Group Lessons

Member rate: $55.00 per session

Non-member rate: $60.00 per session

Each sessions runs for 2 weeks - Monday-Thursday


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Level Descriptions

Water Babies
Introduction to the Water (4-18mos)
This parent-child class is a great introduction for your child to the world of water. Social interaction at this age is key, as is repetition. Our instructors will introduce skills such as submersions, arm movement and floating with songs and games that aim to encourage confident and skilled young "swimmers". The goal of this course is to encourage exploration and for the swimmers to gain confidence.

Level 1
Introduction to Water Skills
Students become comfortable in the water & learn to:
~ Enter & Exit water safely  ~ Use a life jacket
~Submerge mouth, nose & eyes.
~ Explore hand & arm movements
~Float on front and back
~ Swim on front and back using arm & leg actions
~ Open eyes under water, pick up submerged objects
~Follow basic water saftey rules.
~ Exhale under water through mouth & nose

Level 2
Fundamental Aquatic Skills
Students become succesful with fundamental skills
~ Enter water by stepping or jumping from the side
~Open eyes underwater, pick up submerged items
~ Swim on side &  front & back using combined strokes
~Roll over from front to back, back to front
~ Float on front and back
~ Tread water using leg &  arm movements
~Submerge entire head
~ Perform front and back glide & crawl
~Move in the water while wearing a life jacket


Level 3
Stroke Development
Swimmers build on level 2 through additional guided practice
~ Jump into deep water from the side
~Bob with head fully submerged
~ Perform survival float

~Butterfly kick and body motions
~ Dive from kneeling or standing positions
~ Use Check-Call-Care in an emergency
~Use rotary breathing in horizontal position
~ Perform front and back glide & crawl
~ Perform a reaching assist & submerge & retrieve an object


Level 4
Stroke Improvement
Swimmers develop confidence & improves aquatic skills
~ Perform shallow dive or dive from stride position
~ Perform open turns on front and back using any stroke
~ Use save diving rules
~Swim using scissors-like kicks, breaststroke, butterfly
~ Swim underwater
~ Tread water using sculling arm motions &  kicks
~ Perform feet first surface dive
~ Perform compact jump into water from a height while wearing a life jacket

Level 5

(Available for private lessons only)

Stroke Refinement -Advanced
~Swimmers develop precision in each stroke and skill
~Review of all strokes: front, back, breast, side
~Intro/review of butterfly
~"Eggbeater" leg movement for treading water
~Open turn refinement
`Learn basic water rescue skills w/rescue tube