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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.
Ray- Preschoolers
Ray lessons incorporate the needs of intermediate swimmers who can move through shallow water independently. They are taught the foundations of specific strokes such as the backstroke, sidestroke and breaststroke. Students are also introduced to breathing techniques and diving.
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.
