South West Swim Club - Squad & Group Coaching For Adults
South West Swim is the home of the Swim Club with a real difference. Our mission is to provide the very best group coached training sessions available, sessions that are flexible and fit with our athletes busy work, family and training lives and break down session focuses so you always know what a sessions prime focus will be on that day.From relative beginners through to seasoned athletes at world level, our sessions have your regular swim training covered. See below the highlights of our club and get in touch to join us and drive your swimming to the next level.
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If you’re looking for a truly flexible approach to your squad swimming, with fully coached productive sessions, amazing lane mates, flexible booking options and a host of other benefits then look no further than our South West Swim Club Squads.
What Are South West Swim Club Squads?
South West Swim Club Squads are group training session for adults, but done differently!
Swimming with others in a group setup is an amazing way to boost your swimming potential. Our sessions give you a great opportunity to swim a fully coached and planned session, with other like minded swimmers. Our lanes are all grouped by swim speed so you work to your best with others of a similiar pace and skill.
Squad sessions are far more productive than a public swim sessions, and we believe we offer the best experience, flexibility and coaching practices specific to open water, triathlon and fitness swimming than any other local swimming clubs / coaches.
Joining Criteria
Whilst we want to encourage everyone to swim, and to be part of South West Swim, we need to implement certain criteria in order for our sessions to function smoothly and all club swimmers get a good session.
To join us in a club squad you must;
– Be aged 18 or over.
– Be able to swim AT LEAST 200m of front crawl without stopping.
– Be able to maintain a swim pace of 2mins 30 seconds per 100m or faster.
If you don’t currently meet this criteria please contact us so we can help you get there with our 1-to-1 based sessions.
Where are the sessions based?
Our squad sessions are based at Swindon Link Centre, Swindon Health Hydro, Highworth Recreation Centre and Royal Wootton Bassett Lime Kiln Leisure Centre.
When are they?
Our spring 2026 program currently hosts SIX sessions every week, Three morning sessions and 2 evening sessions. Evening sessions and our Friday morning session are 60 minutes long, and we have two flagship 90 minute sessions which are held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. You can swim as little or as many sessions as you wish as we offer a flexible booking and payment system unique to us.
Each session has a different focus and we work on everything from pure technique sessions through to pacing development and endurance swims, we even throw in some sprint work to cover the whole training level spectrum.
– Monday 8:45-9:45pm, Fitness & Technique – Highworth Recreation Centre.
– Tuesday 6-7:30am, Threshold Development – The Link Centre.
– Wednesday 9-10pm, Fitness & Technique – The Link Centre.
– Thursday 6-7:30am, Endurance & Technique – The Link Centre.
– Friday 6-7am, The Power Hour – The Health Hydro (from Jan 23rd)
– Sunday 12:30-1:30pm, Mixed Focus – Lime Kiln Royal Wootton Bassett.
Flexible PAYG session memberships to fit in with your busy life
Unlike other coaches and clubs you only pay for the sessions you can attend on a PAYG basis. We offer flexible membership packs of 5 or 10 sessions, as well as single sessions. All sessions are booked online, with swimmers able to book any session with availability, so you are not stuck with the same day and time week in week out. This makes our sessions as flexible as possible to suit those with busy work and family lives. We can also offer our SQUAD VIP booking program, where we book you into your regular sessions in advance, so you always have a place in your regular session.
If you can’t make a session you simply cancel it and if this is done within 36 hours of the session start time your session credit will go back into your booking account for use again. Any session cancelled outside of this window, or a no show, will be classed as a late cancellation and the session will be taken from your booking account as if attended.
All session packs have a non extendable expiry date, so all sessions in your membership pack must be used within this defined period or they will be lost.
Regular Swimmer Feedback
When you swim with us we don’t just sit back and let you swim up and down without any input. At South West Swim our aim is to deliver written feedback to every swimmer every 4-6 weeks, alongside video snapshots of your stroke if needed. We will of course also provide feedback as needed on poolside too as and when needed. Our aim is to always keep you focussed on important parts of your stroke, and the best drills and visualisations to accomplish a better swim.
We can also back this up with 1-to-1 and video analysis sessions at your special club discount rate if desired.
Online Support
We currently offer our 5 and 10 session membership holders FREE online squad access to the Swimsmooth.guru website. This is a valuable resource for swimmers containing drill instruction videos and lots of other swim focussed material to boost your swimming in (and out) of squad sessions.
