Swim School. 5-12 yrs. 6:1 ratio. 30 min. A group environment to motivate your child. Children are evaluated on the first day and grouped with kids of a similar skill set. Our first level begins with correct face and body position, floats, and opening eyes underwater without goggles. Your child will then progress through levels where all the swim strokes are introduced and eventually working towards treading in deep water, dives, and flip turns. The instructor typically plays a game using swim school skills for the last 4 minutes. This class is in our lap pool. Diving well is used to complete some skills in our higher levels.
LEVELS - there are nine levels in Swim School. There may be children in your child's group at a slightly different level than your child. Our instructors teach to all levels in their group.
Snails – Junior Swim School
-enter the pool.
-be comfortable when someone splashes their face.
-want to put their face in the water on their own.
-blow bubbles.
-float with assistance.
-stay in water for entire class time.
-pool safety rules.
-kick with kickboard 5yrds w/ assistance
-practice holding breath
-bob up and down
Turtles – Junior Swim School
-push off wall with assistance.
-kick with kickboard.
-float – 10 seconds wo assistance
-swim under water 3yrds.
-jump into water w/ assistance.
-open eyes under water.
-touch bottom of pool 3’ deep.
Jellyfish – Junior Swim School
-hold breath 10 seconds
-jump in water and swim back to wall with no assistance
-willingly go under water and retrieve objects from bottom
-start using arms
Dunkers – Swim School
-Sometimes children begin swimming lessons for the first time at age 6. We keep them in Swim School because of their maturity level, size, and age; however, we may be working on the same skills as Junior Swim School above.
Explorers
-kick with kickboard for 10yrds.
-front crawl arms
-back stroke arms
Floaters
- two backstroke switches wo assistance.
-two front switches in one breath with form.
-elementary backstroke arms with flutter kick
Guppies
-elementary backstroke kick w/ kickboard.
-3 backstroke switches.
-3 front switches in one breath
-elementary backstroke arms w/ flutter kick 10yrds
High Seas
-coordinated elementary backstroke.
-proper front crawl w/ side breathing.
-straight-arm backstroke
Aquatic Inquisitors
-breaststroke arms w/ flutter kick
-breaststroke kick w/ kickboard
Deep Sea Journeyers
-coordinated breaststroke 1 pool length
-backstroke, front crawl, elementary back stroke 3 pool lengths
-scissor kick w/ kickboard.
-surface dives
-tread water 4 min.
-open turn
-survival float 4 min
Kings of the Ocean
-backstroke and front crawl 4 pool lengths.
-dolphin kick
-dive
-flip turn
Lifesaving Leaders
-all strokes except butterfly 100 yards
-butterfly 15 yards
-tread water 5 min
-throwing assist
Swim Lesson refund and make-up policy - https://www.ahpd.org/programs/swim-lessons/
