SWIM LESSONS

Swimming is a life skill as well as great exercise and a challenging sport. Y’s offer swim lessons (for all ages), family swim, competitive swim teams, and more so we can all safely enjoy the pleasures of an aquatic environment.

Swim Lesson Categories:

• Parent/Child:  This course familiarizes young children to the water and prepares them for future preschool courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water on their own, rather its purpose is to teach parents safety information and techniques to help orient their children to the water. This course is designed for children ages 6 months to about 3 years to be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
• Pre-School:  Preschool Aquatics is an integral part of our Water Safety program. The primary objective is to promote the developmentally appropriate learning of fundamental water safety and aquatic skills to young children ages 3-5. This program is a great lead in to our Youth Program. There will not be makeup classes scheduled for classes missed for personal reasons.
• School Age:  Our youth swimming lessons program teaches aquatic and personal water safety skills in a logical progression. We offer four levels that progress with the participants growing skill level. Throughout the levels, participants build on their skills to learn various propulsive movements on the front, back, and side. Participants will learn to refine their strokes and build endurance. This program is offered to children and teenagers 6 to 12 years of age.
• Teen/Adult:  This course is offered to participants 13 and older. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced participants all register for this course. Each swimmer will be evaluated on the first day and placed with participants of similar ability and skill level.

We are now offering, as part of our youth program, a course for advanced swimmers and participants that have completed our Youth Program. The Stroke and Turns Clinic acts as a bridge into a swim team level skill set. We will focus on freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, and backstroke. The focus will also be to work on starts, turns, and finishes, as well as endurance and speed. This program is offered to children and teenager 6 to 12 years of age. There will not be makeup classes scheduled for classes missed for personal reasons.