Jump On In!
(or, how to join TNYA)
Water Polo
If you're interested in working out with our water polo squad, you'll need to pay the annual TNYA membership fee of $30; you'll also need to be a member of USA Water Polo. For more details on our water polo team, see the water polo page. To subscribe now, create a member account.
Competitive / Fitness Swimming: How Much Experience?
(If you've been an age-group swimmer or a masters swimmer prior to this point, you can skip this bit and read about signing up.)
TNYA welcomes swimmers of just about all ability levels. Our workouts are run so that experienced swimmers and those who are new to masters swimming can swim together. However, there are usually 2 coaches on deck to look after 15-30 swimmers. So we ask for at least some degree of swimming self-sufficiency—otherwise, we've found that the experience tends to be frustrating for swimmers and coaches alike.
At the very least, we ask that our new members:
- Feel comfortable swimming 25 yards of freestyle—that's the standard crawl stroke—without stopping. 25 yards takes you from one end of the pool to the other.
- Feel comfortable putting their faces in the water
- Feel comfortable swimming over deep water.
- Are willing to stay in the water for the full 90 minutes—even if they need to pull over and take some deep breaths from time to time.
- Finally, an awareness of the existence of the other three competitive strokes—backstroke, breast stroke, and butterfly—is helpful.
Sound good? Then jump down to Signing Up.
On the other hand, if you feel like you'll need basic swim instruction before you're ready to do all these things, that's more than we will be able to offer you with any degree of reliability. Our coaches do their best to help everybody out, but there are a lot of folks in the pool. For lessons for beginning swimmers, we suggest contacting local organizations like the YMCA or the JCC. We also have a couple of former TNYA swimmers/coaches who offer private swim lessons, and we will be happy to recommend them to you. Contact us if you'd like to be put in touch with one of them.
Competitive / Fitness Swimming: Signing Up
Joining the team is pretty easy, actually: just show up. Your first week's workouts are even free!
Show up a little early for your first practice: the gatekeeper on duty will have you fill out a form for insurance purposes before you get in the water. (Note that you'll also need to present some form of photo identification to get past building security.) When you're ready to join the team, just create a member account online.
How Much Does It Cost?
All TNYA members pay an annual fee of $30 ($20 if you join after June 30). Beyond that, you will pay on a per-workout basis. For a full breakdown of our fee structure, see our workout fees page.
When? Where?
For practice times and locations, including directions to the pools, see our workout schedule page.