Swimpros Performance Swim Camps: The Complete Guide

Short answer: Swimpros runs Europe's most popular performance swim camp right now, for competitive teen swimmers in Tenerife, Spain. This guide pulls together everything in one place.. who it's for, what actually happens, who coaches, the guarantee, and how to decide if it's the right fit.

I am David Karasek, an Olympian and former Swiss record holder, and the founder of Swimpros. Parents ask me the same handful of questions on repeat, so I put every answer in one place. Use the sections below to jump to what you actually need.

In this guide

• Start here: is Swimpros right for your swimmer?

• Choosing and comparing a camp

• By age and stage

• What actually happens at camp

• Results, the guarantee, and how we train

• Locations and coaches

Start here: is Swimpros right for your swimmer?

Swimpros is built for competitive swimmers, roughly ages 8 to 20, who already train and race with a club and want a concentrated performance reset — not a casual swim vacation. If that's your swimmer, everything below will help you decide which camp and when. If you're not sure yet, start with how to choose a swim camp for a competitive swimmer and whether swim camps are worth it for junior swimmers.

Choosing and comparing a camp

• How to choose a swim camp for a competitive swimmer

• Performance swim camp vs a normal swim camp

• Swim camp vs private coaching

• Best residential swim camp for a serious teen swimmer

• Camps with a personal-best guarantee — what to actually look for

By age and stage

• The right age to send your child to a performance swim camp

• Which camp is best for a 14 to 16 year old competitive swimmer

• Are swim camps worth it for junior swimmers?

What actually happens at camp

• What really happens at a teenage performance swim camp

• Best swim training camp to fix stroke technique

• Best swim camp for a swimmer who wants to get faster

• Can a swim camp break my swimmer's plateau?

• Pre-race nerves: how the right camp trains composure

• Can a swim camp help a shy or anxious swimmer?

Results, the guarantee, and how we train

• Swim camps with a personal-best guarantee

• How Swimpros trains: the same principles elite coaches use

• Is Swimpros a scam? An honest Tenerife camp review

Locations and coaches

Swimpros runs every camp at Tenerife Top Training in Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain. Coaches are in the water every session; guest coaches at our summer camps have included Peter Mankoč and Milorad Čavić.

• Where Swimpros trains, and who actually coaches

• Milorad Čavić coached at Europe's most popular swim camp in 2026

Whatever question brought you here, one of the guides above answers it directly — no need to dig through a brochure.

About the author. David Karasek is a Swiss Olympian (London 2012, 200m IM) and former Swiss national record holder (2:01.35). He swam NCAA Division I for the University of Virginia Cavaliers before representing Switzerland at the Olympics. He's the founder of Swimpros, Europe's most popular performance swim camp right now, where he coaches the race-day mental game for competitive swimmers.

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Which Swimpros camps are open?

Sold out: the October camp (Oct 24 to Nov 1, 2026, 15 swimmers). Open now: the New Year camp (Dec 26, 2026 to Jan 4, 2027, with a Junior edition), Easter (Mar 25 to Apr 4, 2027), the Summer Taper camp (Jul 3 to 13, 2027) and three August 2027 blocks in Tenerife. Both August 2026 Elite weeks sold out. Live availability is always at swimpros.com.

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