GROUP SWIM LESSONS

(AGES 9-36 MONTHS)
Prerequisites:  None
Skills:  Surface Swim and Safety
8 Sessions, 1/2 Hour Each, 3 Person Minimum, 8 Person Maximum

When focusing on the infant-toddler's level of well-being and readiness, baby swimming is taken to a higher level beyond that of physical skills. Baby swimming has so much to offer when approached in a nurturing, child-paced, "baby friendly" environment: boundless joy, self-confidence, personal development, as well as happy, healthy and well-adjusted children. Learning through songs, interactive games and group activities, appeals to a child's sense of curiosity, wonder and play, all complemented by colorful toys and other engaging aquatic apparatuses. With mom and dad as co-teachers in the swimming pool, in a group format with other like-minded parents, babies can learn to relate to the water with ease and confidence. Infants as young as nine months old can begin to learn to rediscover the liquid environment they left behind in the womb.

Swim 101 - Beginners, ages 3 to 5 years old.
Swim 102 - Beginners, ages 6 to 9 years old.
Swim 103 - Beginners, ages 10 to 12 years old.
Prerequisites:  None
Skills:  Surface Swim Front and Back
8 Sessions, 1/2 Hour Each, 3 Person Minimum, 4 Person Maximum

In Swim 100 level classes, your child will learn to "swim like a fish" thru a child-centered, activity-oriented approach, coupled with unique skill progressions for the following:

• First-time Submersion
• Breath Holding
• Breath Control
• Front Kicking
• Back Kicking
• In-line Kicking
• Paddle Stroke
• Underwater Swimming using a "Pop-up" Breath
• Underwater Swimming using a "Roll-over" Breath

Upon mastering the "Swim 100" skills, your child will advance to "Swim Strokes 200" where he/she will learn to swim the formal strokes of Freestyle with Side Breathing and Backstroke.

Swim 201 - Ages 3 to 5 years old.
Swim 202 - Ages 6 to 9 years old.
Swim 203 - Ages 10 to 12 years old.
Skills:  Freestyle and Backstroke
Prerequisites:  To enroll in "SWIM STROKES 200," your child should be able to comfortably swim 15 feet without the aid of a flotation device, face in the water, and breathing as needed.
8 Sessions, 1/2 Hour Each, 3 Person Minimum, 4 Person Maximum

In "Swim Strokes 201" (level 2), your child will learn how to swim the formal strokes of freestyle with side breathing and backstroke. The Freestyle Side Breathing skill may be the most important skill one learns in the learn-to-swim process. "Swim Strokes 201" is drill-oriented with unique skill progressions for the following:

• Kicking with the Kick-board
• Back Kicking
• Streamline Kicking
• Backstroke
• Freestyle

Upon mastering the "Swim Strokes 200" skills, your child will advance to "Swim 300" where he/she will learn to swim Butterfly and Breaststroke.

Swim 301 - Ages 3 to 5 years old.
Swim 302 - Ages 6 to 9 years old.
Swim 303 - Ages 10 to 12 years old.
Skills:  Breaststroke and Butterfly
Prerequisites:  To enroll in "ADVANCED SWIM STROKES 300," your child must be able to Swim 25 feet of Freestyle (Front Crawl) with the Side Breathing.
8 Sessions, 1/2 Hour Each, 3 Person Minimum, 4 Person Maximum

In "Advanced Swim Strokes 300,” your child will learn the advanced skills of Breaststroke and Butterfly, as well as refine and further develop the Freestyle and Backstroke. All "Advanced Swim Strokes 300" classes are drill and technique-oriented.  In this course, your child will practice the following skills each lesson:

• Freestyle & Backstroke (minimal work for refinement purposes)
• Breaststroke Kick (Whip Kick)
• Breaststroke Arm Stroke
• Breaststroke (Kick & Stroke Timing)
• Body Dolphin Butterfly Kick
• Butterfly Arm Stroke
• Butterfly (Kick & Stroke Timing)

Not only are the Breaststroke and Butterfly strokes necessary skills to master in order to swim competitively, but Breaststroke is also an essential skill in becoming a certified lifeguard. Upon "Advanced Swim Strokes 300" graduation, we would also like to recommend our new “Lifesaving Strokes 400” course where we teach Sidestroke, Elementary Backstroke, and Treading.  Upon mastering these courses, your swimmer's possibilities in aquatics are endless. When a student masters each of these strokes, he/she is ready to advance to a swim team or enroll in advanced water safety courses such as Life Guarding.

Swim 401 - Ages 3 to 5 years old.
Swim 402 - Ages 6 to 9 years old.
Swim 403 - Ages 10 to 12 years old.
Skills:  Sidestroke and Elementry Backstroke
Prerequisites:  To enroll in "ADVANCED SWIM STROKES 400," your child must be able to Swim 25 feet of Freestyle (Front Crawl) with the Side Breathing.
8 Sessions, 1/2 Hour Each, 3 Person Minimum, 4 Person Maximum

In "Advanced Swim Strokes 400,” your child will learn the advanced skills of Sidestroke and Elementary Backstroke. All "Advanced Swim Strokes 400" classes are drill and technique-oriented.  In this course, your child will practice the following skills each lesson:

• Freestyle & Backstroke (minimal work for refinement purposes)
• Sidestroke