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Dad’s Club Swim Lessons are offered at Dad’s Club Aquatics, where children and teens can take part in swim lessons, swim team, developmental training, specialty fitness, instructional programs, certification programs, and seasonal clinics. Participants can also join a six-week swimming technique clinic called Streamline, attend water exercise classes, and access lifeguard and CPR training and certification through the Safety Academy.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: Year-round programs with general facility hours September–May and June–August, and a six-week Streamline swimming technique clinic
Dad’s Club Aquatics was founded in 1948 as a youth center, and a swimming pool on the site officially opened in 1953. The organization is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2023 and is described as Houston’s most historic swimming and aquatics facility. Dad’s Club Aquatics is a membership-based, non-profit organization with a 50-meter long-course pool, a 33-yard pool, a 25-yard family pool, and a 25-yard outdoor community pool with an L-shaped design and a zero-depth entry set away from seven swim lanes. The facility offers all-ages lessons and programs for every level and age, including swimmers with special needs, and runs year-round programs from a permanent location with multiple pools. It is nationally recognized for its highly successful Dad’s Club Swim Team, which is a member of USA Swimming, and also offers the Spring Valley Swim Team program as an introduction to the sport. The Safety Academy provides lifeguard and CPR training and certification for swimmers 15 and up.
Dad’s Club Aquatics states that it provides a safe, diverse and welcoming environment for individuals and families and describes its atmosphere as family-friendly, with a neighborhood pool function in summer and training and competition use the rest of the year. The mission of Dad’s Club is to consistently advance its mission and long-term viability so it can continue serving the community in the way it has for 75 years, and it states that swimming teaches lessons for life, celebrates individual accomplishment, and promotes personal responsibility to teach life lessons that benefit the individual and community beyond the pool’s edge. The Executive Director is Linda Kutac, who is licensed as a Registered Nurse with advanced nursing certifications in mental health and substance abuse.
Dad’s Club Aquatics is described as community driven, with longstanding connections to the community and support from long-time patrons, swim team parents, and area residents and neighbors. Historical community support includes a Lions Club donation for a kitchen project in 1952, a 10-acre land donation from the Dad’s Club Swim Team to the YMCA in 1964, and a resolution from the City of Spring Valley to help Dad’s Club remain at its current site. Dad’s Club receives donations from local foundations, members, swim parents, and local businesses, and thanks sponsors including Make-a-Splash Foundation, Veritex Community Bank, Blackburn Photography, Cadence Bank, Menger Valve, Nicole Christensen Realtor, Truist Wealth, Kwik Kar Oil and Lub, Greater Houston Orthodontics, Town and Country Family-Physicians, Calderwood Trusted Vision, Veritex Bank, Kwik Kar, Greater Houston Ortho, and Town Country Family Physics.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: Year-round programs with general facility hours September–May and June–August, and a six-week Streamline swimming technique clinic
Dad’s Club Aquatics was founded in 1948 as a youth center, and a swimming pool on the site officially opened in 1953. The organization is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2023 and is described as Houston’s most historic swimming and aquatics facility. Dad’s Club Aquatics is a membership-based, non-profit organization with a 50-meter long-course pool, a 33-yard pool, a 25-yard family pool, and a 25-yard outdoor community pool with an L-shaped design and a zero-depth entry set away from seven swim lanes. The facility offers all-ages lessons and programs for every level and age, including swimmers with special needs, and runs year-round programs from a permanent location with multiple pools. It is nationally recognized for its highly successful Dad’s Club Swim Team, which is a member of USA Swimming, and also offers the Spring Valley Swim Team program as an introduction to the sport. The Safety Academy provides lifeguard and CPR training and certification for swimmers 15 and up.
Dad’s Club Aquatics states that it provides a safe, diverse and welcoming environment for individuals and families and describes its atmosphere as family-friendly, with a neighborhood pool function in summer and training and competition use the rest of the year. The mission of Dad’s Club is to consistently advance its mission and long-term viability so it can continue serving the community in the way it has for 75 years, and it states that swimming teaches lessons for life, celebrates individual accomplishment, and promotes personal responsibility to teach life lessons that benefit the individual and community beyond the pool’s edge. The Executive Director is Linda Kutac, who is licensed as a Registered Nurse with advanced nursing certifications in mental health and substance abuse.
Dad’s Club Aquatics is described as community driven, with longstanding connections to the community and support from long-time patrons, swim team parents, and area residents and neighbors. Historical community support includes a Lions Club donation for a kitchen project in 1952, a 10-acre land donation from the Dad’s Club Swim Team to the YMCA in 1964, and a resolution from the City of Spring Valley to help Dad’s Club remain at its current site. Dad’s Club receives donations from local foundations, members, swim parents, and local businesses, and thanks sponsors including Make-a-Splash Foundation, Veritex Community Bank, Blackburn Photography, Cadence Bank, Menger Valve, Nicole Christensen Realtor, Truist Wealth, Kwik Kar Oil and Lub, Greater Houston Orthodontics, Town and Country Family-Physicians, Calderwood Trusted Vision, Veritex Bank, Kwik Kar, Greater Houston Ortho, and Town Country Family Physics.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
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