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SWIM CAMPS IN BARNES.
Holiday swim camps for club swimmers in South West London.
Holiday mornings, 11:00–13:00 · Register interest for the first dates
- Ages 9–16
- Club swimmers
- 2 hours a morning
- Max 8 per lane
Holiday training
for club swimmers
Herts Swim Coach is bringing its holiday swim camps to Barnes, SW13: short, focused blocks of coached pool time for competitive club swimmers aged 9 to 16 from across South West London. Each morning is two hours in the water with lanes grouped by ability and no more than 8 swimmers to a lane.
The camps fill the gap that club training leaves. Squad sessions are built around lengths and fitness, and with a full lane there is rarely time to stop and work on the detail. Camp mornings are built around exactly that detail: dives and starts, tumble and open turns, drills on all four strokes and race skills at speed.
Dates are being set now for the school holidays. Families on the register-interest list hear about them first, before they go anywhere else.
The detail club
training skips
Dives and starts
Getting off the blocks well: a clean entry, a strong streamline and a fast first few strokes. The start is where races are won and lost before anyone has taken a breath.
Turns
Tumble turns and open turns, the push off the wall and the breakout into the stroke. Every length has a turn, so small gains add up across every race.
All four strokes
Technique drills on freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, with a coach watching each swimmer rather than just setting the clock.
Race skills at speed
Short sprints and relays that bring the starts and turns into a race, so the changes hold up when it matters.
A 25m pool
in Barnes
A 25m school pool in Barnes, SW13, with a 2.2m deep end, starting blocks and backstroke flags: the set-up that starts and turns work needs.
The pool is in Barnes, close to Hammersmith Bridge. We expect families from across South West and west London. The full address goes out with joining instructions once dates are confirmed.
- Pool
- 25 metres
- Deep end
- 2.2 metres
- Starting blocks
- Yes
- Backstroke flags
- Yes
- Parking
- On site
- Area
- Barnes, SW13
Club swimmers
aged 9 to 16
- For age-groupers, county and regional hopefuls who already train with a club
- For swimmers who want coaching on the detail, not just more lengths
- Not learn-to-swim, and not holiday childcare: camps are performance training
- Safeguarding: qualified, DBS-checked coaches on deck throughout, and swimmers check in with the coach on poolside each day
Dates go to
the list first
- Christmas
- February half term
- Easter
- May half term
- Summer
We book pool time for each holiday once we know how many swimmers are interested, so registering now helps each camp go ahead. Prices are published with the dates.
Questions parents
ask first
Competitive club swimmers aged 9 to 16 from across South West London: age-groupers, county and regional hopefuls who already train with a club. Camps are performance training, not learn-to-swim and not holiday childcare.
Dates are announced to the register-interest list first. We book pool time for each holiday once we know how many swimmers are interested, so registering now helps the Barnes camps go ahead.
We are planning camps for Christmas, February half term, Easter, May half term and Summer. Each holiday is confirmed separately once there is enough interest, and the dates go to the register-interest list first.
Holiday mornings, 11:00–13:00. Each camp morning is two hours in the water.
Prices are published with the dates. There is nothing to pay to register interest.
Lanes are grouped by ability, with a maximum of 8 swimmers per lane, so every swimmer trains with others at their speed and gets coached, not just timed.
It is a 25m school pool in Barnes, SW13. The full address goes out with joining instructions once dates are confirmed.
Yes. Camp coaches are Swim England, ASA or STA qualified at Level 2 or above and fully DBS-checked, and swimmers check in with the coach on poolside each day.
Yes. It is the same camp programme run at a new venue: two hours a morning, lanes grouped by ability, and a focus on starts, turns, stroke technique and race skills.
Hear the dates
first
Tell us a little about your swimmer and which holidays suit you. It takes a minute, there is nothing to pay, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
- First to hear the dates for each holiday
- We only ask for an age band, club and postcode district: no swimmer names or dates of birth
Looking for Hertfordshire? See the Borehamwood camps, starts, dives and turns clinics and why swimmers stop dropping time.
You're on the Barnes list — you'll hear about dates first.