Room to be noticed.
Smaller groups help coaches see the detail: body position, stroke timing, turns and underwaters.
Why Mako’s?
Be seen.Be challenged.Belong.
Serious coaching. People who know you. A team that makes you want to come back.
From your first club session to your next competitive goal, build skills and confidence with coaches and teammates beside you.
The everyday difference
Coaching you can
do something with.
More than swimming lengths. Understand the skill, practise it with purpose and use the feedback in your next swim.
A clear next step.
Specific cues give athletes something practical to work on. Progress comes from applying them, session after session.
Standards with support.
Bring effort, curiosity and a willingness to learn. Your coaches provide challenge, encouragement and honest feedback.
The complete Mako advantage
Eight reasons.
So much more included.
Look beyond the monthly pool time. Development and Performance membership brings these opportunities together, with suitable access and participation confirmed by the team.
01Included for every athlete
AP Race Plus
Swimming technique, strength and conditioning, psychology, nutrition and parent support. A whole library to keep learning between sessions.
02Olympians at your club
Swim Swift Elite camps
Olympians Amy Smith and Joe Roebuck run Swim Swift Elite. Their specialist coaching, demonstrations and technical feedback are normally part of one or two camps each year, included for suitable members.
03A weekly opportunity
Coached land training
Develop movement, coordination, strength and mobility with coached land training at no additional cost. The photograph shows mobility work during a previous camp.
04A club home of our own
Mako Clubhouse & gym
Swim-specific equipment, strength and conditioning, and space to learn together. Coaches arrange suitable, age-appropriate use. Pictured during refurbishment.
05Included with swimming membership
Water polo
Another way to use your swimming: ball skills, quick decisions and the challenge of a team game. Development and Performance members can access water polo at no additional cost, with suitability confirmed by the team.
Explore water polo
06See what comes next
Lancashire Pathway Planner
Make sense of your times, explore qualification pathways and discuss realistic next goals with your coach. Our club-developed tool gives athletes and families a clearer view of the route ahead.
Open the Pathway Planner
07Know your sport
Swimming rules
Learn what makes a legal swim and feel better prepared for race day. Explore the rules, first-meet guidance and learning challenges, then bring your questions to a coach.
Explore swimming rules
08Reinvested in your club
Club-funded development
Membership income and fundraising go back into coaching, facilities, equipment and athlete opportunities. A volunteer-run charity that keeps building for the people who train here.
Our charity and impactOptional international camps are separately costed. See membership fees and other costs.
The people make it matter
Shared ambition.
Shared memories.
Race days, club events and friendships built through training. There is plenty to be serious about—and plenty to smile about.
Experiences that stay with you.
Optional international camps combine focused training with independence and time together. They are separately costed, with suitability and arrangements confirmed before places are offered.
Explore life with the MakosYour next chapter
More to look forward to.
See the training, the included benefits and the membership fees. Then take the first step towards becoming a Mako.