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Parent-Child (ages
6 months - 14 months)
This progressive class focuses on getting
children comfortable in an aquatic environment. Children will
develop familiarity with going under water and working with our
instructors. Parent participation is required for safety reasons.
Silly Fish (ages
15 months - 23 months)
This class is designed for children that
have gone through our Parent/Child class or older children that are not
quite ready to participate in class without a parent. Sea Horse 1
skills will be introduced with the goal of completely separating students
from parents.
Sea Horse (ages 2 - 3 years)
Level 1 This water adjustment class is for
children that are clearly ready to begin swim lessons without a parent in
the water. In addition to basic swimming skills, children will be
introduced to proper swim positioning and back floating.
Level 2 In this class children will further develop
skill taught in level 1. A greater emphasis is placed on proper
swim positioning and the ability to float unassisted.
Level 3 In this level
children will learn techniques such as effective breathing and how to use
their arms efficiently. For this class, children must be
comfortable in the deep end.
Tadpole (ages 3 1/2 - 4 years)
Level 1 This introductory class focuses
on water safety and developing confidence with basic swimming
techniques. Skills taught include proper swim positioning, swimming
short distances unassisted and floating on their backs with minimal
assistance.
Level 2 This level is designed
for students who are capable of comfortably performing all the skills
taught in level 1. Students are ready to learn roll-overs, proper
recovery in deep water, floating on their backs unassisted and elementary
backstroke.
Level 3 In this level children
with strengthen their roll-overs while swimming greater distances.
They will further develop elementary backstroke.
Level 4 In this level children
will perfect elementary backstroke and be introduced to
side-breathing. They will also build stamina by swimming the length
of the pool unassisted.
Seal (ages 5-6
years) Sea Lion (ages 7-9 years)
Level
1
This introductory class focuses on water safety and developing confidence
with basic swimming techniques. Skills taught include proper swim positioning,
swimming short distances unassisted and floating on their backs with
minimal assistance.
Level 2 In this level
students will learn roll-overs and elementary backstroke while swimming
the length of the pool. Students will also learn proper recovery in
deeper water and begin to build the stamina required for more advanced
levels.
Level 3 This level is designed for students who are capable of
comfortably performing all the skills taught in level 2.
Considerable stamina is built while focusing on correct freestyle and
backstroke techniques. Students often repeat this level due to the
time it takes to properly perform these strokes.
Level 4 In this level students
are taught breaststroke while strengthening the skills and strokes
learned in prior levels. Students often repeat this level due to
the complexity of proper breaststroke.
Level 5 In this level students
are taught butterfly while strengthening the skills and strokes learned
in prior levels. Students often repeat this level due to the complexity
of proper butterfly
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