In Swim Basics, students learn personal water safety and achieve basic swimming competency by learning two benchmark skills: Swim, Float, Swim & Jump, Push, Turn, Grab.
In Swim Strokes, 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!
School Age Classes Offered: 1 instructor to 6-8 children ratio
- 1S / Water Acclimation – Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self-rescue skills preformed with assistance (Beginner)
- 2S / Water Movement – Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills preformed independantly (Advanced beginner)
- 3S / Water Stamina – Develops intermediate self-rescue skills preformed at longer distances than in previous stages (Low Intermediate)
- 4S / Stroke Introduction – Introduces basic stroke technique in front and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke (High Intermediate)
- 5S / Stroke Development – Introduces breaststroke and butterfly and reinforces water safety through treading water and sidestroke (Low Advanced)
- 6S / Stroke Mechanics – Refines stroke technique on all major competitive strokes and encourages swimming as part of a healthy lifestyle. (High Advanced)