UPDATED FEBRUARY 27, 2025
TNYA is proud to provide an Adult Learn-to-Swim program (ALTS) aiming to teach New Yorkers basic water skills. Our course will team you to jump confidently into deep water, tread water for at least a minute, float (back and front) for at least a minute, rhythmically breathe with a freestyle (front crawl) stroke (at least 25 yards), swim backstroke (at least 25 yards), and safely and confidently exit the pool from the deep end.
We are dedicated to meeting participants where they are in their swimming journey. Our coaches are US Masters Swimming certified Adult Learn to Swim instructors following the U.S.A. Swimming adult learn to swim curriculum. Classes are capped at six students per class with between two and four instructors, yielding at most a 1 : 3 student : instructor ratio.
Our program is offered as a six-week course consisting of one 45-minute class per week. Two classes are held back to back, one at 6.30pm-7.15pm and one at 7.15pm-8pm; participants choose one timeslot and attend six weekly classes in that timeslot. We charge $15 per class ($90 for the whole course).
Registration is via our Mindbody system. Just click “sign up” on the course you’d like to take below, then “Confirm” and then “Create Profile.” You do not need to be a TNYA member to take part in ALTS.
Participants must pre-pay the entire course, and we regret that we cannot offer partial courses or refunds if you drop out of the course for any reason other than documented medical reasons (you can find our full refund policy in our Terms and Conditions).
If a course is full, we strongly recommend joining the waitlist, which you can do direct on the Mindbody site. We are in the process of recruiting additional coaches and will expand courses as staffing permits. When we do, those who are on the waitlist will have first priority.
TNYA also supports the ALTS program operated by +POOL, a New York City nonprofit driving free and safe access to the waters around New York City for swimming.
The ALTS program is appropriate for those without basic lifesaving swimming skills to get themselves to safety if they were to fall into deep water. If you already have these basic lifesaving skills, then the appropriate clinic program for you is our intermediate swim clinic program called Technique Development. If you do not yet have these lifesaving skills, then ALTS is the appropriate program for you!