swimming skill, so a block of lessons produces better results than occasional single sessions.

Most mobile coaches in Dubai do, and Rehan Ahmad does. The lesson price covers the coaching, and travel to your pool is added according to the distance. The exact amount is confirmed before you book rather than added afterwards, so ask any coach for the travel figure alongside the lesson price when comparing quotes.

Some Dubai swim schools charge an annual registration fee per child or per family. Rehan's Swim Academy does not. There is no contract, no registration fee and no minimum number of lessons, so you can book a single AED 200 lesson, see how the swimmer responds, and decide about a pack afterwards.

Rehan Ahmad can arrange a pool for families in Dubai who do not have access to one. The hire or entry cost of that pool is added to the lesson price at cost, with no mark-up, and the amount is confirmed before the first lesson is booked so the total is known in advance.

Buying lessons in a block is the cheapest route. The eight-lesson pack from Rehan's Swim Academy works out at AED 125 per full-hour private lesson, which is at or below the going rate in Dubai for at-home private coaching. Using a pool you already have access to also removes the pool hire cost entirely.

Yes, and Rehan Ahmad teaches babies in Dubai from six months with a parent in the water. The purpose is water comfort and familiarity rather than safety. The American Academy of Pediatrics is explicit that there is no evidence infant swimming programmes for children under one year reduce drowning risk, so no baby should be treated as water safe.

The American Academy of Pediatrics indicates that by age four most children are developmentally ready to learn to swim, and that by five or six most can master the front crawl. Four to six is therefore the strongest window for independent swimming, though children younger and older than that learn successfully every day.

No. Children starting at seven, ten or thirteen often progress faster than toddlers because they are stronger and can act on a technical correction. The usual obstacle is self-consciousness rather than ability, which is why a private one-to-one lesson at your own pool in Dubai tends to suit older beginners better than a group class.

For babies and toddlers, yes. A parent joins the child in the water for the baby and toddler programme, which runs from six months to about three years. From roughly age four onwards children work directly with Rehan and parents can watch from the poolside instead.

The American Academy of Pediatrics advises that water for swimming classes for children aged three and under should be between 87 and 94 degrees Fahrenheit, which is about 30.5 to 34.4 degrees Celsius. Young children lose heat quickly, so a pool below that range will cut a lesson short regardless of how willing the child is.

It varies widely by age, temperament and how often the child is in the water outside lessons. Water comfort often arrives within the first few sessions, while independent swimming usually takes a continuous block of lessons rather than a handful. Weekly consistency matters far more than the total number booked.

Most children need a continuous block of roughly eight to twenty one-hour private lessons to swim independently, though confident children who are already comfortable in water often manage it within a single eight-lesson pack. Basic water safety and self-rescue skills arrive considerably sooner than full independent swimming.

Adult beginners usually progress faster than they expect. The first two or three lessons typically go on breath control, floating and relaxation, after which freestyle tends to come together over the following handful of sessions. Adults who can act on a technical instruction immediately often need fewer lessons than children.

Once a week is the practical minimum for steady progress, and twice a week suits swimmers working to a deadline such as a school requirement or a holiday. The critical factor is avoiding long gaps: a swimmer returning after six weeks off has usually lost confidence, and rebuilding it costs lesson time.

Yes, for most beginners one one-hour private lesson a week is enough to make steady, visible progress, provided the block runs continuously without long breaks. Swimming recreationally between lessons accelerates it noticeably, even fifteen minutes of unstructured play in the pool.

An intensive week produces real gains in water confidence and can get a beginner moving, but motor skills consolidate in the gaps between practice sessions. A week of daily lessons followed by three months out of the water usually leaves a swimmer further back than a steady weekly block would have.

Yes. The four-lesson pack from Rehan's Swim Academy includes weekly progress tracking, and the eight-lesson pack includes video progress reports so the difference between the first and last lesson is visible rather than remembered. Both packs include text and call support between lessons.

Yes. Adults who are frightened of water learn to swim regularly, and a private lesson is usually the easiest setting for it because there is no class watching. Rehan Ahmad starts a nervous adult in shallow water at chest depth and moves deeper only when the swimmer is comfortable. A first lesson that never leaves the shallow end is still a successful lesson.

No. There is no upper age limit for learning to swim. Adults often progress faster than they expect because they can follow and repeat a precise instruction, which young children cannot. Rehan Ahmad teaches adult beginners across Dubai one-to-one, at the swimmer's own pace, in full one-hour private lessons costing from AED 125 each in an eight-lesson pack.

Rehan Ahmad travels to the swimmer, so adult lessons in Dubai usually happen at the swimmer's own villa pool, their building's shared or podium pool, or a community pool they already have access to. If the swimmer has no pool, Rehan can arrange one and bills the hire or entry cost on at cost, confirmed before booking.

It varies with the starting point and with how often the swimmer practises between lessons. Adults who are already comfortable in water and are working on technique often see a clear change within four lessons. Adults starting from a genuine fear of water should expect the first few lessons to be about breathing and floating rather than distance.

A private lesson with Rehan Ahmad in Dubai involves two people, the swimmer and the coach. At your own villa pool it is completely private. At a shared building or community pool other residents may be using the water, so swimmers who want more privacy often choose an early morning or later evening slot.

No, but most adult beginner lessons start in water where the swimmer can stand. Being able to touch the bottom removes a large part of the anxiety and lets the swimmer stop and reset at any moment. Rehan Ahmad moves an adult into deeper water only once floating and breathing are reliable in the shallow end.

Rehan Ahmad can arrange a pool for swimmers in Dubai who have no access to one. The hire or entry cost of that pool is billed on at cost, on top of the AED 200 lesson fee, and the exact amount is confirmed before booking. Which pool is used depends on availability and on keeping travel short for the swimmer.

