Preschool Swim Classes

Preschool Level I: Water Exploration 3 to 5 years

Entry Level Requirement: Little or no swimming experience necessary
This level is designed to introduce the inexperienced or fearful child to the water. The objective of Level I is to help students feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy the water safely. Children will learn how to enter and exit the pool safely, hold their breath, blow bubbles, and put their face in the water. They will learn to experience buoyancy and loss of support with comfort. Proper kicking and body position is introduced

Preschool Level II: Primary Skills 3 to 5 years

Entry Level Requirement:
1. Child must be able to glide/float 5 feet unassisted with face in the water.
2.Float on back unassisted for 5 seconds.
3. Bob 3 times assisted with bubbles.
This level marks the beginning of true locomotion skills As they build their confidence, children will learn both front and back flutter kick. They will learn how to travel through the water with a basic Paddle stroke. Rhythmic breathing and change of direction are introduced.

Preschool Level III: Stroke Readiness 3 to 5 years

Entry Level Requirement:
1. Child must be able to Paddle stroke 10 feet unassisted with face in the water and then lift head out of the water for one unassisted breath.
2. Bob 5 times assisted with bubbles.
3. Float on back unassisted for 10 seconds.
The objective of this level is to achieve confidence with water independence. Children will learn to come up for a breath independently and rhythmically. They will become comfortable with distance and deep water swimming. Change of direction is mastered and diving is introduced.

Preschool Level IV: Stroke Development 3 to 5 years

Entry Level Requirement:
1. Child must be able to Paddle stroke 15 yards unassisted with face in the water & repeatedly blow bubbles and come up for air.
2. Bob 10 times unassisted with proper inhale & exhale breathing.
3. Kick & fin on back unassisted for 15 yards.
4. Tread water for 30 seconds & swim back to side of pool unassisted.
This level marks the introduction of true strokes. Preschoolers will be introduced to the components of Freestyle and Backstroke. They will become confident on their back and they will learn Elementary Backstroke. Treading water and recovery to a swimming position is mastered. Sound watermanship and complete independence is achieved in this level

Preschool Level V: Stroke Refinement 3 to 5 years

Entry Level Requirement:
1. Child must be able to swim 25 yards basic Freestyle & Backstroke.
2. Tread water unassisted for 1 minute.
3. Retrieve toy from 5 foot depth & swim back to side of pool unassisted.
The objective of this level is coordination, technique, and refinement of key strokes. Preschoolers will build on endurance while stroking with proper technique. They will learn flip turns, racing dives, and diving board entry. They will learn to swim a proper freestyle and backstroke for 50yds. They will learn to coordinate arms and legs in breaststroke. Butterfly is introduced.

Preschool Level VI: Skill Proficiency 3 to 5 years

Entry level Requirement:
1. Child must be able to swim 50 yards Freestyle and Backstroke with proper form.
2.Swim 25 yards Breaststroke.
3. Familiar with butterfly kick and arms.
The objective of this level is to polish strokes so students swim with more ease, power, and proper timing over greater distances. Considerable endurance is achieved in this level. Breaststroke and butterfly is mastered. Flip turns, racing dives, starts, and finishes are mastered. This level prepares preschoolers for swim team.

School Age Swim Lessons

School Age Level I: Water Exploration 6 to 13 years

Entry Level Requirement: Little or no swimming experience necessary.
This level is designed to introduce the inexperienced or fearful child to the water. The objective of Level I is to help students feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy the water safely. Children will learn how to enter and exit the pool safely, hold their breath, blow bubbles, and put their face in the water. They will learn to experience buoyancy and loss of support with comfort. Proper kicking and body position is introduced.

School Age Level II: Primary Skills 6 to 13 years

Entry Level Requirement:
1. Child must be able to glide/float 5 feet unassisted with face in the water.
2. Float on back unassisted for 5 seconds.
3. Bob 5 times unassisted with bubbles.
The objective of this level is to build the swimmer’s confidence and begin to achieve water independence. This level marks the beginning of true locomotion skills. Children will learn to swim independently and breath rhythmically, moving through the water with a basic Paddlestroke. They will become comfortable with distance and deep water swimming.

School Age Level III: Stroke Readiness 6 to 13 years

Entry Level Requirement:
1. Child must be able to Paddlestroke 25 yards unassisted with face in the water & repeatedly blow bubbles and come up for air.
2. Kick with fin on back unassisted for 15 yards.
3. Tread water for 20 seconds & swim back to side unassisted.
4. Retrieve toy from 5 ft depth & return to side.
This level marks the introduction of true strokes. Children will learn the components of Freestyle, Backstroke and rotary breathing. They will become confident on their back and they will learn Elementary Backstroke. Treading water and recovery to a swimming position is mastered. Sound watermanship and complete independence is achieved in this level. Diving is introduced.

School Age Level IV: Stroke Development 6 to 13 years

Entry Level Requirement:
1. Child must be able to swim 25 yards Freestyle, Elementary Backstroke, and Backstroke with proper form.
2. Tread water for 1 minute & swim back to side unassisted.
The objective of this level is to develop coordination, confidence and endurance in swimming Freestyle, Backstroke, and Elementary Backstroke. Breaststroke, sidestroke and the basics of turning at the wall are introduced.

School Age Level V: Stroke Refinement 6 to 13 years

Entry Level Requirement:
1. Child must be able to swim 50 yards Freestyle, Backstroke with proper form.
2. Swim 25 yards Breaststroke & Sidestroke.
3. Tread water for 2 minutes, then retrieve toy from 5 foot depth and return to side.
The objective of this level is to achieve proper timing, technique, and refinement in Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Sidestroke. Children will learn flip turns, racing dives, and diving board entry. Butterfly is introduced.

School Age Level VI: Skill Proficiency 6 to 13 years

Entry Level Requirement:
1. Child must be able to swim 50 yards Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, & Sidestroke with proper form.
2. Swim 25 yards Butterfly.
The objective of this level is to polish strokes so students swim them with more ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness over greater distances. Considerable endurance is achieved in this level. Butterfly is mastered.

Adult Swim Lessons

14 years & Up

Adult Beginner

This class is designed to introduce the inexperienced or fearful adult to the water.  The objective of this course is to help students to feel and become more comfortable in the water and enjoy the water safely.  Students will learn how to enter and exit the pool safely, blow bubbles, breath control, rhythmic breathing and change of direction.  They will experience buoyancy and loss of support with comfort.  As they build their confidence, students will learn proper kicking and body position on both front and back with proper flutter kick.  They will learn how to travel through the water with a basic paddle stroke.  Front Crawl, Back Crawl, Elementary Backstroke, and basic safety skills are covered.

Adult Intermediate

This class marks the introduction of true strokes.  It develops confidence and endurance in the strokes learned in the Beginner Class.  Freestyle and Backstroke are mastered.  Students are introduced to Breaststroke, Sidestroke, Butterfly and beginning diving progressions.  Treading water and recovery to a swimming position is mastered.  Sound waterman ship and complete independence is achieved in this level.  Basic flip turns and turning at the wall are introduced.

Adult Advanced

The focus of this level is to work on proper timing, technique and stroke refinement in order to achieve more ease, efficiency, power and endurance.  Further coordination of the basic strokes is emphasized so that the student can swim smoothly over longer distances.  More advanced diving progressions, turns at the wall, and safety skills are mastered.