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Parent-Child
(ages 6 months - 2 years)
This
progressive class focuses on getting children comfortable in
an aquatic environment. Children will develop familiarity
with going under water and working with our instructors.
Parent participation is required for safety reasons.
Silly Fish (ages
18 months - 2 years)
This class
is designed for children that have gone through our
Parent/Child class or older children that are not quite
ready to participate in class without a parent. Sea
Horse 1 skills will be introduced with the goal of
completely separating students from parents.
Sea Horse (ages 2 -
3 1/2 years)
Level 1
This water
adjustment class is for children that are clearly ready to
begin swim lessons without a parent in the water. In
addition to basic swimming skills, children will be
introduced to proper swim positioning and back floating.
Level 2
In this
class children will further develop skill taught in level 1.
A greater emphasis is placed on proper swim positioning and
the ability to float unassisted.
Level 3
In this
level children will learn techniques such as effective
breathing and how to use their arms efficiently. For
this class, children must be comfortable in the deep end.
Tadpole (ages 3 1/2
- 5 years)
Level 1
This introductory class focuses on water safety and
developing confidence with basic swimming techniques.
Skills taught include proper swim positioning, swimming
short distances unassisted and floating on their backs with
minimal assistance.
Level 2
This level is designed for students who are capable of
comfortably performing all the skills taught in level 1.
Students are ready to learn roll-overs, proper recovery in
deep water, floating on their backs unassisted and
elementary backstroke.
Level 3
In this level children with strengthen their roll-overs
while swimming greater distances. They will further
develop
elementary backstroke.
Level 4
In this level children will perfect
elementary backstroke and be introduced to side-breathing. They will also build stamina
by
swimming the length of the pool unassisted.
Seal (ages 5-6
years) Sea Lion (ages 7-9 years)
Level 1
This introductory class focuses on water safety and
developing confidence with basic swimming techniques.
Skills taught include proper swim positioning, swimming
short distances unassisted and floating on their backs with
minimal assistance.
Level 2
In
this level students will learn roll-overs and elementary
backstroke while swimming the length of the pool. Students
will also learn proper recovery in deeper water and begin to
build the stamina required for more advanced levels.
Level 3
This level is designed for students who are capable of
comfortably performing all the skills taught in level 2.
Considerable stamina is built while focusing on correct
freestyle and backstroke techniques. Students often repeat
this level due to the time it takes to properly perform
these strokes.
Level 4 In this level students are taught
breaststroke while strengthening the skills and strokes learned
in prior levels. Students often repeat this level due to
the complexity of proper breaststroke.
Level 5
In this level students are taught butterfly while
strengthening
the skills and strokes learned in prior levels. Students
often repeat this level due to the complexity of proper
butterfly
Stroke Mechanics
(ages 5-14 years)
To qualify
for this level, students need to perform all 4 strokes
properly and with considerable endurance. Attention is
placed on technique by swimming drills similar to swim team
practice.
Sting Ray (ages 10-15
years)
This mixed-level class is for older students from beginner to advanced.
Children may learn freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and
water safety skills eventually moving to higher level
classes as appropriate. Students must be comfortable
standing in water and/or swimming in the deep end.
Adult
classes (Ages 15 and older) are also available
Private Lessons
are available on an extremely
limited basis due to the high demand of group lessons.
Private lessons depend on instructor availability and space in
the pool.
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