Students in this class  will learn to relax in the water, listen to teacher instruction and swim a short distance face down. They are introducted to Water Skills: blowing bubbles, opening eyes under water, rolling over, arm and leg action.  

This class is designed for students who are comfortable in the water, able to swim a short distance face down and can float on their front and back.  Students in this class will learn Fundamental Aquatic Skills: jumping into water, submerging head, combined arm and leg action, finning, sculling. Students will learn breating, arm movement techniques as preperation for freestyle, back stroke kicking, and body positioning. The child is ready for the next level when he/she can swim on the stomach face down for 12 1/2 yards.

In this class, students learn over the water arm recovery, rotary breathing (side breathing), treading water, front and back crawl and butterfly kick. The child is ready for the next level when he/she can swim freestyle w/ side breathing , and elementary backstroke for 12 1/2 yards each.

In this class, students will fine tune freestyle and elementary backstroke, learn  backstroke, breaststroke and dolphin kick, swimming on side and beginning diving. The child is ready for the next level when she/he can complete 25 yards of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke (w/glide) and dolphin kick.