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SWIM CAMPS IN BARNES.
Holiday swim camps for club swimmers in South West London.
Holiday mornings, 11:00–13:00
Camps every school holiday
- Ages 9–16
- Club swimmers
- 2 hours a morning
- Max 8 per lane
Holiday training
for club swimmers
Herts Swim Coach runs its holiday swim camps in 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.
Camps run in the school holidays and book online: pick single mornings or the whole camp. The dates on sale now are listed below.
Camps on sale
at Barnes
Pick the mornings you want or book the whole camp. Places are limited by the lanes we hire, so each camp shows what is left.
No camps are on sale at Barnes right now. Join the waiting list to hear about the next one first.
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, and families come from across South West and west London. The full address, entrance and parking details go out by email after you book.
- 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
What to
expect
- Arrive changed and ready a few minutes before the start; check-in and checkout are on poolside
- Bring goggles and a hat (spares help), a water bottle and any kit listed with the booking
- Lanes are hired for the camp, not shared with public swimming
Joining instructions come by email after you book.
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.
In the school holidays. The camps on sale are listed on this page with the places left on each morning, and the waiting list hears about new dates first.
Each camp's times are shown with its dates on this page, because they can differ between holidays. Every camp morning is two hours in the water.
Prices are shown with each camp's dates, per morning or for the whole camp, and you pay online when you book.
Yes. Pick the mornings that suit you, or book the whole camp.
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.
A 25m school pool in Barnes, London SW13, close to Hammersmith Bridge. There is parking on site, and the full address and joining instructions come by email after you book.
Each camp needs a minimum number of swimmers to run. If we don't reach it, we tell you at least 72 hours before the first morning and refund you in full, booking fee included. The same applies if we ever have to cancel for any other reason, such as a pool closure.
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.
Other venues: the Borehamwood camps and Berkhamsted camps. See also the starts, dives and turns clinics and why swimmers stop dropping time.