Swimming for Adults

Adult Swim Lessons

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to swim and we are proud to offer adult swimming lessons in selected venues.

Whether you’ve never swam before or are looking to improve your stroke technique and fitness, our lesson programme will support you. 

Find the right class

We have over 20 years of experience in helping the children and adults of Edinburgh learn to swim. So you can be sure that our lessons are expertly designed and delivered to get the best from you at each stage, at an affordable price, in a fun and supportive environment.

Adult Class Descriptors

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to swim and we are proud to offer adult swimming lessons in selected venues. Whether you’ve never swam before or are looking to improve your stroke technique and fitness, our lesson programme will support you. For adults looking to refine their stroke technique further and build their fitness beyond swimming lessons why not try out our Skills and Drills classes, a class designed to improve your technique, make you a stronger swimmer and introduce you to key aquatic drills.

16 and 17 year olds can book into an adult coaching class; they will be charged the junior price until they turn 18.

Duration of each class is 50mins. 

Beginner

Our beginners classes look to build water confidence, introduce a range of aquatic skills, and develop the basics of all swimming strokes. This class is for adults who are new to swimming or for those who are not yet swimming confidently.

Improver

Our improvers class aims to develop more efficient swimming technique in the four strokes. This class is for adults who – want to develop their swimming skills over a greater distance and be more proficient in deep water.

Stroke Development

Our stroke development class refines effective technique in the swimming strokes, develops effective starts/ turns, and involves more advanced aquatic skills. This class is for adults who can swim lengths of different strokes.

An introductory level aimed at developing water confidence of children with little/ no prior experience of learning to swim. This class is for children 5 years (or have started primary school) and over who are new to swimming or for those who are not yet swimming confidently over 3 metres unaided. Duration of class is 25mins. 

Coached Adult Swim Classes

For adults looking to refine their stroke technique further and build their fitness beyond swimming lessons why not try out our Skills and Drills, PowerSwim or Masters classes, designed to improve your technique, make you a stronger swimmer and introduce you to key aquatic drills.