- AQUATICS Swim Lessons - General Information Beginning Swim Program
Intermediate Swim Program
CHILD-ADULT BEGINNER: NO WATER EXPERIENCE NEEDED These courses for all ages are designed to help students become adjusted to the water, gain basic skills, and have fun!
LEVELS 2-5: SWIMMING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED This program is designed to develop skills and build swimming proficiency, technique and endurance.
Parent-Child: Ages 6 months-3 years This is a fun introduction to the water with singing, games, blowing bubbles, going underwater, floating, kicking and scooping. Parent participation in the water is required. Tadpoles: Ages 3-5 Students work on comfort in the water and having fun. Basic skills like blowing bubbles, going underwater, floating, kicking and alternating arms are taught through games and imagination. Water Frogs: Ages 4-5 Students work on water adjustment, submerging, front and back floats, kicking, front crawl, back crawl and elementary backstroke. Sea Stars: Ages 6-9 Students work on water adjustment, submerging, front and back floats, kicking, front crawl, back crawl and elementary backstroke.
Level 2: Ages 5-9 Prerequisite: Swim front crawl and back crawl 5 yards. Students work on side breathing, back crawl and elementary backstroke arms. Level 3: Ages 6+ Prerequisite: Front crawl with side-breathing, back crawl for 15 yards, and elementary backstroke arms for 5 yards. Teaching emphasize on side-breathing and endurance for front crawl. Introduction to elementary backstroke kick, breaststroke kick, butterfly kick and sitting and kneeling dives. This course is taught in deeper water. Level 4: Ages 6+ Prerequisite: Front crawl 25 yards with excellent sidebreathing, back crawl 25 yards, elementary backstroke, breaststroke kick, and dolphin kick for 15 yards. Students learn to coordinate breaststroke arms and kick, are introduced to butterfly, work on treading water, and learn to do a standing dive.
Dolphins: Ages: 10-15 Taught in 3 1/2 feet of water, students work on water adjustment and beginning swimming skills. Student progress and needs determine the pace of the course. More advanced skills may be taught including breaststroke, sidestroke, treading water, and dives. Adult Beginner: Ages 16+ Students work on skills ranging from water adjustment and floating to front crawl, back crawl and elementary backstroke. The pace of the course is based on student progress and needs. The class is taught in 3 1/2 feet of water.
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