As a squad swimmer you will also get access to other discounts from ourselves and our partners through our Squad Perks program.
South West Swim squads are coached by fully qualified coaches
Every single club session will be coached by a fully qualified swim coach from poolside. All of our sessions are coached by Head Coach Jason Tait, or one of our other fully qualified Swim England coaches. All our coaches have experience in coaching both adults and junior swimmers in the pool, open water swimming and triathlon swimming.
Head coach Jason is a professional swim coach, devoting his working life to continuous improvement of his skills, in order to benefit his swimmers journeys. He is Swim Smooth certified, a Swim England Level 2 coach / teacher / open water coach, an STA open water coach / coaching tutor and a fully qualified aquaphobic specialist coach.
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Session times, session structure, kit required and session costs
What kit do I need?
To make the most out of your sessions with South West Swim you will need the following kit, all of which is available from our South West Swim Store;
– A pull buoy
– A Pair of paddles (we can advise on the best ones for you after seeing you swim)
– A pair of Fins
– A Finis Tempo Trainer (optional but highly recommended)
– A Centre Snorkel (optional)
– Goggles
– Swim Hat
– Swim Costume
– Water bottle
– And of course a kit bag to put it all in
For your first few sessions do not worry too much about kit. Make sure you like our sessions first (which I am sure you will) and then invest in the toys afterwards.
Monday Squad 8:45-9:45pm (60 minutes) - Highworth Recreation Centre
Mondays pair nicely with our Wednesday Evening squad and rotate between a Technique focussed session on one week, and a fitness based session the following week. This gives our evening swimmers a well rounded program of two sessions per week, with the key elements of Threshold and Technique.
In order to get the best out of the session a pool kit will be required. See our recommended kit list in the drop down above. All items available from South West Swim directly.
This session currently hosts swimmers from around the 1:30/100m – 2:30/100m speed range
Tuesday Squad 6:00-7:30am (90 minutes) - Link Centre
On Tuesdays we take advantage of our 90 minute pool time to bring you an amazing workout in the form of either our CSS or RED MIST session types. These are some of our briskest sessions of the week and is a great session to work your pacing, endurance and fitness. This session heavily utilises CSS training and tempo trainers, and you are swimming a tough session based on your own threshold paces (CSS).
This session does not give any technical input as it is a solid pacing based session. It is best taken alongside another of our Technique based sessions (Wednesday, Thursday or some Sundays).
In order to get the best out of the session a pool kit will be required. See our recommended kit list in the drop down above. All items available from South West Swim directly.
Wednesday Squad 9-10pm (60 minutes) - Link Centre
A focused technique session to make your stroke better and more efficient. This session will be highly technique driven but in turn will build fitness and speed. Training is delivered by Jason Tait, certified Swim Smooth Coach and will focus on low mileage but great form and technical learning.
The Pure Technique sessions will be designed to complement our other sessions
In order to get the best out of the session a pool kit will be required. See our recommended kit list in the drop down above. All items available from South West Swim directly.
This session currently hosts swimmers from around the 1:35/100m – 2:30/100m speed range
Thursday Squad 6:00-7:30am (90 minutes) - Link Centre
A dedicated “Technique Endurance” session. These sessions are a halfway-house between Pure Technique sessions (Which we deliver on a Wednesday and the fast paced “Red Mist” Endurance Sessions or CSS pacing sessions (which we deliver on a Tuesday). The addition will be a great way to add in an element of structured endurance work without being quite so intense as a full-blown Red Mist session.
In order to get the best out of the session a pool kit will be required. See our recommended kit list in the drop down above. All items available from South West Swim directly.
Friday Squad 6:00-7:00am (60 minutes) - Health Hydro
This session is billed as our ‘Power Hour’ Session. A hard paced session working at threshold pace and below, using shorter distances for the majority of the session and utilising lots of swim kit / training aids to add feel and increase workload.
In order to get the best out of the session a pool kit will be required. See our recommended kit list in the drop down above. All items available from South West Swim directly.
Sunday Squad 12:30pm-1:30pm (60 minutes) - Royal Wootton Bassett Lime Kiln Leisure Centre
As with all our sessions this squad is multi ability so various levels of athlete take part. The Sunday squad has a different swimming skills focus every week, getting attention to all aspects of your swimming from pacing and longer distance swims, Shorter sprint sessions, Technique sessions as well as open water skills and occasional cross training sets (a swimmers favourite).
