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YMCA of Western North Carolina
Parent/Child
Children and parents are introduced to the water together during Child Parent classes. This is a great opportunity to bond with your child while introducing them to the water for the first time.
Pike- Preschoolers
This class gets children comfortable in the water while teaching basic swimming skills and safety. This is a great class for beginning swimmers.
Eel- Preschoolers
Children who are comfortable in the water will increase swimming ability and continue to learn about safety. This is a great class for swimmers who have some experience with water, but do not have specific skills.
Starfish- Preschoolers
Stroke technique will be fine-tuned and new swimming skills such as underwater swimming, breaststroke, and butterfly will be introduced.
Polliwog- Youth
Children will become comfortable in the water while learning basic swimming skills. This is a great class for beginning swimmers.
Guppy- Youth
Basic swimming skills are strengthened while also focusing on endurance.
Minnow- Youth
Swimmers refine previously learned strokes, increase endurance, and are introduced to new strokes and skills such as breast stroke, diving, and butterfly.
Fish- Youth
Swimmers work on swimming “laps” of the previously learned strokes and fine-tune swimming technique.
Flying Fish- Advanced Youth
Swimmers work on skills of competitive swimming while emphasizing on technique and endurance.
