“It nourishes and sustains us, it cleanses us, it heals us, it comforts us, it challenges us, it provides a place for exploration, and it inspires us...WATER!”

St. Augustine, Florida

Meet your coach.

Joanne M. Koury has taught hundreds of children and adults to swim. Her collective years of club and private coaching at Westend Racquet, Swim, and Fitness Club; Parkland Aquatic Club; Southwest Swimming and Fitness Coaching; Lehigh Valley Aquatic Club, and Northampton Kids Swimming spans 35 years. Joanne earned her Master’s Degree in Health and Physical Education from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and in 1997 received the Alumni Award for Early Achievement from ESU for the international publication of the book “Aquatic Therapy Programming: Guidelines for Orthopedic Rehabilitation” (Human Kinetics Publishers, 1996). She is credentialed as a USA Swimming and Level 3 American Swim Coaches Association Coach and certified with the American College of Sports Medicine as an Exercise Physiologist, the American Council on Exercise, and the Aquatic Exercise Association. She has written for various magazines throughout the United States, including: Aquatics International, North Scottsdale Lifestyle Magazine, SWIMSWAM/Volleyball MOB, Lehigh Valley Healthy You, and the Lehigh County Medical Society Journal. During her many years of swimming and fitness coaching and management, Joanne supervised several new construction facilities in medical settings, including a project for Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA and Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach. Contact Joanne about your personal or corporate aquatic and fitness programming needs.