Kids swimming
Step by step. Stroke by stroke.
Teaching children to swim is our responsibility to the community. We do it with passion and joy, from the first contact with water to the gold badge.
Three courses
Where is your child?
Tap a spot in the pool. The deeper the water, the further the course.
Beginners
Swimming properly has to be learned.
Non-swimmers aged 4 and up learn to stay afloat on their own. From the first touch of water through diving to the badge test, the children are guided by the hand. Your child loses the fear of deep water and discovers the fun of swimming. First dry exercises at the poolside, then noodles and boards, then the first strokes without aids, first with the coach, then alone. Games and fun always have their place, true to the motto «step by step, stroke by stroke».
Improvers
Like a fish in water.
Once the first badge is sewn on, it is far from over. Passing your driving test does not make you a safe driver either. In the bronze course your child learns to swim safely in several strokes. Confidence brings speed, fun and interest. New swimming and diving exercises are added, and playful competitions spark motivation for the sport.
Stroke swimmers
Butterfly, back, breast and crawl.
The «premier league» of kids swimming are the silver and gold courses. All strokes are learned and refined, not just breast and crawl but butterfly and backstroke too. The first elements of water polo are added, which makes training more varied and even more fun.
Course lead
Regina Weiterer
Head of swimming on the board since 2005, responsible for planning and running the courses. Swimming coach specialising in children, as well as an experienced water polo player and official.
Courage
Liesel needed a nudge, too.
She just couldn’t pass her swimming badge. She paddled with her arms or her legs, never both. Then her friend Marianne got the badge. A week later Liesel had it too.
In 1954 Liesel Bartels became state champion over 100 m freestyle, and in 1952 she travelled to the Helsinki Olympics as a representative. Her four sons played in the top flight, one became European champion. In 2023 she received the club’s first jewel certificate, for 90 years of membership. At 90 she was still swimming her lengths.
The gold course already includes the first elements of water polo. And the former top-flight players of Hellas are back on the starting blocks: at the 2026 state masters championships, as a test for the 2027 Masters Worlds in Budapest.
