Listen first.
Understand the swimmer’s starting point and the family’s priorities before deciding what progress should look like.
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About Trident
Good teaching starts
with getting to know you.
Trident Swim Academy is preparing to bring a personal, progress-focused lesson experience to Greater Boston, with a focus on Middlesex County and nearby communities.
Helping swimmers feel
comfortable and capable.
Colby grew up swimming, from his own first lessons to competing with Arlington Boys & Girls Club and Arlington High School. He has since taught swimmers in group lessons and one-to-one settings, getting to know the families behind each lesson.
Alongside swim instruction, Colby teaches elementary physical education. Both roles call for the same kind of attention: knowing when to encourage another try, explain a skill differently, or slow down and build confidence.
That is the experience he wants Trident families to have. A child getting comfortable in the water and a teen or adult working on technique may need very different lessons, but both deserve patience, clear guidance, and someone who notices their progress.
His background also includes lifeguarding and lesson management, keeping safety and family communication central to how Trident is being built.
The people behind the progress
What to expect from
a Trident Instructor.
Caring instruction takes preparation. These are the standards we are building into Trident before an instructor leads lessons independently.
- Supervised time in the water
Multiple hours of in-water training, shadowing, and observed teaching, with practice observing swimmer responses and adjusting cues, demonstrations, pacing, and activities within the Trident Method.
- Coaching and safeguarding
Additional training in teaching techniques, clear communication, child safeguarding, and appropriate boundaries.
- Lifeguarding and emergency readiness
Current lifeguarding, CPR/AED, and First Aid credentials, alongside preparation for the facility’s emergency procedures.
- Experience with young learners
Experience working with children, patience when a swimmer feels unsure, and the ability to balance encouragement with clear expectations.
Adaptive Aquatics assignments involve an additional readiness review with Colby. He must be confident the instructor is prepared to support the swimmer’s instructional needs.
Colby’s coaching & fitness training
Colby’s teaching is also informed by completed training in coaching, youth fitness, and strength and conditioning.
- NFHS Coach Level 3
National coaching credential.
- ACSM/NYSHSI Youth Fitness Specialist Certificate
Training in age-appropriate youth fitness and exercise.
- IUSCA Level 1 Certificate in Strength and Conditioning
Foundational strength and conditioning education.
The experience we are building
Structure, without losing the human part.
That approach is formalized at Trident as Dynamic Swim Instruction: a structured curriculum with enough flexibility to change the explanation, cue, demonstration, pace, or practice when a swimmer needs another way in.
Teach with intention.
Use the Trident Method to give each lesson purpose, with flexibility in how a skill is introduced and practiced.
Keep you informed.
Explain what is developing and what comes next, supported by planned app access for progress and payments.
Your next step starts here
Let’s find a place for swimming in your week.
Tell us who you’re inquiring about, where you’d like to swim, and which days and times work for you. We’ll share launch details as they’re confirmed.