Usually yes, but the rules vary from building to building. Some Dubai building managements let residents bring an external coach with no formality, while others ask for advance notice or for the coach to be registered. Check with your building management before the first lesson. Rehan Ahmad teaches at shared building and podium pools across Dubai.

Hotel pools are generally limited to guests and paying day-pass holders, and many do not permit external coaching at all. If a hotel pool is your only option, ask the hotel directly what it allows before booking a lesson. Rehan Ahmad can usually suggest a more straightforward alternative in your part of Dubai.

It helps, especially for beginners and nervous swimmers, because being able to stand lets the swimmer stop and reset at any point. A uniformly deep pool is still workable, but the first lesson is structured differently. Tell Rehan Ahmad the depth of your pool on the free intro call and he will plan around it.

No. The AED 200 lesson price covers the coaching itself. If Rehan Ahmad arranges a pool for you in Dubai, the hire or entry cost is added at cost, and travel to your location is charged separately by distance. Both amounts are confirmed before you book, so the full price is known in advance.

For beginners, nervous swimmers and adults, usually yes, because private lessons tend to need fewer sessions to reach the same standard. A group class is cheaper per session but gives each swimmer only a share of the coach's attention. With Rehan Ahmad in Dubai, a private hour costs AED 200, or AED 125 an hour inside an eight-lesson pack.

Private is usually better for a frightened child. In a group the child has an audience and a coach whose attention is divided at the moment it is most needed, and avoidance habits are easy to hide. One-to-one, the lesson moves at whatever pace the child can genuinely handle, including spending a whole hour in the shallow end.

It depends on the class size. In a one-hour class with six swimmers and one coach, each swimmer gets roughly ten minutes of individual attention, with much of the remaining time spent waiting at the wall. A private lesson with Rehan Ahmad in Dubai is a full sixty minutes of undivided coaching for one swimmer.

Yes. Lessons with Rehan Ahmad in Dubai are one-to-one by default, but sibling and small-group lessons can be arranged on request. It suits families who want two children taught in the same session and who accept that the coach's attention is shared between them. Message Rehan on WhatsApp to ask about pricing.

They serve different purposes. Private lessons are the faster route from beginner to a competent, safe swimmer, or for fixing a specific technical fault. A club or squad is the better environment once a child can already swim, because racing peers and training in a group build fitness and motivation. Many families use both in sequence.

No. Rehan Ahmad brings all teaching equipment to every lesson in Dubai, including kickboards, pool noodles and any small aids a drill needs, and the cost is included in the lesson price. Families only bring personal items such as swimwear, a towel, goggles and drinking water. There is no equipment fee and no registration fee.

A reusable swim nappy with snug elasticated legs is the right choice, and most pools in Dubai require one for babies and toddlers. Some families add a disposable liner inside the reusable outer. Ordinary nappies swell and break apart in water and should never be worn in a pool. Always pack a spare.

Rehan Ahmad does not teach with inflatable arm bands, and water safety bodies including the American Academy of Pediatrics are clear that inflatable toys are not safety devices. Arm bands hold a child upright with the legs hanging down, which is the opposite of the body position needed to float or swim. Supported floating and noodles give the same reassurance without that habit.

Fit them before the lesson. Press the eye cups onto the face without the strap and let go: if they hold by suction for a second or two, the frame shape suits that face. The strap should sit around the widest part of the back of the head, snug rather than tight. Tightening a badly shaped pair will not stop a leak.

Adults need the same short list: close fitting swimwear, goggles fitted at home, a towel, drinking water and dry clothes. A swim cap helps anyone with long hair. Because Rehan Ahmad teaches at your own villa or building pool in Dubai, most adult beginners change at home and walk down, which avoids shared changing rooms entirely.

Bring exactly the same personal items, plus photo identification if the venue asks for it on entry. Rehan Ahmad confirms the pool, the hire or entry cost and any venue rules before the booking is made, so there are no surprises on the day. The pool charge is billed on at cost on top of the lesson price.

Yes. Rehan Ahmad teaches private lessons across Dubai throughout the summer, usually early in the morning or after sunset when the poolside is comfortable. Shaded or indoor pools are the easier choice for babies and toddlers. Many villa and community pools in Dubai also run chillers, which keeps the water comfortable in the hottest months.

No. Dubai winters are mild and outdoor pools stay usable, so lessons continue all year. Winter is often the most comfortable season for lessons, because midday and afternoon slots that are too hot in summer become the best times of the day. Pools fitted with heat pumps can be warmed if the water feels cool.

The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests water for swim classes for children aged three and under should be about 87 to 94F, which is roughly 30.5 to 34.4C. Many Dubai villa and community pools can be heated to that range. Ask your building management or villa maintenance company whether the pool has a heat pump before booking a block of lessons.

Six to eight weeks is a realistic run up. That is enough time for water safety and self rescue skills to become reliable rather than newly learned, which matters most before unstructured time at beaches and hotel pools. An eight lesson pack costs AED 1,000 in Dubai, which is AED 125 a lesson, and fits that window.

In the hot months, early morning or after sunset. In winter, the middle of the day is usually the most pleasant. Beyond temperature, young children concentrate better in the morning while teenagers and adults often prefer an evening slot. Because lessons with Rehan Ahmad are private, the time is set around your week rather than a class timetable.

Technique holds up reasonably well, but confidence fades faster, particularly floating and breathing. A swimmer who takes several months off usually spends the first lessons back rebuilding comfort rather than adding skills. One lesson a week, or even one a fortnight, through the quieter months is enough to hold ground in Dubai.