Welcome to ISR - Freeport FL!
Give your child the competence, confidence, and skills of aquatic safety with ISR Self-Rescue.
What is ISR?
Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) is the safest and most effective provider of survival swimming lessons worldwide, teaching ISR Self-Rescue skills to children ages 6 months to 6 years old. With more than 55 years of research and experience and the highest safety standards in the industry, ISR can deliver the best survival swimming instruction in the world today. The result? Over 19 million safe and effective lessons delivered, providing children with a foundation for safety and a lifetime of fun in and around the water.
Today, our mission, “Not One More Child Drowns,” is the foundation of everything we do. ISR believes in multiple layers of protection against aquatic accidents, which include pool fences, alarms, and active adult supervision. However, traditional lines of defense break down, and the over 4,000 drowning deaths per year bear a grim testament to the fact that traditional approaches are missing a key component: the child. ISR’s core conviction is that the child is essential to a drowning prevention strategy. Our over 450,000 ISR graduates and hundreds of documented survival stories prove that children can and do save themselves. Children are curious, capable, and have an uncanny ability to overcome obstacles like pool fences; at ISR, we take that ability and teach them skills to potentially save themselves if they find themselves in the water alone.
Meet Your ISR Instructor:
Maria Netherland
A passionate advocate for water safety and fitness, Maria Netherland has been serving the Hammock Bay community in Freeport, FL since 2019. As a certified ISR instructor, trained under Master Instructor Dawn Tapscott Voltarel, Maria brings life-saving water safety skills to our neighborhood's youngest residents.
Her comprehensive background in aquatics and fitness includes credentials as a Personal Trainer, Triathlon Coach, Water Aerobics Instructor, and Swim Teacher. You'll often find her leading early morning sessions at the Hammock Bay pools, where her dedication to community wellness shines through in every class.
Maria's journey to ISR instruction began when a client highlighted the pressing need for water safety education in the Freeport and Hammock Bay areas. Now, she offers summer lessons at the Hammock Bay Pool and private locations throughout the region, helping children develop crucial self-rescue skills.
When not teaching or training, Maria enjoys exploring Hammock Bay's trails with her two energetic dogs, lifting weights at the gym, and volunteering with the local library. She shares her active lifestyle with her husband Gary and is a proud bonus mom to two adult children.
Maria looks forward to meeting your family and helping your little ones develop the confidence and skills they need to be safer around water.
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“ISR’s core conviction is that the child is the most important part of a drowning prevention strategy.”
— JoAnn Barnett, ISR SMI, President & CEO of Infant Swimming Resource