Swimming Lesson Plans: 56 Plans, Beginner to Club Squad (PE)
Stop writing swimming lesson plans the night before.
This pack gives swim teachers, school swimming leads and club coaches a full term of ready-to-teach plans for every level, from nervous beginners in the shallow end to club squads working off the pace clock. Every plan fits on one printable page, so you can slip it into a waterproof sleeve and take it on poolside.
WHAT’S INSIDE (75 pages, 56 plans)
Beginner: 12 x 30-minute lessons
Water confidence, breath control, front and back floats with regaining standing, push and glide, kicking, front paddle, rolling to a back float, submerging, safe entries and swimming 5m unaided.
Intermediate: 12 x 30-minute lessons
Streamline, front crawl legs, arms and side breathing, backstroke, breaststroke legs and timing, sculling and treading water, surface dives, water safety and survival skills.
Advanced: 12 x 45-minute lessons
Front crawl catch and bilateral breathing, backstroke rotation, breaststroke pull-outs, butterfly, tumble, backstroke and open turns, dive progression, individual medley, endurance and pacing. Distances for every activity.
Club squad: 10 x 60-minute and 10 x 90-minute sessions
Stroke blocks for all four strokes, IM, threshold, high-intensity, distance, starts, turns and underwaters, race pace and test sets, with distances, send-offs, effort levels (RPE) and lane options. 60-minute sessions are about 2.0-2.4km; 90-minute sessions about 4.2-4.7km.
EVERY PLAN INCLUDES
Learning objectives and equipment list
Timed breakdown: warm-up, main skill, drills or sets, game or contrast, cool-down
Teaching or coaching points
Differentiation: an easier and a harder option
Safety notes
Assessment check with tick boxes
ALSO INCLUDED
How-to-use guide and safety & good practice page
Term overview and progression map for each level, with “ready to move up” criteria
Blank lesson plan and club session templates (fillable on screen, or print)
12-week register, pupil progress trackers and a squad tracker for test times
Games bank (28 games) and a certificate of achievement
Clickable contents for tablets
A4 and US Letter PDFs
WHO IT’S FOR
Swim teachers, swimming instructors, school swimming leads (KS1/KS2 swimming and water safety), club coaches and assistant coaches. Skill-based levels work for children from about age 4 through teens, and the beginner and intermediate plans adapt well to adult learners. Distances assume a 25m pool, with scaling notes for other pools.
PLEASE NOTE
Licence: for use by one teacher or coach. Please don’t share or resell the files. Each additional teacher needs their own copy.
Independent resource by Bespoke Designs. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or produced by Swim England or any other governing body.
Plans are guidance for qualified teachers. Always follow your pool’s NOP and EAP, your organisation’s ratios and safeguarding policies, and current depth guidance for jumps and dives.



