Swim Lessons

PARENT/CHILD SWIM

PARENT/CHILD SWIM LESSONS
6 months - 4 years
Parent/child. Introduce your baby to fun and safety in the water. Your instructor will guide you through games, songs, and other activities to get your child acclimated to the water.

SHRIMP
6 - 12 months
Parent/child. Bond with your child while participating in interactive fun games, songs and activities as they become more comfortable in and around the water.

PERCH
13 months - 24 months
Parent/child. Join us to become your child’s first swim instructor! You’ll expand on your child’s comfort level in the water and be introduced to pre-swimming skills through games, songs, and other activities.

MIGHTY MITE 
2 - 4 years
Parent/child. With guidance from your instructor, you will work one on one with your child focusing on basic swim skills and building confidence in and around the water.

SWIM LEVEL
DESCRIPTIONS FOR LESSONS

2 ½ - 3 YEAR OLD SWIM

Goldfish swim  - Goldfish is an introduction to the 3-4 year old swim lessons.  Water games, songs and fun are emphasized in this water adaptation class.  ** This class is without parent. Prerequisite: must have taken a parent/child class prior to enrollment.

WATERBUG – Entering the pool safely; front and back float 5 seconds with support, blowing bubbles; showing comfort when jumping into water with assistance; improving self-confidence; complete endurance swim on front without instructor assistance and kick on back with arm movement with support.

PIKE – Entering the pool safely, back/Front float for 5 seconds with support;Perform 5 bobs while submerging entire head; jumping into the pool independently with comfort;  swim on front and back for 10 yards with support; perform front glide with face in the water and back glide with support.

EEL – Perform 5 bobs submerging head using rhythmic breathing;  front/back floats for 5 seconds without support; jump into water fully submerging; perform front and back glides without support; swim on front and back 5 yards without support.

RAY – Front and back float for 10 seconds; peform 10 bobs with rhythmic breathing; demonstrate rotary breathing, jump into deep water and swim 5 yards, tread water for 10 seconds; perform front and back glide 2 body lengths without support; front crawl with rhythmic breathing 10 yards without support; back crawl and elementary backstroke10 yards without support; flutter kick on side 10 yards with intro to sidestroke arm motion without support; demonstrate breaststroke arm motion with flutter kick 10 yards with support.

5-13 YEARS OLD SWIM LEVELS
Below you will find the 5-13 years old swim levels and a brief explanation of the critical skills the children will work on. 

TADPOLE  - Blow bubbles with face in the water; 5 bobs submerging entire head, front and back float 5 seconds with support; jump into the water with assistance; demonstrate and improve self confidence; swim on front and back 10 yards with support.

POLLIWOG – 5 bobs w/ rhythmic breathing; front and back float 5 seconds without support; jump into water and return to side without assistance; demonstrate and improve self confidence; swim on front and back 5 yards without support; perform elementary backstroke arms with flutter kick 5 yards without support; swim on side with flutter kick 5 yards without support; flutter kick on front, back and side with kickboard 10 yards.

GUPPY – Front and back float 10 seconds and return to a vertical position; jump into deep water and return to side; tread water 15 seconds without support; perform front and back glide without support; perform front and back crawl 15 yards; perform elementary backstroke arms with intro to whip kick 15 yards; perform sidestroke arms with flutter kick 15 yards; flutter kick on front, back and side with kickboard 25 yards. 

MINNOW – Back float 10 seconds in deep water; jump into deep water and swim 10 yards; tread water 30 seconds; demonstrate and improve self confidence in deep water; swim front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke and breaststroke 25 yards; swim sidestroke with intro to scissors kick 25 yards; perform whipkick on front and back with kickboard 25 yards; perform a feet first surface dive; demonstrate open turns.  

FISH – Treading water 1 minute; swim front crawl, back crawl and breaststroke 50 yards using open turns; swim elementary backstroke and sidestroke 50 yards; kick scissors kick and dolphin kick 25 yards 

FLYING FISH – Treading water for 3 minutes using a variety of kicks; swim front crawl and back crawl 100 yards with turns; swim elementary backstroke and sidestroke 100 yards; swim breaststroke 100 yards using open turns; swim butterfly 25 yards. 

SHARK – Tread water without using arms 1 minute; swim front crawl and back crawl 200 yards using flip turns; swim breaststroke and the individual medley 200 yards; swim butterfly 50 yards.