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.

A complete stage-by-stage swimming programme, written by a swim teacher for swim teachers. Ten numbered stages, from first splashes to advanced aquatic skills. Every stage has at least one full lesson for each of the four strokes: front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. Stages 1 and 2 introduce all four strokes gently with noodles, floats and standing-depth water. WHAT’S INSIDE (133 pages, 94 lesson plans) Beginners, Stages 1-3: 27 x 30-minute lessons Water confidence, bubbles, floats and regaining standing, push and glides, then front and back paddle, breaststroke and dolphin kick, through to 10m front and back, rotation, sculling, treading water and picking up objects. Intermediate, Stages 4-6: 24 x 30-minute lessons Front crawl with side and bilateral breathing, backstroke, breaststroke timing, dolphin kick and butterfly, treading water, HELP and huddle, reach and throw, deep-water entries, sitting to racing dives (deep water only), push starts, open, backstroke and tumble turns, IM and 200m front crawl. Advanced, Stages 7-10: 43 x 45-minute lessons Competitive swimming: all four strokes, starts, underwater kick, turns, IM transitions, race skills and pacing Lifesaving: self-rescue, reach and throw, rope throws, towing a buoyant aid, team rescue scenarios (all non-contact) Water polo: eggbeater, passing, dribbling, shooting, positions, small-sided games and a mini match Artistic swimming: sculls, layouts, figures, a pairs sequence and a group routine Diving: crouch, standing and plunge dives, racing starts, forward dives, feet-first, tuck and pike entries Five freestyle sprint sessions are inspired by the publicly described training approach of Olympic champion Cameron McEvoy: skill and drill warm-up, short high-quality sprints with full recovery, then diving and underwater work. They are adapted for young swimmers, with no hypoxic or breath-hold work. They are not his actual plans, and the pack is not endorsed by or affiliated with him. EVERY PLAN: aims and equipment, five timed parts with teaching points, timings that add up to exactly 30 or 45 minutes, and a safety note. ALSO: how-to guide, progression maps, blank template, 12-week register, certificates. WHO IT’S FOR Swim teachers, swimming instructors, school swimming leads and club coaches. Stages are skill-based, not age-based: Stages 1-3 suit children from about age 4 as well as adult beginners, and Stages 7-10 suit confident juniors, teens and adults. 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, RLSS UK, World Aquatics or any other governing body. Plans are guidance for qualified teachers. Follow your pool’s NOP and EAP, check depths for dives (1.8m+) and racing starts (1.35m+), and work within your qualifications.

Try two plans from the Bespoke Designs Swimming Lesson Plans Stages 1-10 pack. INCLUDED (3 pages, A4 and US Letter) Stage 2, Lesson 6, Introducing breaststroke: kick & glide (30 min, beginners) Stage 9, Lesson 1, Sprint freestyle I: quality over quantity (45 min, advanced; inspired by Cameron McEvoy’s publicly described approach) An overview of the full 94-plan pack Each plan uses the same five-part layout: Introduction & Entry, Warm up, Main Theme, Contrast Activity, and Exit & Feedback. Every part has its time, organisation and teaching points, and every plan has a safety note. The full pack, “Swimming Lesson Plans Stages 1-10”, is in the Bespoke Designs shop on Tes. Independent resource; not affiliated with or endorsed by Swim England or any governing body.

Try a plan from the Bespoke Designs swimming lesson plan pack before you buy. INCLUDED (3 pages, A4 and US Letter) Beginner Lesson 3, Front float & regaining standing: a timed 30-minute plan with objectives, equipment, teaching points, easier/harder options, safety notes and an assessment check Blank lesson plan template (fillable on screen, or print) An overview of the full 56-plan pack: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Club squad The full pack, “Swimming Lesson Plans: 56 Ready-to-Teach Plans, Beginner to Club Squad”, is in the Bespoke Designs shop on Tes. Independent resource; not affiliated with or endorsed by Swim England or any governing body.