About Move Water Swim

Move Water Swim is an intensive, self-developed swim program founded in teaching swim skills through play and systematic instruction. The instructors believe that all children can learn to swim. The program is comprised of seven distinct levels of instructions, building from Parent & Me to Junior Lifesaving. Teaching strategies include verbal instruction, teacher and peer modeling, small teacher to child ratios, and free play! Holly, Savannah, and Shelby have written and refined the program over the years.

Holly Self started teaching swim lessons in 1988. This will be her 35th year of teaching! She is an Instructor Trainer in Lifeguarding, CPR and First Aid. Holly is also a certified Water Safety Instructor. She has been married to Geddes for thirty-seven years. They have three children, Savannah, Grant, and Shelby. Holly loves Bible study, reading books, and sewing children’s clothes.

Savannah Forsythe is Holly’s oldest daughter. This will be her nineteeth summer of teaching swimming lessons! She is special education teacher at a local high school. Savannah is trained in CPR/First Aid and is a Water Safety Instructor. She is married and has a precious six year old daughter and new baby boy. She also has two wild labs, Hank and Dale. Savannah enjoys playing cards, traveling, and interior decorating.

Shelby Adams is Holly’s youngest daughter. This marks her sixteenth year of teaching lessons! She is a speech-language pathologist at a local elementary school. Shelby is trained in CPR/First Aid and is a Water Safety Instructor. She is married and has a one year old daughter. Shelby likes to exercise, read books, and be outdoors.

We are followers of Jesus Christ and try to live our lives according to the Word of God.