Group lessons are designed for a young child’s introduction to the water and to basic swimming.
Level 1 Description: Swimmers will become familiar with pool safety including how to properly enter and exit the pool.
Swimmers will practice the following:
Getting face wet;
Blowing bubbles through the mouth and nose;
Sitting down and standing up in the shallow end of the pool;
Jumping up and down in waist deep water;
Bobbing up and down in waist deep water;
Front and back glide and then recovering to a vertical, upright position;
How to kick while holding onto the wall;
Back floating;
Alternating kicking/simultaneous kicking while using kickboard;
Rolling front to back/back to front;
Doggie paddle and freestyle arm movements;
Treading water in chest deep water;
Freestyle arm movements while standing and using legs.
Level 2 Description: Swimmers will cover all of the skills learned in Level 1 and will also practice the following:
Treading water in deeper parts of the pool;
Swimming on back;
Jumping into chest deep water from the side of the pool;
Bobbing up and down in chest deep water;
Diving for pool toys;
Doggie paddle and freestyle arms
Level 3 Description: Intended for swimmers who are comfortable with Level 1 and 2 skills or swimmers 6+ (can pick up on new skills quickly)
**Only offered sessions 1, 3 and 5
Treading water;
Freestyle and backstroke fundamentals;
Freestyle and backstroke drills;
Intro to breaststroke and butterfly