When you begin our adult lessons, our specialist teachers will assess what skills you have and working with you decide how to progress these and learn new ones!
If you have a fear of water our Aquaphobic Swim Coaches can help you overcome your fear. Get in touch for more details about our specialist one to one sessions for adults who are frightened of the water.
The Swim England Adult Swimming Framework is about 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. This is where swimming lessons using our Adult Swimming Framework can help.
Around 30% of adults in the UK can’t swim a length. Yet, one quarter of adult non-swimmers would like to learn how.
With four progressive 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.
Our Adult Swimming Framework takes this into account, providing goals and targets suitable for those aged 16+.
Take a look at the skills you will cover during the Adult Swimming Framework below
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.
