Swimming Lessons

YMCA Swimming Lessons

Parent & Tot (6 mo-2 yrs)

Splashers:

First Level in our YMCA Preschool Swimming Lessons Program. Designed as an introduction to water for infants and to teach water safety and play water games. Introduction to entering and exiting the water, getting face wet, and various movements through the water. Parents are REQUIRED to be in the water with each child. Bubblers:

Bubblers:

Second level in our YMCA Preschool Swimming Lesson Program. Designed for infants that are more comfortable in the water and to further teach water safety and play water games. Infants will become acquainted with breath control, floats, surface support and various movements through the water. Parents are REQUIRED to be in the water with each child.

Preschool (3-5 yrs)

Bobbers:

The child will be introduced to the water by doing bobs, assisted front floats and back floats, kicking while holding on the wall and blowing bubbles.

Floaters:

Children will continue to develop their front and back floast unassisted, and be introduced to front and back glides assisted.

Gliders:

Children will further continue development on their front and back glides by increasing their endurance. They will be instroduced to side breathing, side glide, deep water skills, and accessing EMS.

Divers:

Children will further develop all their swimming abilities and increase their endurance. Kicking on front and back for 10m, surface support 10 seconds. Learn about boating safety.

Surfers:

Children will continue to work on advanced deep-water skills, surface support and be introduced to Front and Back Crawl.

Jumpers:

Children will be introduced to diving into deep water and continue to develop Front and Back Crawl. Eventually being able to swim the whole length of the pool.

Learn To Swim (6-12 yrs)

Otter:

Otter teaches children how to stay safe in the water and develop their swimming skills. During these classes, the child will focus on submersion and streamlined gliding.

Seal:

Builds on the swimming skills taught in Otter and focuses on propulsion through kicking, rolling balance, and some deep water skills.

Dolphin

Progresses the child's swimming skills into a sequence of events forming front and back crawl motions. This level improves skill coordination and encourages the child to be more comfortable and confident with deep water skills.

Swimmer:

Swimmer focuses on the initial standard of front and back crawl for the length of 25m. This level also encourages an increased focus on deepwater skills as they spend most of the class in the deep water.

Star Program (6+ yrs)

Star 1:

In the first star level, the child focuses on the whip and egg-beater kicks. Building from these kicks, the child learns elementary backstroke initial standard, builds endurance, and will be able to tread water with buoyant support.

Star 2:

The child will learn to perform front and back crawl at an intermediate standard in the secondstar level. They will also be transitioning from learning whip kick on their back to using it on their front for breaststroke initial standard. They will also be working on gaining their endurance for their 100m swim.

Star 3:

In the third level of the star program, the child will work toward the more advanced standard for front and back crawl. They will also progress their elementary backstroke and breaststroke to the intermediate standard. With these progressions, they will continue building their endurance to tread water for 2 minutes and swim 200m without stopping.

Star 4:

While Breaststroke is progressing to the intermediate standard, the child will learn scissor kick which is a progression to learning sidestroke. Their endurance challenge increases to 350m, and they will learn a few rescue skills.

Star 5:

Butterfly will be the new stroke in this level as they have advanced through the other strokes. The endurance challenge increases to 500m, and the child will continue to learn rescues and basic first aid skills.

Star 6:

Swimmers will continue to develop lifesaving and first aid skills. They will also begin to learn how to teach others to swim. This level encourages the swimmer to take responsibility for their own learning outcomes by selecting option criteria to learn.

Star 7:

Star 7 bridges to the YMCA Assistant Swim Instructor and Lifesaving Society's Bronze programs. In addition to first aid and lifesaving skills, swimmers will continue to build their abilities by selecting from a list of option criteria.

Adult (16+ yrs)

Adult 1:

For Adults new to swimming. Learn the basics and develop water comfort. Always in the shallow end.

Adult 2:

For adults who have experience in swimming and can swim a whole length of the pool by themselves with an aid.

Adult 3:

For adults who have experience in swimming and can swim a whole length of the pool by themselves without aid.