We use CSS based training methods so tempo trainers are well used, session distances can vary from 2km to 4km. We encourage all abilities of swimmers so don’t let speed and distances worry you as we write different versions of the set for different ability groups.
In order to get the best out of the session a pool kit will be required. See our recommended kit list in the drop down above. All items available from South West Swim directly.
Advance Booking for regular swimmers
We offer our regular swimmers an advance booking service, known as our SQUAD VIP program. This guarantees a place in a particular session week in, week out.
SQUAD VIP booking holds a space in that session for you so you are guaranteed a spot, any session you can’t make you would cancel as normal and all cancellation policies are in force in the same way.
To apply for advance booking please click here
How Do I Join & What Does It Cost?
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At South West Swim, we do things a little differently.
Instead of charging an inflexible monthly membership fee, regardless of session attendance, we offer a more flexible session pack membership approach. This means you only pay for what you use – no wasted sessions, no unnecessary costs and a fair 36 hour cancellation policy (session charged as normal for late cancellations)
You can purchase membership packs of 5 or 10 sessions, each with a defined expiry period. Use them to book any available session from our booking system squad schedule and you are ready to swim!
It’s simple, flexible, and built around your swimming goals and family / work life balance.
We also offer our SQUAD VIP booking program for swimmers who always want to swim in the same sessions each week. This guarantees you your spot in that session on a long term basis, so you never miss out if the squad is full.
See below for our current pack options and pricing.
£FREE TRIAL
5 Session Credit Pack
(Swimming once per week, 8 week expiry with Swim Smooth Guru Online Access)
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Save money and buy your sessions in packs of 5. This session pack is ideal for swimmers swimming once a week, it has an 8 week non extendable expiry. All sessions MUST be used in this time frame or they will become void.
Simply click on the link, book your session (or sessions) and choose the relevant purchase pack at checkout.
Please note that you do not need to book all of your sessions in one go, but if you know which sessions you would like to attend then it is advisable to book ASAP. You have 36 hours before the start time of any session to cancel at no charge, the session credit will go back into your account. Cancellations after this time, or no shows, are charged as if the session was attended.
£59.99
10 Session Membership Pack
(Swimming twice a week or more, 10 week expiry, with Swim Smooth Guru Online Access)
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Save more money and buy your sessions in packs of 10. This session pack is ideal for swimmers swimming twice (or more) a week, it has an 10 week non extendable expiry date. All sessions MUST be used in this time frame or they will become void.
Simply click on the link, book your session (or sessions) and choose the relevant purchase pack at checkout.
Please note that you do not need to book all of your sessions in one go, but if you know which sessions you would like to attend then it is advisable to book ASAP. You have 36 hours before the start time of any session to cancel at no charge, the session credit will go back into your account. Cancellations after this time, or no shows, are charged as if the session was attended.
£109.99
Single Session Purchase
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This is a single session for one of our swim squads, if you swim regularly we highly recommend purchasing the appropriate session pack of 5 or 10 sessions (depending on how often you swim per week).
Simply click on the link, book your session and choose the relevant purchase pack at checkout, alternatively book from the booking widget further down this page.
Please note that you do not need to book your session at the time you purchase, but if you know which session you would like to attend then it is advisable to book ASAP. You have 36 hours before the start time of any session to cancel at no charge, the session credit will go back into your account. Cancellations after this time, or no shows, are charged as if the session was attended.
£14.99
5 Session Infrequesnt Swimmer Membership Pack
(Designed for those that swim with us infrequently, this pack has a longer 3 month expiry)
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This session pack is ideal for swimmers who wish to swim with our squads but are unable to do so on a very regular basis. This pack gives you 5 session to use over a period of 3 months from the date of purchase. All sessions MUST be used in this time frame or they will become void.
Simply click on the link, book your session (or sessions) and choose the relevant purchase pack at checkout.
Please note that you do not need to book all of your sessions in one go, but if you know which sessions you would like to attend then it is advisable to book ASAP. You have 36 hours before the start time of any session to cancel at no charge, the session credit will go back into your account. Cancellations after this time, or no shows, are charged as if the session was attended.
£66.99