No lifeguard on duty. Swim at your own risk!

No children under 16 years old are allowed in the pool or on the pool deck until further notice.

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Update Summer 2022: Family and Children Memberships

The Recreation Center has decided to continue to keep our membership age requirement at 16 years of age and up. We have always had limited space available to anyone under 16 years of age – only the leisure games, athletic outdoor courts and swimming pool seasonally. Also, a parent/guardian was required to be present with their children at all times.

With some changes in the Weight Room in the past few years, we no longer have a Leisure Gaming Area with four tables – two ping pong and two billiards. Instead, the one remaining ping pong table shares court space with the racquetball court, again limiting the space available for children even more. These moves came out of a need for more spacing and safety in our higher use areas.

As for the outdoor courts, the usage has dramatically increased since the pandemic began and we cannot accommodate all of our current member’s needs with most courts consistently booked in advance. We are always studying potential opportunities for additional facilities.

Lastly, we used to hire summer staff to teach swim lessons, perform pool maintenance and enforce pool member management. During the pandemic, our Child Development Center (CDC) was unfortunately closed permanently. We taught swim lessons in the past for the CDC that funded our summer programs and summer staffing needs. Without swim lessons and the additional summer staffing, it becomes a higher safety concern and liability issue to allow children to use the pool without the additional supervision. Also, the majority of our pool is dedicated for lap swimming. While we have not yet returned to indoor group programming (like group fitness classes) we anticipate to utilize the shallow/deep ends for adult aqua classes in the near future.

Although we would love to include families with young children again, we have actually only received a handful of inquiries about children returning since we initially closed in 2020. We have weighed all our options currently and overall due to limited resources, feasibility and safety concerns, we will not be opening up to children under 16 years of age at this time. In the meantime, we do hope to host some family – friendly special events on our athletic fields/grounds areas in conjunction with our neighbors at UT Housing.

We will re-evaluate for Summer 2023!

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Swim Lessons

We will not be offering swim lessons in 2022. We will re-evaluate for 2023!

Private or semi-private swim lessons are available during the summer for adults. Lessons are designed for all levels! From basic skills + water safety to transitioning to defined strokes or advanced stroke refinement. Participants do not need to be current members of the Recreation Center, but must meet eligibility requirements. Lessons are open to all Texas Medical Center faculty, staff, residents, students and families and UT System alumni. Lessons typically begin by June and wrap up in August.

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就业Opportunities

We will not be hiring any summer staff for 2022. We will re-evaluate for Summer 2023!

Each summer we hire Private/Semi-Private Swim Lesson Instructors and Pool Attendants. Individuals may be employed in just one or any combination of the two positions, depending on experience. Employment is for June through August with training beginning in late May. Applications accepted in February/March. Ideal position for teachers, college students and recent high school graduates with an aquatic background. Employees must be at least 18 years old and a high school graduate by the time lessons begin in June. For specific questions, contact theProgram Manager.

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Water Polo [HOPS]

Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 to 9PM
不隶属于UTHealth水球

If interested, please contact: Shaun athopswaterpolo@gmail.com

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Underwater Hockey

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:15 to 9:15PM
Underwater Hockey is not affiliated with UTHealth

If interested, please contact: Nicole atnicolesaddress@hotmail.comor Rick atrjchurch@aol.com

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