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
Pick your Sunday
- DateSessionPlaces
- Sun 15 Nov6:30–7:30pmWeekly Drop-in£30 · ages 9–16Max 8Max 8Book →
- Sun 29 Nov6:30–7:30pmWeekly Drop-in£30 · ages 9–16Max 8Max 8Book →
- Sun 6 Dec6:30–7:30pmWeekly Drop-in£30 · ages 9–16Max 8Max 8Book →
- Sun 13 Dec6:30–7:30pmWeekly Drop-in£30 · ages 9–16Max 8Max 8Book →
- Sun 20 Dec6:30–7:30pmWeekly Drop-in£30 · ages 9–16Max 8Max 8Book →
- 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
How close is your swimmer
to the qualifying times?
The free checker compares their best times with county, regional and national qualifying times, event by event, with 25m and 50m swims counted the way each championship counts them. Look a swimmer up by name or membership number and it fills itself in.
Want the next step mapped out? The Gap Plan turns the gaps into a plan for you and your swimmer: the races to target, target splits, open meets near you that still count, and race-day help.
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.