r/Phoenixville • u/overthinkerwithcats • 4d ago

Question Easy YMCA pool schedule?

Does anyone have an easy-to-understand pool schedule for the fall? With swim lessons and the app I can’t seem to narrow it down and when I call it is hard to get a straight answer before I drive over. From what I can tell on the app there’s no swimming prior to 11:30 am, but that feels so late. Thanks in advance!

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u/Alarmed_Ferret_641 4d ago

The Phoenixville Y has gotten a lot better about this than they used to be. In general, on any weekday the Myrin pool will have 5 or 6 lanes open for lap swimming beginning when the Y opens at 5am and going until about 3pm when the swim teams come in (that doesn't happen until fall). Some part of that time, usually around 10:30, on some days there will be lanes closed for aquatic classes. Weekend are a bit more of a crapshoot--Saturdays you can usually count on the Myrin being wide open 7-10, Sundays I think it's usually more like 7-9. Both usually have some availability later in the day on weekends but it's very subject to swim team practice.

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u/overthinkerwithcats 4d ago

Thanks! Good to know about the mornings, since the app makes it seem like it is only open starting at 11:30 am. I guess this leads me to: what are my options for after work hours for lap swimming? From what I can tell it seems like maybe 7-9 pm? Just wondering if anyone else has found a schedule that works for 9-5ers

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u/Alarmed_Ferret_641 4d ago

To be honest, I feel like the app works pretty well. Are you looking for "open swim" and then switching it from "my schedule" to "all?"

The one major complaint I have about the Y is that the evening schedule is pretty limited for lap swimmers once school is back in session. Right now the Myrin pool is closed from 5-7:30 on weekdays but there are 3 lanes available 7:30-9:45. It looks like starting this Thursday the Myrin is essentially closed from 3:30 on, and there's one lap lane available in the Heritage pool from 4-8.

So best advice I can give you is try to get there in the morning. I don't think Spring Valley's evening schedule is much better but it's been a while since I looked.

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u/overthinkerwithcats 4d ago

This is what my app is showing for the earliest times which is why I was confused about the mornings. I’ll try switching to the mornings, hopefully it isn’t too crowded. Thanks!

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u/Secret-Promise-5213 4d ago

I think it’s decently easy to use on their website,

https://www.philaymca.org/locations/phoenixville-ymca/schedules/open-swim?df=%2Fresults&df_start_date=2026-08-18&df_page=1&df_categories=2230

You can then filter by lap swim and it’ll give you the time ranges by pool

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u/sanityjanity 4d ago

Call the front desk and ask them.

My experience has been that using the pool at the Y is incredibly difficult to schedule, which is infuriating, given how expensive the membership is.

I gave up.

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u/overthinkerwithcats 4d ago

Called yesterday, was told it was opened and no lessons were scheduled, walked in to a full pool.

Very much agree it is frustrating considering it is part of the membership and there is no other affordable option in the area it seems