If you want to learn to swim, Devizes Swimmng Club can help you. We cater for all ages and abilities. Most of our members are under 12 but our most senior learner swimmer is over 70 !

Swimming is a wonderful sport, whether you wish to do it for fun or to become an Olympic athlete and swim in the 2012 Olympics . At Devizes we start by teaching the basics of each stroke and ensuring that the swimmer gains confidence in the water. This is always in the shallow end of the pool with swimming aids if necessary. Once the basics have been grasped the swimmer will move on to swimming widths and learning the techniques of each stroke (Back, Breast, Front Crawl and even Fly).

We hold fun galas from time to time, to introduce the idea of competition and swimming for time,but there is no pressure for anyone to take part - it must be FUN. We even hold our own version of the club championships when we assess when a swimmer my be ready to move up to a squad session.

All of our coaches are trained how to teach swimming to an approved national standard, and of course Leisure Centre lifeguards are on duty at all of our sessions. Safety is always at the forefront of our minds.

Most of our current squad started their swimming experience in our own Teaching section and have progressed through the club.

We swim on Tuesday evening starting at 6:00pm, and each swimmer will be allocated a session time according to their ability. The more confident swimmers will swim later in the session. A typical session for a learner will last about 30 minutes. We follow the ASA teaching guidelines for swimming, which tests a swimmers competence in various areas of swimming before allowing them to move on to the next level. Which stage a swimmer is at will determine the time of the swim.

So if you would like your son or daughter to take part in the swimming club please come along to a session and discuss their abilities with us, or contact us using the contact form on this site, and we will contact you.
 

Adult Learners

The club has run, in the past, a session on Sunday evenings for any adults who would like to learn to swim or improve their skills. This is a time when people have learnt their water based skills in a completely non-threatening environment, coached by the best the club has to offer. The only people in the water are like-minded people who want to become confident in a pool or the sea.

The numbers at the session dropped to a level where this has no longer been a viable session and until we have some adult swimmers in need of coaching we will be using this time for coaching some of the squad. 

If you want to know more just come to the Leisure Centre at 6pm on a Sunday evening or fill in the contact form on this web site and someone will contact you.