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You are ready for our Adult/Child classes!  Our adult/child series for children 9-36 months, will introduce infants and toddlers to the aquatic environment and begin to introduce safety skills to parents and children to help keep them safe in and around aquatic environments. Parent/guardian participation is required.  The following classes are based on age, except Water Exploration B. :

Water Discovery (9-18 months): Introduces caregivers and their children to the aquatic environment.

Water Exploration A (12-24 months): Focuses on exploring body positions, blowing bubbles, and fundamental aquatic skills such as becoming comfortable submerging in the water and becoming comfortable with putting their face in the water.

Water Exploration B (20-36 months): For the swimmer who is comfortable putting their face in the water and completely submerging into the water with assistance from adult. Child must be comfortable with their face, head, and ears getting wet. 

 

Your Level is Preschool Stage 1 (P1)

Qualifications: No experience necessary, entry level class.

 

Your Level is Preschool Stage 2 (P2)

Qualifications: Must be comfortable going underwater and fully submerging their eyes, ears, and head in the water. Must be comfortable swimming with the assistance of an instructor putting their face in the water. The goal of PS 2, will be for the swimmer to float on their back and front, and swimming a short distance independently.

 

Your level is Preschool Stage 3 - P3

Qualifications: Must be able to float on their back and front for 10 seconds independently. Must be able to swim at least 10 feet independently with a forward-facing movement and eyes in the water. 

The goal of PS 3 will be for the swimmer to swim the width of the pool independently using front crawl, kicking on their back for the width of the pool, and being introduced to breathing techniques while swimming.

Your Level is Preschool Stage 4 (P4)

Qualifications: Must be able to swim the width of the pool using front crawl, breathing independently without any assistance from an instructor. Participant should be able to kick on their back the width of the pool. 

The goal of this class will be for participants to learn front crawl with side breathing, back crawl using backstroke arms, and building stamina by swimming up to 15 yards at a time on front and back.

 

 

Your Level is Preschool Stage 5 (P5)

Preschool Stage 5 – P5:  Qualifications: Must be able to swim half the length of the pool using front crawl, breathing independently without any assistance from an instructor. The participant should be able to kick on their back the length of the pool.

The goal of this class will be for participants to continue to refine their front crawl with side breathing, back crawl using backstroke arms, and building stamina by swimming up to 1 length of the pool at a time on their front and back.

 

 

Your Level is School Age Stage 1: S1

No experience necessary. The goal of the class is to learn to swim independently using the front crawl with breath control for at least the width of the pool. Participants will also begin to tread water and will be introduced to swimming on their back.

Your Level is School Age Stage 2: S2

Qualifications: Must be comfortable swimming the width of the pool using front crawl with proper breath control, and kicking on their back.

 Participants will learn front crawl with side breathing and will work on building endurance to swim the length of the pool efficiently on their front and back. Students will also work on elementary backstroke arms, treading water for 30 seconds, and beginning to dive.

Your Level is School Age Stage 3: S3

Qualifications: Must be able to swim 1 length (25 yards) front crawl unassisted, 1 length kicking on back unassisted, and tread water for at least 30 seconds.

 Participants will learn front crawl with rotary breathing, backstroke, elementary backstroke, kneeling dives, and will build stamina treading water for up to 1 minute.

Your Level is School Age Stage 4: S4

Qualifications: Must be able to swim 2 lengths (50 yards) front crawl, 2 lengths (50 yards) back crawl, and tread water for at least one minute. 

Participants will master freestyle and backstroke with proper technique and breathing.

Your Level is School Age Stage 5: S5

Qualifications: Must be able to swim 4 lengths (100 yards) freestyle, 4 lengths (100 yards) backstroke, and must be familiar with breaststroke and butterfly kick. 

Swimmers will be introduced to breaststroke and butterfly arms, while continuing to work on kicks and coordination. Swim team based skills such as starts/turns, diving may be introduced.

Your Level is School Age Stage 6: S6

Qualifications: Must be able to swim 4 lengths (100 yards) freestyle, 4 lengths (100 yards) backstroke, 25 yards breaststroke, 25 yards dolphin kick, tread water for 1 ½ minutes.

 Participants will master breaststroke and butterfly while continuing to work on conditioning and diving, starts/turns. Participants will learn skills to help them best prepare for swim team and/or lifeguarding classes.

Your Level is Pre-Teen Starters (age 10-12)

For the beginner to intermediate swimmer who is becoming confident in the water. Swimmers will learn the basics of front crawl and backstroke. 

The goal of the class will be to build up stamina to swim 50 yards of front crawl using rotary breathing and backstroke.

Your Level is Pre-Teen Advanced (age 10-12)

For the advanced intermediate to advanced swimmer. Swimmer must be able to swim at least 2 lengths of freestyle using rotary breathing and 2 lengths of backstroke without stopping.

 Participants will work on building endurance and stamina and will be learning the fundamentals of breaststroke and butterfly.

Your Level is Teen Starters (Age 13-16)

For the beginner to intermediate swimmer who is becoming confident in the water. Swimmers will learn the basics of front crawl and backstroke. 

he goal of the class will be to build up stamina to swim 50 yards of front crawl using rotary breathing and backstroke.

Your Level is Teen Advanced (Age 13-16)

For the advanced intermediate to advanced swimmer. Swimmer must be able to swim at least 2 lengths of freestyle using rotary breathing and 2 lengths of backstroke without stopping.

 Participants will work on building endurance and stamina and will be learning the fundamentals of breaststroke and butterfly.