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YOUTH SWIM LESSONS
Parent - Child
Ages 6 months - 3 years
Accompanied by a parent, infants and toddlers learn to be comfortable in the water and develop swim readiness skills through fun and confidence building experiences, while parents learn about water safety, drowning prevention, and the importance of supervision.
Water Discovery A:
Introduces infants and toddlers to the aquatic environment
Water Discovery B:
Focuses on exploring body positions, blowing bubbles, and fundamental safety and aquatic skills
Preschool / Youth
3 years - 12 years
Students learn personal water safety and achieve basic swimming competency by learning two benchmark skills:
- Swim, float, swim—sequencing front glide, roll, back float, roll, front glide
- Jump, push, turn, grab
Preschool 1: Water acclimation
Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self-rescue skills performed with assistance
Preschool 2: Water movement
Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently
Preschool 3: Water stamina
Develops intermediate self-rescue skills performed at longer distances than in previous stages
Preschool 4: Stroke introduction
Introduces basic stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke
Youth 1-3: Water movement
Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently
Youth 4: Stroke introduction
Introduces basic stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke
Youth 5: Stroke development
Introduces breaststroke and butterfly and reinforces water safety through treading water and sidestroke
Youth 6: Stroke mechanics
Refines stroke technique on all major competitive strokes and encourages swimming as part of a healthy lifestyle
Having mastered the fundamentals, students learn additional water safety skills and build stroke technique, developing skills that prevent chronic disease, increase social-emotional and cognitive well-being, and foster a lifetime of physical activity
