Forest Park Swim Team

Forest Park Swim Team is a recreational swim team for children ages 3 to 18 (12th grade). Our season begins April 13 and culminates with Contra Costa County Championship Meet which typically occurs the first weekend of August. See our meet schedule HERE. 

As a recreational swim team, our primary goal is for all swimmers to have fun! Our coaches and swim team board work hard to foster participation, develop good sportsmanship, team spirit, a good self-image, and above all, help all swimmers improve their skills and times throughout the season in a friendly recreational swimming environment. FPST also promotes a sense of community that will endure beyond the swim season.

For the 2026 season, we are excited to continue offering our Mini-Flyer program that specifically prepares young children and new swimmers for advancement to the Forest Park Swim Team. For more program info click HERE. 

Mini-Flyers will run in two sessions: 
Spring | April 13-May 22 and Summer | June 3-July 24

All potential Mini-Flyers will need to attend an evaluation (Saturday, March 28 and one Saturday in April -TBD) before the session starts. Most returning Mini-Flyers may also need to attend an evaluation to determine continued placement on Mini-Flyers or transition to Swim Team. 

Mini-Flyers pay a flat fee per session, but they can and are encouraged to participate in all of the same activities as the rest of the Swim Team except for the following:

Some children want to extend their season, but are not quite ready to make the jump to a year-round competitive swim team. That's where the clinics come in. They offer a chance for swimmers to keep in shape, or to focus on particular skills. Clinics may offer 2, 3, or 4 day options which makes them excellent supplement to other sports and activities.

Please note that there are no clinics in the month of January or February. This is not an oversight. To retain eligibility to participate in the Contra Costa Championship Meet, the team, and the swimmers must have no organizing swimming for those two months. See these guidelines for more on the limits of organized swim activity in the offseason. 

The Spring Clinic helps swimmers get ready for the season. It usually lasts for four weeks in March, right before the start of the regular swim season. Unlike a regular swim season, the practices are shorter and focused exclusively on technique. There are no swim meets during the Spring Clinic. In 2026, the spring clinic will run from March 2 to April 2. Register HERE. 

Fall Clinic

The Fall Clinic functions as an extension of the season. The Fall Clinic usually starts in early September and runs through the middle of December. It is split into one or two-month sessions, for which there is independent registration. There may be one to three swim meets during the Fall Clinic, and these meets offer a swimmer a unique possibility to sign up for a larger distance event than their usual summer age group allows. A Fall Clinic, especially the first session with its still-good weather, allows families a low cost opportunity to try out the swim team and the swim life with minimum commitment. 

In addition to the group swim practices, our coaches offer individual swimming lessons. For a fee, you can get personal and individual instruction at the pool. Swim lessons are a complement to swim practice, not a substitute. Swim lessons allow swimmers to expand upon and receive more specific and individual instruction. Practices provide for both technique and endurance training, while lessons are designed for individual swim technique training. Look for the link to the signup weekly emails from the coach or the team director.