Adult, Private, + Adaptive Lessons

Take the Plunge

Are you an adult looking to swim or improve your stroke? Perhaps you or someone you know — of any age — with a physical or developmental need is looking for swim lessons. Well, the Y can help! We provide adaptive swim lessons for youth and adults, private adult swim instruction, and stroke refinement.

Fall 1 Session: (8 weeks) runs Sept. 8 – Nov 1
Member registration opens at noon on Aug 16, Non-Member registration opens at noon on Aug 23

Fall 2 Session: (7 weeks) runs Nov 2 – Dec 20
Member registration opens at noon on Oct 4, Non-Member registration opens at noon on Oct 11

Dynamo Master’s Swim Team

Dynamo Masters is an adult swim team built around community, technique, and training science. Wednesday practices will combine high-intensity interval training with exploration of different ways to swim—such as comparing gallop freestyle and straight arm freestyle, exploring high-tempo versus power- or pull-based breaststroke, or experimenting with ways to change your technique when your arms are tiring at the end of a hard swim.

Over the course of the season, we’ll also teach the science behind our training, with two goals: (1) giving swimmers the knowledge and confidence to design repeatable training sets around their own goals, and (2) building a community where swimmers can find training partners and work toward those goals together.

Masters is open to swimmers ages 18+ who are comfortable completing structured swim sets at high effort levels.

Day + Time: Wednesdays, 7:30–8:45pm
Season Dates: October 7 – March 31
Coach: Tom Nececkas
Cost: $65 per month

Adult Group Lessons

Beginner Adult Swim: Designed for adult swimmers with little to no experience in the water. We will work to help conquer the fear of swimming, and introduce basic concepts of stroke technique and water safety. The majority of this class takes place in the shallow end of the pool. Tuesdays, 6:15-7:00pm.

Intermediate Adult Swim: For adult swimmers who feel comfortable in the water and are looking to improve technique and learn new strokes. This class covers more advanced, deep-end skills such as diving, treading water, and fitness swimming, along with continued stroke technique and safety skills. Tuesdays, 5:30-6:15pm.

Adult Private Lessons

You will work one-on-one with a swim instructor to meet your specific goals. Our team will cater the 30, 45, or 60 minute lesson, working with you on your technique, breathing and other parts of your stroke to refine and make you a stronger swimmer. Our adult private lessons are for those who are scared of the water to swimmers training for triathlons. Underwater & above water video footage is also used if you are willing to watch yourself swim! Contact Jess Lukas, Aquatics Director, at [email protected] with questions or to schedule a lesson.

Cost: Member $80/ Non-member $162 (60 minute lesson)

Youth Private Lessons

Youth private lessons are designed to give children individualized attention to improve or master their swimming skills. Together, the instructor, guardian, and child determine the goals for the session. Private swim lessons are 30 minutes in length and no make-up lessons are offered. Contact Jess Lukas, Aquatics Director, at [email protected] or 802-652-8143 for more information. For ages 3 and up.

Women’s Swim

Led by experienced Y swim instructors, women meet each week to learn how to be safe in the water and strengthen their swimming skills.

This women’s swim class is sponsored by generous donors. If you or your organization would like to underwrite a session, please contact Emily at [email protected].

Beginner: Participants become comfortable in the water, practice breath control, learn flutter kicking, and are introduced to front crawl arm movements. Swimmers will also work on back floating and the basics of other strokes. This session is designed for first-time swimmers and those who are still developing confidence and comfort in the water. 7:00-7:45pm

Intermediate: Swimmers build endurance, improve stroke technique, and develop rhythmic breathing. They will refine their front crawl and backstroke skills, be introduced to breaststroke and elementary backstroke, and practice treading water. This session is designed for swimmers who are comfortable in the water and can float and move independently but are ready to strengthen their technique and efficiency. 6:00-6:45pm

Lap Swim: This session is designed for swimmers who are comfortable swimming independently without instruction. Participants will swim in our lap pool, which ranges from 4 to 9 feet deep, under the supervision of certified lifeguards. 6:15-7:15pm

Cost: Free
Dates: Saturdays, Sept 12 to Oct 17

Adaptive Lessons

Individual, 30-minute lessons for people with physical or developmental needs. Students work one-on-one with an instructor. An application must be completed two weeks prior to lesson start date. Contact Jess Lukas, Aquatics Director, at [email protected] or 802-652-8143 for more information.

Cost: $39 per lesson

Freestyle Clinics

These sessions are ideal for recreational swimmers, triathletes and open water swimmers who consider themselves intermediate swimmers and are looking to improve their freestyle technique. You must be able to swim continuously for a 30 minute period.

Abe has been with our aquatic team since we opened in 2020. He swam and ran track & cross country for Colby College, as well as being a lifelong triathlete. Abe is a former Olympic Trials competitor, US Elite National Team Member and competitor on the Triathlon World Cup Series, and Junior National Champion. He has coached Harvard & Boston University Masters swimming, as well as MIT Varsity, Harvard Technique Swim Academy and various USA swim clubs and high school varsity teams, along with being a Triathlon Instructor at MIT.

Coach: Abe Rogers
Day + Time: TBD
Cost: TBD

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