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Adult Swimming Lessons

Our Swim School programme has supported hundreds of adults to learn to swim or improve their skills from our extensive swimming facilities at David Ross Sports Village. 

Our adult lessons are for swimmers aged 14 years and over from complete beginners to advanced swimmers looking to improve technique.Swimming is not just a great way to exercise but an important life skill - it's never too late to learn to swim or improve!

Our expert instructors will support you to shape your own swimming journey based on your needs, from the basics to advanced technique progression. We offer three levels; beginners, improvers and advanced. 

Our group lessons offer:

• Small class sizes
• Qualified Level 2 instructors for every class
• Equipment provided throughout
• Personalised learn to swim journey
• Flexible options to cater for swimmers with a disability including your carer supporting you in the water and an adjustable depth pool to assist entry

Joining our Adult group lessons

Our Adult swim school programme is now available for new customers to add their names to our waiting lists but we do have limited availability at all stages. This availability will be sold on a first come first served basis.

 

Our Adult Learn to Swim group lessons are 30 minutes long and the instructor will work their way around each individual giving you teaching practices to help achieve your goals.The programme offers three different levels: 

Beginners:

Located in shallow water at standing depth and ideal for swimmers who:

• Are a complete beginner
• Would like to build water confidence
• Can swim no more than 10 metres

Improvers:

Located in deep water and ideal for swimmers who:

• Are confident in deep water and submerging under the water
• Can swim 25m front crawl, 25m backstroke and 25m breaststroke
• Are able to tread water for 30 seconds

Advanced:

Located in deep water and is ideal for swimmers who:

• Can swim lengths for a 30 minute session
• Can swim a minimum of 200m (8 lengths) without stopping
• Can demonstrate basic techinique on front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke
• Can swim a length in under 30 seconds
  
  

Please contact swimschool@nottingham.ac.uk for more information.

Our programme operates

Days	Times
Mondays	18.30-19.30
Tuesdays	19.30 - 20.00
Saturdays	12.15-12.45
Sundays	12.30 - 13.00

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Group lesson pricing:

• 11 week blocks are priced at £66 per block

Current customers - Timetable

The next course of group lessons is week commencing 15 May - week commencing 24 July 2023. The timetable below shows the days and times available for the next course. There will be no lessons Monday 29 May 2023.

For customers staying in the same stage, day and time, you can book from week commencing 24 April 2023. For customers who are moving up or wanting to change their day or time OR have joined Adult Beginners during the current course of lessons, you can book as per below.

Booking week 2 - for customers moving up or wanting to change day or time

Day	When you can book
To book Mondays lessons	You can book from Tuesday 2 May 2023 at 7.30am
To book Tuesdays lessons	You can book from Tuesday 2 May 2023 at 7.30am
To book Saturdays lessons	You can book from Saturday 6 May 2023 at 8.30am
To book Sundays lessons	You can book from Sunday 7 May 2023 at 8.30am

 

Please be aware that all the times listed below are subject to availability.