**The great thing about our program is that it is completely tailored to your child. If they have mastered some skills, but are lacking in others, private lessons are an excellent way for students to get the extra practice at skills they are struggling with!**
Parent- Child A & B
Parents and children (ages 6 months to 5 years of age) learn together to increase child’s comfort level in the water by building a foundation of basic skills such as arm & leg movements and breath control. There are (2) levels to this course, with (level A) being the introduction class for first time students, and (Level B) being more progressive, focusing on building self-confidence, working towards limited assistance skill progression.
Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills
There is no pre-requisite for this course. The objective of Level 1 is to help student’s feel comfortable in the water, and to enjoy the water safely. In Level 1, students are taught elementary aquatic skills, which student’s build on as they progress through the seven “Learn to Swim” levels.
Level 2: Fundamentals of Aquatic Skills
The objective for Level 2 is to give students success with fundamental skills and introduce them to true locomotion skills. Examples: Floating w/out support and recover to a vertical position; exploring simultaneous and alternating arm and leg action on the front and back; self help and basic rescue skills.
Level 3: Stroke Development
The objective for level 3 is to build on the skills from Level 2 by providing additional guided practice. Students will be taught: Coordination of the front crawl & back crawl; introductory elements of the butterfly; fundamentals of treading water, rules of head-first entries and begin to learn to enter the water head-first from the side of the pool @ a depth of 9 feet; a continuum of personal rescue skills.
Level 4: Stroke Improvement
The objective for Level 4 is to develop confidence in the strokes learned thus far and to improve other aquatic skills. At this level, students will be focusing on improving their skills and increasing their endurance by swimming familiar strokes (front crawl, back crawl); improving their proficiency with the butterfly; introduction to elementary backstroke, breaststroke and elements of the sidestroke; basics of turns
Level 5: Stroke Refinement
The objective for Level 5 is to coordinate and refine the front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke; increase distances; introduce flip turns on the front and back.
Level 6: Swimming and Skill Proficiency
The objective for Level 6 is to refine the strokes so student’s swim them with more ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness over greater distances.
Level 7: Advanced Swimming and Lifeguard Readiness
The objective for Level 7 is to continue to refine strokes and to give swimmers a introductory experience to swim team mechanics and lifeguarding skills.
