Swimming Crash courses or intensive swimming courses are short courses (normally 5 days) offered during school holidays.
Swimming crash courses are quick, back-to-back weekday swimming lessons, perfect for school holidays like summer, Easter and half-terms. Blue Wave Swim Schools in Wimbledon offers weekday morning crash courses.
An intensive swimming course in school holidays not only keeps your child active, the back-to-back nature of crash courses makes progression quicker.Busy families find intensive courses convenient as fitting in once-a-week (weekly) swim lessons during the school term times could be a struggle.
In our crash courses, similar to our weekly term-time lessons, we follow the Swim England structure for teaching swimming. we offer 1:1 or semi-private lessons. Unlike our weekly lessons, the semi-private option booking in crash courses is open to siblings and friends who wish to share lessons, if they are similar age and similar swimming ability.
In our intensive swimming courses offer a concentrated approach. We use the same teaching methods we use in our regular weekly lessons but, they are differences because:
Crash Courses have an accelerated learning curve. With no week-long gaps between each session, children retain and build upon their skills more effectively, leading to faster improvement compared to traditional weekly lessons.
Depending on each child’s swimming ability, the course will focus on specific goals. For beginners, we prioritise building confidence in the water, and teaching essential safety skills. For children who are water confident, the focus is on teaching and refining strokes. For example, if they don’t know breaststroke, we teach them breaststroke. Or maybe a child can swim front crawl but, not in a polished way. We can focus on improving technique.
This will be coupled with developing other important aquatic skills like diving or treading water.
The overall aim is to improve their swimming proficiency, stamina, and efficiency.
Daily back-to-back lessons for 30 or 60 minutes on consecutive 5 days could make a lot of difference quickly.
Crash courses could be a substitute of once-a-week lesson, specially for busy families. You can fit almost a half-term worth of lessons by doing a week crash course or almost a whole term of lessons into two weeks.
Doing crash courses could also save time on traveling to lessons.
From Monday 27th Oct 2025, we will have one 5-day crash course in Wimbledon. They will run from Monday to Friday
Monday 27 Oct 2025
Tuesday 28th Oct 2025
Wednesday 29th Oct 2025
Thursday 30th Oct 2025
Friday 31 Oct 2025
Visit the FAQs page or our Fees and Dates page to read more about lesson format, course fees, dates, lesson duration, and more
If you wish to Enquire more about our 2025 Summer crash courses, please complete the below form.
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A good swim school with professional staff
April 19, 2021, www.yell.com
Easter 2021 Crash Course
Various lockdowns have held back my daughter’s swimming development so we opted for a crash 4 day course over Easter and she has come away from it much more confident and with a recognisable stroke as opposed to doggy paddle!
April 19, 2021, www.yell.com
Although I have only attended two lessons, Marjan’s bubbly personality makes you feel instantly at ease. During the lessons, the pool was not very busy which is a good thing (as opposed to public pools) for those who are anxious.
I would strongly recommend to adults who have experienced trauma with water at a certain time in their lives.
November 24, 2020, www.yell.com
My son has been going to swimming lessons at Blue Wave in Wimbledon for a few years now and thoroughly enjoys it. The teaching is great and the lessons well run. Helps to prepare him for when we finally get to go on holiday again!
September 26, 2020, www.yell.com
Highly Recommended
My son went to improve his swimming technique and found his instructor very helpful, very kind and patient. The school itself is very welcoming and feels safe for all the children who go there. I would highly recommend it.
August 23, 2019, www.yell.com
Excellent results
My son is 4 years-old and we were looking for weekend swimming classes in a nice environment that could bring good results. After some research we chose Blue Wave Swim. Our son has been having private lessons since the end of 2018 and he is progressing very well. We believe the professionalism of the team, the clean and tidy infrastructure, and the good care of the management are contributing for his development and confidence in the water. Thank you very much Blue Wave Swim!
August 23, 2019, www.yell.com
Awesome!
I am grateful to Marjan and her team at Blue Wave Swim for their hard work and for promoting happiness and enjoyment in swimming. It is amazing to watch the lessons, see the attention, the encouragement and the support the children receive. I have been impressed with my daughters’ progress and the fact that they love attending their classes and learning a vital life skill. Thank you very much. Great job!
August 23, 2019, www.yell.com
Superb Swimming School in Wimbledon
My daughter, who is now 7 years old, started with blue wave two years back and we have been very happy with her progress at the school. Initially we started with group lessons but once she got comfortable in water we moved her to semi private lessons, which made a lot of difference in her ability to learn swimming. As part of the smaller group she is better bonded with other children in the group and gets more attention from the swimming instructor, which is helping her advance her swimming skills. During her 2 years with blue wave, swimming instructors for my daughter have changed and while continuity in learning was maintained, I think this could have been managed better. Needless to say, she still goes and enjoys her time here and looks forward to her class every week. Overall we are very pleased with Blue Wave and would recommend them without any hesitation.
August 23, 2019, www.yell.com
Highly recommend
Highly recommend this swimming school. My daughter has been attending since she was 1 years old and she loves it. The teachers are very good with children and my daughter, who is now 4 years old is very confident in the water.
August 23, 2019, www.yell.com
