IU Natatorium At IUPUI

When you walk into this natatorium you can feel the greatness. Olympians, olympic hopefuls, age group swimmers, infants: swimmers of all can be found here. The pool is 50 m in the summer and 25 yards jn the winter. It is also always fun I watch the divers and synchro swimmers, too! The natatorium has a great masters program for swimmers over 18 and 3 practices throughout the day. The locker rooms are the only part of this pool that is not world class.

I wish I was still in college so I could swim at the natatorium on the cheap.
I love this place though. Plenty of lanes, pretty much every swimmer there for lap swim knows proper lane sharing etiquette, so it’s a lot nicer than a city or club pool. It would be nice if they were open on the weekends, but I can forgive them since they have multiple pools.
One thing: if you have the opportunity to swim in the practice pool instead of the competition pool during the winter, do it. The water is warmer since it’s smaller and I really prefer that when it’s cold outside.

This place is undervalued. The weight room has everything a lifter needs and the lanes are never packed for open swim. Front desk people are nice and the pro shop has healthy snacks. Good gym

I took the «stroke improvement lessons» here twice in preparation for a triathlon. Although it did improve my swimming ability it was more a result of the practice rather than the instruction.
The instructors are students that seem to have little experience teaching adults. The drills that they have you do are helpful but I received little instruction on what I could specifically do to improve.
I thought the Nat’s classes were a good price until I found Westview Healthplex. I joined the Healthplex’s «Master Swimming Course.» I didn’t have to become a member, it was only $ 40 for a month (much less than the Nat) and I received better instruction. If you want to improve your technique, the Healthplex is the place to go.
The Natatorium may be great for kids, it’s not the kind of instruction I was hoping for as an adult.

It’s the Natatorium. A World Class facility and that’s how it’s operated. Records have been broken here, you feel a little slower in this pool… ha!
The membership packages are pretty affordable, plenty of lanes available after work and the water is a great temperature for hard swimming. They have a high dive platform and during the season the pool is in traditional long-​course. The Nat isn’t open on the weekends though, which is a bit of a bummer. If you’re looking for a great place to train in the water: this is it! It is a privilege to swim at this facility.

This is a world class pool, but you don’t need me to tell you that. Google will tell you that this pool facility routinely plays host to for-​real-​legit world class swimmers like Michael Phelps. The open swim is cheap, the lifeguards ULTRA professional, and the facilities are clean. I always feel comfortable doing my own thing and never worry about the children’s swim class safety when I am in the lane next to them, which is sometimes a concern at less well ran pools. Maybe that’s just the former lifeguard in me coming out, but I think it speaks a lot to the holistic nature of a pool that serves so many diverse and large crowd on any given day.
A serious A+.

So I’m not much of a swimmer (yet!) but I really enjoy swimming at the Natatorium. Knowing that it has quite a bit of prestige and having heard about and even watched a few national-​level races occur at this pool makes it even more fun to swim in. It’s a great place to go work out in the winter — for non-​IUPUI students, a little scannable card worth 15 swims (swims? is that right?) can be had for $ 55 — equal to about $ 3.75 per session, which is quite a deal if you swim somewhat regularly. The pro shop is full of good stuff at very reasonable prices, and it is rarely so crowded that you have to triple up on lanes to swim in. The water seems to be kept clean enough, and if you’re lucky, you can stick around and watch the US national synchronized swim team practice! Wow!

Despite its age, it’s still one of the top swimming venues in the country. Swimming lessons start for infants and the Indy Dolphins Swim Team is excellent. There is also diving and synchronized swimming. It is the complete aquatics package.

This is a cheap, easy place to get a workout if you are a student or staff at IUPUI. It’s certainly NOT glamorous; walking around by the locker rooms sometimes makes me feel like their is a machete-​wielding psychopath around the next dank corner. The current rates can be found here
, but for me $ 30 a semester and $ 19 a semester for a locker is a great deal.

I have swam a lap or two around this pool. IUPUI students who chose to pay their locker/​recreation fee can have the pleasure of using this facility free of charge. The swim team takes up the pool on certain days at certain times for practice, but if you confer with the schedule first you can find plenty of free time to take a dip or two. The pool is set up for exercise use… nice big lanes for swimming… bring your googles if you are a crooked swimmer like me or you will be constantly bumping into the lane dividers. Facility includes a childrens level shallow pool for instructional use and offers many swimming classes for all ages, in addition to summer camps, diving classes in the diving pool and exercise classes… i.e. water aerobics. With your paid recreation fee you also receive use of a locker and access to towels so you do not have to bring your own. Locker rooms are clean and feel safe and secure. Plenty of outlets for hairdryers. Parking is easy and physically butted right up next to the natatorium so there is no need to walk outside with wet hair to find your car. Parking lot even offers visitor parking and the natorium has guest level admission prices as well.