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Get Ready for Some Competition!
 It's time again for a season of sizzling competition! The pools at Bayside, Great Neck & Princess Anne are host to a variety of swimming competitions including high school swimming, high school diving and our winter swim league.
The swimming competition consists of a mixture of individual swimming events and relays swum in one or more of the four competitive strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. Each stroke is swum in races whose distances vary from a short 25-meter sprint to a quarter of a mile (400 meters). The pools consist of eight lanes, each 25 meters in length, with up to eight swimmers battling for each race.
The diving competition consists of individual divers performing up to six dives each off a 1-Meter Springboard. Dives are categorized into five groups: forward, reverse, back, inward and twisting; and each dive may be performed in one of four positions: straight, pike, tuck and free. Each dive is rated for its degree of difficulty, ranging from 1.4 for a straight forward dive to 3.6 for a forward twisting pike performed with 2 ½ somersaults and 2 twists. |
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Entertaining for the Holidays?
Do you have family coming in town for the holidays? Wondering what to do for entertainment? Bring them with you to the recreation center! Day passes are available for $5/day for youth and $7/day for adults. Fun packs of 10 are available for a discounted rate. A day pass provides access to all areas of the recreation center, including the pool!
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Please Note Our Upcoming Facility Closures
The pool at Seatack Recreation Center will be closed for renovations until late November.
All Virginia Beach Recreation Centers and Owl Creek Tennis Center will be closed on November 24-25 for Thanksgiving.
Don't forget that your membership is good at all six Virginia Beach Recreation Centers! If your usual center is closed for maintenance, take the opportunity to visit another center. Use this locator to help you find one!
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Virginia Beach Parks and Recreation believes all of our diverse citizens have a right to participate in community recreation and we are committed to creating equal access for everyone who may have a challenge or barrier. If you or your child require additional support, we can help. Learn more about our accommodation and inclusion services.
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We welcome your comments and questions. Feel free to email us at fun@vbgov.com. |
Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation is accredited by CAPRA,
the certifying agency of the National Recreation and Park Association. |
Students in swimming lessons need time to explore what they have learned. Allowing time to play and swim at your local recreation center pool during open swim may help them to excel in swimming lessons. Playing in the pool will also build strength and stamina. Many only go to the pool for lessons, never getting any chance to practice the skills covered. Like with any other sport, practice makes perfect; so make it a family night and practice swimming together!
Some days it's tough to get in a good swim workout. Whether the pool is busy, you're short on time, or the recreation center is closed, it's good to have some alternate exercises in mind that can be done outside of the pool. Check out 
