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Swim Lessons
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Swim Lessons - General Information
Beginning 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!
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.
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.
Intermediate Swim Program
LEVELS 2-5: SWIMMING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
This program is designed to develop skills and build swimming proficiency, technique and endurance.
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.
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Swim Lessons - General Information
Level 5: Ages 6+
Prerequisite: front crawl and back crawl 50 yards, elementary backstroke 25 yards, breaststroke and butterfly 15 yards. Students improve technique and endurance on the front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke and breaststroke and develop proficiency in butterfly, sidestroke, treading water, diving and flip turns.
Level 6 - Fitness Swimmer: Ages 6+
Prerequisite: front crawl and back crawl 50 yards, breaststroke and butterfly 25 yards. Students will continue to refine technique in all strokes and improve endurance while learning how to use pull-buoys and kickboards in their workout. Students will also learn how to use a pace clock, flip and open turns, and lap swim etiquette.
Level 6 - Lifeguard Preparedness (LGT): Ages 6+
Prerequisite: front crawl and back crawl 50 yards, breaststroke and butterfly 25 yards. Students will continue to refine technique in all strokes and improve endurance while learning lifeguard skills. Students will also work on water entries, swimming with a rescue tube, and rescues for distressed swimmer, active drowning and passive drowning victims.
POLICIES
• Participants must meet the minimum age level by first day of class. • No make-up classes allowed. If a class is missed, please take the remaining classes. • It is common for children to repeat a level before progressing to the next level. • Drop off and pick up children on time (not early or late); this is required for safe supervision. • Registration is required to participate in all fee programs. • Classes fill quickly, register early and save your receipt to present at first class. • Carefully register your child in the class at the appropriate skill level. If your child is under or over-qualified for a class, we will transfer him/her as appropriate. If there is no availability, you will receive a refund.
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Spring Swim Lessons - Finley Aquatic Center
GROUP LESSONS
Sessions - 3/28-5/19; Mon/Wed or Tue/Thu Each session is 4 lessons, 25 minutes each $25-$35 per session
Spring Break - 3/21-3/24* Session 1 - 3/28-4/6 Session 2 - 4/11-4/20 Session 3 - 4/25-5/4 Session 4 - 5/9-5/19 *Special Mon-Thu instructor training session
SPRING BREAK GROUP LESSONS
5PM
Parent/Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Level 2 Level 4
5:30PM
Parent/Child Tadpoles Sea Stars Level 3 Level 5
6PM
Tadpoles Sea Stars Level 6/Lifeguard Dolphin Adult Beginner
PRIVATE LESSONS
4 Sessions - 3/28-5/19, Mon/Wed or Tue/Thu Each session is 4 lessons, 25 minutes each Start times are every 30 minutes from 4-6pm No private sessions offered Mon/Wed at 5pm $120 per session
Classes are taught in shallow water ONLY 4-5pm Mon-Thu & 5:30pm on Tue/Thu
SPRING GROUP LESSONS
4PM
Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2
5:30PM
Parent/Child Tadpoles Sea Stars Level 2 Level 3 Level 5
4:30PM
Parent/Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2
5PM
Parent/Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 4 Level 6/Fitness
6PM
Tadpoles Sea Stars Level 3 Level 6/Lifeguard Dolphin Adult Beginner
HOW TO REGISTER
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Summer Swim Lessons - Finley Aquatic Center
GROUP LESSONS
Sessions - 6/13-8/4; Mon-Thu In-Service Session - 6/6-6/9 Each session is 8 lessons, 25 minutes each One-week only, 4 lessons, 25 minutes each $50-$60 per session $25-$30
Session 1 - 6/13-6/23 5pm and 5:30pm classes only for Parent Child, Tadpoles, Session 2 - 6/27-7/7* Water Frogs, Sea Stars and Level 2 Session 3 - 7/11-7/21 Session 4 - 7/25-8/4 *No class Monday, July 4. Session has been prorated.
9:30AM
Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 4 Level 5
10AM
Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6/ Lifeguard
10:30AM
Parent/Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 4 Level 6/ Fitness
11AM
Parent/Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 3 Level 5 Dolphins
11:30AM
Parent/Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 4 Level 5
12PM
Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 5 Level 6/ Lifeguard
12:30PM
Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 3 Dolphins
5PM
Parent/Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 5 Level 6/ Fitness
5:30PM
Parent/Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 4 Level 6/ Fitness
6PM
Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 3 Level 6/ Lifeguard Dolphins
6:30PM
Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 4 Adult Beginner
7PM
Parent/Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2
PRIVATE LESSONS
8 Sessions - 6/13-8/4*, Mon-Thu Each session is 4 lessons, 25 minutes each Start times are every 30 minutes 9:30am-12:30pm & 5-7pm No private sessions offered at 11am $120 per session
*No class Monday, July 4. Session has been prorated.
HOW TO REGISTER
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Summer Swim Lessons - Ridgway Swim Center
GROUP LESSONS
Sessions - 6/13-8/4; Mon-Thu Each session is 8 lessons, 25 minutes each $50-$60 per session
Session 1 - 6/13-6/23 Session 2 - 6/27-7/7* Session 3 - 7/11-7/21 Session 4 - 7/25-8/4 *No class Monday, July 4. Session has been prorated.
10:15AM
Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 3 Level 5
10:45AM
Tadpoles Sea Stars Level 2 Level 3 Level 5 Dolphins
4:15PM
Parent Child Tadpoles Sea Stars Level 2
4:45PM
Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2
11:15AM
Parent Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 4
5:15PM
Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2
11:45AM
Parent Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Dolphins Level 5
12:15PM
Tadpoles Waterfrogs Sea Stars Level 2 Level 3
5:45PM
Parent Child Tadpoles Sea Stars Level 2
6:15PM
Parent Child Tadpoles Waterfrogs Level 2
PRIVATE LESSONS
8 Sessions - 6/13-8/4*, Mon-Thu Each session is 4 lessons, 25 minutes each Start times are every 30 minutes 10:15am-12:15pm & 4:45pm-6:15pm $120 per session
*No class Monday, July 4. Session has been prorated. **Lessons after 4pm are taught in shallow water
HOW TO REGISTER
