Level Descriptions

Parent & Child—Caregivers and children ages 6 months to 3 years explore the water together; basic water safety and basic swimming skills are introduced as well as gaining comfort being in a class environment and working with an instructor.

Level 1 – Introduces basic swimming skills and water safety; swimmers need instructor support in the water. Swimmers will gain confidence and begin submerging their face in the water.

Level 2 – Builds on the basic skills and water safety; Students will learn to jump in the water, rollover and float as a safety skill. Swimmers advance when they can jump into the pool, glide on their front and back, Swim 2 body lengths front and back supported.

Level 3 – Swimmers are introduced to the front crawl, elementary backstroke, and water safety skills; swimmers are becoming able to swim confidently without any support.  They will work on flutter kicking with a kick board, streamline kicking, and backstroke with assistance.

Level 4 – Swimmers will strengthen their kicking and build their endurance by swimming longer distances.  They will work on the Flutter Kick, Breaststroke Kick, and Dolphin kick.  Using streamline, they will begin swimming independently for at 10-15 yards.  They will be introduced to Treading water.   

Level 5 –  This level the swimmers will work on all four strokes, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, and Freestyle.  They must be able to streamline underwater and swim 25 yards of Freestyle and Backstroke, and have a kneeling dive to advance. 

Level 6 - This level is geared to swimmers who are preparing for swim team. Swimmers will be learning more techniques, and swimming longer distances.. Swimmers will be able to swim Freestyle with bi-lateral breathing, swim butterfly 25 yards, swim breaststroke 50 yards, and swim backstroke for 75 yards, and dive off the starting blocks.