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Junior Drop-in
Swim Sessions

All four strokes, dives and turns. Different every week.

Next session: Sun 15 Nov, 6:30pm

  • Ages 9–16
  • Club swimmers
  • 1 hour
  • Max 8
  • £30
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Pick your Sunday

  • Ages9–16 only, club swimmers
  • Arrive6:25pm, changed: 5 minutes before
  • Check-in & outPoolside, with the coach
  • ParentsWatch from the spectator area

Bring Kickboard, pull buoy, fins, paddles, two tennis balls, water, a spare hat and spare goggles.

£30 per session + £2.50 booking fee. Each Sunday is booked on its own. The 5:30pm clinic runs just before: book both and stay for two hours.

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What we cover

  • All four strokesA different focus every week.
  • DivesStarts off the blocks.
  • TurnsTumble and open turns.
  • UnderwaterDolphin kicks and breakouts.
  • Pace workLanes matched on speed.
  • Race skillsFinishes and pacing.

How the hour runs

  • Warm-upIn the water at 6:30pm.
  • Focus of the weekOne theme, drilled properly.
  • Dives and turnsBuilt into every session.
  • FeedbackWatched every length.

Built for club swimmers

  • For swimmers training with a club or squad
  • Extra water alongside club, not instead
  • A different focus every Sunday
  • Stay on after the 5:30pm clinic

Every Sunday

  • 5:30pm clinic: one stroke or skill
  • 6:30pm drop-in: everything, all strokes
  • Book one, or both for two hours
  • Each session booked on its own
FAQ · Junior Drop-ins

Common
questions

Sunday evenings, 6:30pm to 7:30pm at The Venue, Borehamwood, straight after the 5:30pm clinic. Each week has a different focus across all four strokes, dives and turns.

£30 a session plus a £2.50 booking fee. Every Sunday is booked and paid for on its own; there are no packs to use up.

It shouldn't. Drop-ins run on an evening most clubs don't train, and they add to club training rather than replace it. Your club coach is welcome to send a set for your swimmer to do with us.

They should train with a club and be able to swim 400m continuously. Sessions are for club swimmers aged 9–16. It's performance training, not learn-to-swim.

By pace, not age. We ask for a recent 100m freestyle time when you book and use it to match each lane on speed — 8 swimmers a lane.

A drop-in keeps your swimmer training every week. A camp is a three- to five-day holiday block. A stroke clinic is a single session that fixes one thing. Many swimmers do all three.

Yes. Parents watch from the spectator area for the whole session. Check-in and checkout are on poolside with the coach. Coaches are Swim England qualified and DBS-checked, a register is taken every session, and medical and emergency-contact details are collected at booking.

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