adult swimming lessons
Suitable for everyone (16+), from complete beginners to experienced swimmers who would just like some additional coaching to improve their technique.
our programme
Our Adult Swimming Lessons focus on improving confidence, technique and safety in the water, with no age limit.
Not everyone is able to reach their potential in the water during their school years and sadly, around 30% of adults in the UK cannot swim a length.
With four progressive stages and Awards to choose from, the Swim England Adult Swimming Framework is suitable for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced swimmers who would just like some additional coaching to improve their technique.
Adults have very different needs to children when learning to swim – as an adult, you have different motivations and learn in different ways.
The Adult Swimming Framework takes this into account, providing goals and targets suitable for those aged 16+. Take a look at our Adult Classes below to find out more.
Adult Swim Awards
Be Water Confident – this Award is about gaining the confidence to enter the pool safely. It also covers the ability to move around the pool with confidence and to achieve basic core aquatic skills. These are entries, exits, buoyancy, balance and aquatic breathing.
Be a Swimmer – by the time you earn this Award you will have the necessary skills to start swimming independently over short distances (5 to 10 metres). You won’t need support or floatation equipment.
At this stage, we recommend you also try the Adult Distance Awards – 5 metres, 10 metres and 25 metres.
Be a Better Swimmer – by this point you’ll be able to swim up to 400 metres independently. You’ll also have the confidence to try other pool activities, such as Aquacise or lane swimming.
At this stage, we recommend you build your stamina even more, with our Adult Distance Awards – 50 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres
Be a Master Swimmer – gaining this Award means you can confidently enter the Masters section of a swimming club. It’s about more advanced swimming skills to enable you to compete at different levels and in different sports such as triathlon, open water swimming and lane swimming.
At this stage you can also achieve our most advanced Adult Distance Awards – 800 metres and 1 mile.
useful articles
Swim England have produced a variety of useful information relating to adult swimming lessons. Please see a selection of these below: