Our vision

Our vision at B. Young Swimming is to bring the love of water to children and young kids by having fun and engaging lessons that includes activities and exercises. Kids must be ages 3 to 12 years to be enrolled.

We aim to deliver quality over quantity.

It will be small class numbers with

only 1/2 teachers in the pool at one time

Lessons

Currently, lessons are held at Abercorn School, Cowcaddens area

Lesson plan

Lesson will last 30 minutes. We ask parents/guardians to drop their child off at poolside a few minutes before their class starts. Towards the end of the class prepare to receive your child in the changing rooms and showers.

Services

Small group classes from beginners to advanced, 1-2 teachers in the pool during session.

Open and engaged qualified instructors.

Pool lifeguard on duty.

Changing rooms and showers facilities available for parents/guardians.

Pool

Our pool at Abercorn is catered to all different ages and abilities.

It begins at a shallow 0.7 m depth into the centre of the pool where it reaches 1.2m by 1.6m deep.

Equipment's and toys will be available for pool use

About Us

We are a family run swim school with over 30+ years of experience in teaching kids and adults at all levels of swimming. At the helm is Gillian Young whom has swam competitively and taught swimming for 25 years in the UK & abroad

Classes

Levels and availability at Abercorn School

Young Paddlers

Enter and exit water safely

  • Comfortably walking in the pool, shallow end

  • Use of floatation devices, front and back

  • Introduction of fun games, with aim of putting face in water

Young Fins

Kicking front/back with floats

  • Aiming to put face in water, 3-5 seconds

  • Fun retrieval games using sinker toys at shallow end of pool

Young Fish

Floating with no aids

  • Push and glide

with kick on front/back

  • Introduction to arm pull and breathing techniques

Young Dolphins

  • Continued front/back crawl stroke and breathing techniques to achieve distance

  • Introduction to breaststroke and butterfly

  • Fun games introducing diving/starts/turns