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Note: To ensure the best learning experience for your child, and more importantly, their safety, please take careful review of the skill levels for each class. Your child must be proficient in all of the skills listed in a lower level before being registered for a higher level. Should pool staff determine your child is not in the appropriate level, your child will be asked to move to a different class, if available, and a processing fee will be applied. Registration fees are non-refundable. Thank you.
Ages 5 & older
Participants must be 5 years of age and a minimum of 45 inches tall.
Registration deadline: One week before the start of the class
Ages 5 & older
Participants must be 5 years of age and a minimum of 45 inches tall.
Registration deadline: One week before the start of the class
- Levels 1 - 2 class size: 4 - 6 children
- Levels 3A - 3B class size: 4 - 8 children
- Levels 4 - 5 class size: 5 - 10 children
- Cost: $40
Learn to Swim Level 1
Introduction to Aquatic Skills
Introduction to Aquatic Skills
- Helps participants feel comfortable in the water
- Enter and exit water using ladder, steps or side independently
- Blow bubbles through mouth and nose independently
- Bobbing independently
- Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects independently
- Front and back glides and floats independently
- Recover to vertical position independently
- Roll from front to back and back to front independently
- Tread water using arm and hand actions with minimal support
- Alternating and simultaneous leg actions on front and back
- Alternating and simultaneous arm actions on front and back
- Combined arm and leg actions on front and back
- Upon successful completion of all skills in this level, advance to Level 2
Learn to Swim Level 2
- Gives participants success with fundamental skills
- Everything listed in learn to swim level 1 plus:
- Gives participants success with fundamental skills
- Front, jellyfish and tuck floats independently
- Change direction of travel while swimming on front and back independently
- Tread water using arm and leg actions independently
- Combined arm and leg actions on front and back independently
- Finning arm action independently
- Upon successful completion of all skills in this level, advance to Level 3A
Learn to Swim Level 3A
Stroke Development
Stroke Development
- Builds on the skills in Level 2 through additional guided practice in deeper water
- Everything listed in learn to swim levels 1 and 2 plus:
- Bobbing while moving toward safety successfully and independently
- Jump from side in deep water, fully submerge, then recover to the surface and return to the side.
- Rotary breathing 15 times.
- Survival float successfully and independently for 30 seconds.
- Back float successfully and independently for minimum of 30 seconds
- Change from vertical to horizontal position on front and back successfully and independently
- Tread water for minimum of 30 seconds successfully and independently
- Push off in streamlined position on front and back and flutter kick 3-5 body lengths
- Front crawl and elementary backstroke minimum of 15 yards successfully and independently
- Jump into deep water from the side, recover, tread water for 30 seconds and swim to side of the pool
- Push off in a streamlined position, swim front crawl for 15 yards, change direction and swim 15 yards elementary backstroke
- Upon successful completion of all skills in this level, advance to Level 3B
Learn to Swim Level 3B
Stroke Development
Stroke Development
- Builds on the skills in Level 3A through additional guided practice in deeper water.
- Everything listed in learn to swim levels 1, 2 and 3A plus:
- Headfirst entries from the side in sitting and kneeling positions successfully and independently
- Survival float for 1 minute successfully and independently.
- While in a vertical position, rotate 1 full turn in deep water.
- Tread water for minimum of 1 minute successfully and independently
- Flutter, scissor, dolphin and breaststroke kicks on front / side minimum 15 yards successfully and independently
- Front crawl with rotary breathing and elementary backstroke minimum of 15 yards successfully and independently.
- Jump into the deep water from the side, recover, tread water for 1 minute, and rotate 1 full turn, swim front crawl and/or elementary backstroke for 25 yards.
- Push off in a streamlined position then swim front crawl for 15 yards, change position and/or direction as necessary, swim elementary backstroke for 15 yards.
- Upon successful completion of all skills in this level, advance to Level 4
Learn to Swim Level 4
- Develops confidence in the skills learned and improves other aquatic skills
- Everything in learn to swim levels 1,2 and 3, plus:
- Headfirst entries from the side in compact and stride positions successfully and independently
- Swim under water minimum 5 body lengths successfully and independently
- Feet-first surface dive successfully and independently
- Survival swimming minimum 30 seconds successfully and independently
- Front crawl and backstroke open turns successfully and independently
- Tread water using 2 different kicks minimum of 2 minutes successfully and independently
- Front and elementary backstroke minimum 25 yards successfully and independently
- Back crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly minimum of 15 yards successfully and independently
- Streamlined flutter and dolphin kicks on back minimum 3-5 body lengths successfully and independently
- Upon successful completion of all skills in this level, advance to Level 5
Learn to Swim Level 5
- Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes
- Everything in learn to swim levels 1,2,3 and 4, plus:
- Shallow-angle dive from the side then glide and begin a front stroke successfully
- and independently
- Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely successfully and independently
- Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming successfully and independently
- Front and elementary backstroke minimum of 50 yards successfully and independently
- Back crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly minimum of 25 yards successfully and independently
- Sculling successfully and independently