Grigore Ardelean, swimming coach on the Iza valley
Physical-education and sports teacher and the founder of Aqua Iza, the person who welcomes you at every lesson at the pool in Săliștea de Sus.
Grigore Ardelean
Physical-education and sports teacher · founder of Aqua Iza
Until recently, a child from the Iza valley who wanted to learn to swim had to be driven to Baia Mare or Sighet. Grigore Ardelean, a physical-education and sports teacher, started Aqua Iza to change that: swimming lessons every summer, from June to October, in the indoor pool of the Recreation Centre, a few minutes from Dragomirești, Bogdan Vodă, Ieud or Vișeu.
At the pool he has one rule: no child is pushed. Water confidence comes through play, breathing and floating are learned in shallow water, and the strokes appear only once the child feels safe. He teaches every lesson, in groups of at most 6 children, so that each child is seen.
He does not promise champions. He promises children who float, breathe properly and come out of the water smiling, and parents hear at every stage what the child has learned and what comes next.
- Physical-education and sports teacher
- Teaches every lesson
- Groups of at most 6 children
- Children from age 4
Safety first, then technique
We work progressively: first the water becomes a safe place, then come breathing, floating and gliding, and only at the end the strokes. Each child advances at their own pace, and parents hear at every stage what has been learned.
- Water confidence first, without forcing and without deep water at the start
- Breathing and floating before any arm movement
- Groups of at most 6 children, by age and level
- The same coach at every lesson, not an assistant instructor
The first lesson matters most. Let's get it right.
Tell us the child's age and what they can already do in the water, and we propose a group. The first lesson is about getting comfortable, no pressure.