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Adult Learners

Adult (14+)  lessons are held for beginners, improvers, advanced, fitness, stroke technique and speed development.

It’s never too learn to start swimming! There are also many health and therapeutic effects of swimming or simply being in the water for relaxation. At Carol Saunders Swim School we have numerous experience and qualified staff on hand, you can be introduced to the water at your own pace. As an Tween, Teen or Adult beginner, the Teachers are in the water with you at all times. You can have group classes with friends or smaller 1:2's of 1:1's; the choice is yours.

The important thing to know is that you are not alone.

• Around 30% of adults in the UK can’t swim a length. Yet, one quarter of adult non-swimmers would like to learn how.

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.

Carol Saunders Swim School teachers take things at your pace, teaching you to how to stand up and regain your feet, breathing control and floating without fear....

You will learn the following Core Aquatic Skills on your swimming journey at your pace:

• Entries and exits
• Treading water
• Rotation and orientation
• Streamlining
• Aquatic breathing
• Sculling
• Travel and coordination
• Floatation
• Stamina
• Submersion
• Water safety

View our lesson information to find out when your Beginner Adult Lessons are held….

The Adult Swimming Framework

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.

The four Adult Learn to Swim Awards

1. Be Water Confident

   – this 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.

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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.

Adults have very different needs to children when learning to swim – as an adult, you have different motivations and learn in different ways.

Fitness Lane Swim, Advanced, Multisport training and competing

If you don’t want any instruction and just want to keep up your fitness, you can also simply just come in for a swim!

When you decide to learn to swim, it can be a long and challenging process, but the rewards you’ll reap in the end are well worth it. The feeling of accomplishment and your new-found confidence in the water are only the beginning; it’s also a great way to keep fit, tone up, and meet new people.

This is why we’re so passionate about getting everybody in the water. We just don’t want anyone to miss out on all the fun! Once you learn to swim, it’s one of the easiest forms of cardiovascular exercise, and is suitable for all ages, as well as people with disabilities or health problems.

Once you have found your fins have you thought about a multisport event like a triathlon or an aquathlon or compete at Masters and Age Group...Open Water? swimming competitions....Swim the Channel or an Ice Mile?

The aquatic world will soon be your oyster! Don't hold back...book now!

 

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