REGISTRATIONS ARE LIMITED
Most swim lessons are not based on age, but rather, on ability. Please read the information below to see where you or your child needs to be registered. The only exceptions are Swim Starters and Teen/Adult classes.
Swim Lessons Group Break Down:
Swim Starters
A - Water Discovery
Introduces infants and toddlers to the aquatic environment.
B - Water Exploration
Focuses on exploring body positions, blowing bubbles, and fundamental safety and aquatic skills.
Expected Outcome: Accompanied by a parent, infants and toddlers learn to be comfortable in the water and develop swim readiness skills through fun and confidence, while parents learn about water safety, drowning prevention, and the importance of supervision.
Swim Basics (Safety around water)
1 - Water Acclimation
Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self-rescue skills performed with assistance
2 - Water Movement
Encourages forward movement in water and basic self rescue skills performed independently.
3 - Water Stamina
Develops intermediate self-rescue skills performed at longer distances than in previous stages.
Expected Outcomes: Students Learn personal water safety and achieve basic swimming competency by learning two benchmark skills:
-Swim, float, swim – sequencing front glide, roll, back float, roll, front glide, and exit.
-Jump, push, turn, grab.
Swim Strokes
4 - Stroke Introduction
Introduces basic troke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke.
5 - Stroke Development
Introduces breaststroke and butterfly and reinforces water safety through treading water and sidestroke.
6 - Stroke Mechanics
Refines stroke technique on all major competitive strokes and encorages swimming as part of a healthy lifestyle.
This class develops intermediate self-rescue skills performed at longer distances than the previous stages. The class also continues the development of previous skills.
Expected Outcomes: Having mastered the fundamentals, students learn additional water safety skills and build stroke technique, developing skills that prevent chronic disease, increase social-emotional and cognitive wellbeing, and foster a lifetime of physical activity.
TEEN/ADULT: Water Safety and Drowning Prevention
This class is a water safety and drowning prevention program for young adults and adults only. The goal of this class is to ensure those aged 14 and older are comfortable in the water and have basic self-rescue skills that can be performed independently.
