This is a four-level program offers children their
first experience in the pool without parental assistance. The children
are taught the basic skills that are the building blocks of swimming.
They also learn about pool safety, boating safety, and the use of
personal floatation devices. The classes are divided into skill
level, the levels are based on water skills.
Classes:
Pike - Beginner, this
level helps children develop safe pool behavior, adjust to the
water, and develop independent movement in the water. It is designed
for new swimmers, teaching basic paddle stroke and kicking skills,
pool safety, proper use of float belts and PFDs, and comfort with
holding the face in the water while blowing bubbles and swimming.
Eel - Advanced Beginner,
this level reinforces Pike skills. It is for children who are
comfortable in the water. They are taught to kick, dive, float,
and perform the progressive paddle stroke. They also learn basic
boating safety and the use of PFDs. Children can swim across the
pool without assistance by the end of this level.
Ray - Intermediate,
at this level children review previous skills, improve stroke
skills, learn more personal safety, and rescue skills, build endurance
by swimming on their front, back, side and learn to tread water
and perform more progressive diving skills. Children can swim
across the pool on their front and back without assistance by
the end of this level.
Starfish - Advanced,
at this level children review previously learned skills and refine
their strokes as well as their personal safety, rescue, and floating
skills. They also learn underwater swimming skills. Children can
swim a length of the pool on their front, back, side at the end
of this level.
Cost: $29 Members / $54 Non-Members
(6 classes)
$38 Members / $69 Non-Members (8 classes)
2011 / 2012 Sessions
Saturdays
December 3 - December 18 (short session)
January 7 - February 11
February 18 - March 24
March 31 - May 5
Tuesday & Thursday
October 25 - November 17
November 29 - December 15 (short session)
January 3 - January 26
February 7 - March 1
March 6 - March 29
April 3 - April 26
May 1 - May 24
Tuesdays
(Pike only 10-10:30am)
November 1 - December 13
January 3 - February 7
February 14 - March 20
March 27 - May 1
For more information please contact
Gerald McLean
