Junior Intensive Swimming Courses
Next Course: Easter 2025
Looking for a school holiday activity to keep your child busy? Bluecoat Sports is pleased to announce that our “crash courses” are returning for Easter 2025!
Our four-to-five-day intensive swimming lessons cater to children of all levels, from complete beginners to more advanced swimmers. Your juniors will work on building confidence in the water and improving their swimming skills. Find out more details about the options we offer below!
| Courses Available | Description |
|---|---|
| Beginner 1 | This course is for the complete beginner. It is a series of lessons to improve water confidence. Must be 4 1/2+ years old or attending school. |
| Beginner 2 | This is a course for children who are comfortable moving independently in the water. They must be able to put their face in the water. Must be 4 1/2+ years old or attending school. |
| Stage 1 | This is a course for children who can independently swim 5 m on their front and 5 m on their back without aids. They must be able to confidently put their faces in the water. They must be 4 1/2+ years old or attending school. |
| Stage 2 | This is a course for children who can independently swim 5m on their front and 5m on their back without aids. They must have knowledge of breaststroke and be happy to swim out of their depth. Must be 4 1/2+ years old or attending school. |
| Beginners Front Crawl | This class is to improve a child’s front crawl technique. Children must be in a Stage 2 – 4 class already. If not currently having lessons, they should be able to swim 10m unaided on their front and on their back. Must be 4 1/2+ years old or attending school. |
| Beginner Breaststroke | This class is to improve a child’s breaststroke technique. Children must be in a Stage 2 – 4 class already. If not currently having lessons, they should be able to swim 10m unaided on their front and on their back. Must be 4 1/2+ years old or attending school. |
| Beginners Back Crawl | This class is to improve a child’s back crawl technique. Children must be in a Stage 2 – 4 class already. If not currently having lessons, they should be able to swim 10m unaided on their front and on their back. Must be 4 1/2+ years old or attending school. |
| Advanced Butterfly | An advanced class to improve a child’s butterfly technique. Children must be in a Stage 4-7 class already. If not currently having lessons, they should be able to swim 50m unaided on their front and their back and have a knowledge of butterfly. |
| Advanced Breaststroke | An advanced class to improve a child’s breaststroke technique. Children must be in a Stage 4-7 class already. If not currently having lessons, they should be able to swim 50m unaided on their front and their back and must have a knowledge of breaststroke. Must be 4 1/2+ years old or attending school. |
| Advanced Back Crawl | An advanced class to improve a child’s back crawl technique. Children must be in a Stage 3-7 class already. If not currently having lessons, they should be able to swim 25m unaided on their front and their back. Must be 4 1/2+ years old or attending school. |
| Advanced Front Crawl | An advanced class to improve a child’s front crawl technique. Children must be in a Stage 3-7 class already. If not currently having lessons, they should be able to swim 25m unaided on their front and their back. Must be 4 1/2+ years old or attending school. |
| Rookie (Lifesaving) | Rookies is a fun life saving activity that everyone can learn. Children must be in a Stage 4-7 class already. If not currently having lessons, children should be able to swim 50m unaided on their front and back and have a knowledge of breaststroke. They must also be happy to dive into the pool and dive down to the bottom of the pool. |
| Diving | Learn a new skill or gain extra confidence. This diving course teaches all the skills needed to dive above and below the water. Children must be stages 2-7 and must be confident in deep water. |
| Snorkelling | Looking to try something new or learn a new skill? Snorkelling is a fun activity for everyone to learn. Ideal if wanting to learn the basics. Children must be Stage 4+ level. If not in lessons, they should be able to swim 25m unaided on their front & back. OWN SNORKEL AND MASK ARE NEEDED. |
What’s an intensive swimming course?
These are four-to-five-day crash courses, with children coming every day for a 30-minute swimming lesson. These intensive swimming courses are designed to help children improve quickly over a short period of time. Children learn faster by training every day, remembering the skills they have learnt, and building upon them. We find that the knowledge stays fresh in their minds, and they look forward to their session the following day!
Plus, the children love getting their certificates of attendance for completing the daily sessions throughout the week.
Which classes are run as intensive courses?
Bluecoat Sports Swim Academy has a range of intensive courses for children that suit all abilities. Typically, you can choose from:
- Beginners
- Improvers
- Front Crawl/Backstroke Clinic
- Breaststroke/Butterfly Stroke Clinic
- Rookie Lifesaving
- Snorkelling
- Diving
If you are unsure which course is suitable for your child, please contact us, and we can help you work out which one would work best for them. We often find children enjoy the classes so much and improve so quickly that they book one course the first week and another course the second week!
Lots of our younger swimmers have started with an intensive beginners course and then moved through the courses, finishing with Rookie Lifesaving and Snorkelling.
Why choose an intensive swimming course?
There are beginner classes for children who want to start with the basics and need to learn to swim. We also find many children have learnt to swim with their parents on holiday or in a local pool, or perhaps at school with many children in the class. They can swim but could do with some more water confidence in the water or fine-tuning their swim strokes to help them swim faster and more efficiently. These classes aim to speed up children’s swimming progress in all areas.
Many children find they prefer one stroke to another, for example, breaststroke to butterfly. Our crash courses can help them improve all their strokes and really learn to love their time in the water.
Available for all abilities
Whether your little one is just starting their swimming journey, needs to get the hang of how to breathe properly during a front crawl or wants to get to grips with flippers and a snorkel, we have an intensive swimming course to suit them.
The holidays are a perfect time to hone those swimming skills, ready for your next holiday or the following term at school. Our qualified swimming instructors make sure the sessions are fun and educational, and you’ll notice a marked change by the end of the week.
When are the intensive swimming courses?
We run these courses during the Summer and Easter school holidays, and they can be booked in advance. Your juniors will have fun, keep fit, and learn new skills during our week-long swimming courses in our 25-metre pool. Our next intensive swimming courses will take place during the summer holidays.
The swimming courses are fantastic for keeping the kids entertained and active during the holidays while they learn new skills. You can sit and watch the 30-minute lesson poolside or use the Wi-Fi in our café and catch up with work emails over a coffee!
Please contact reception on 01403 247 572 to find out more details about our intensive swimming courses for children during the school holidays.
