Youth Swiming Lessons – Fall One – All classes will be held on Sundays.
Session dates:  September 8, 15, 22, 29, and October 6 & 13, 2024

*Please be sure to place your child in the correct class.  If you need assistance, please contact Beth Raub at [email protected].

Registration:
-YWCA and Members open on August 14, 2024, at noon.
-Insurance members & non-members open on August 21, 2024, at noon

Beginner One-Intermediate Three – ages 2nd grade-age 14

Beginner One:  Sundays 11-11:40 am
Beginner Two:  Sundays 11:50 am-12:30 pm
Intermediate One:  Sundays, 11:50 am-12:30 pm
Intermediate Two:  Sundays, 12:40-1:20 pm
Intermediate Three:  Sundays, 12:40-1:20 pm

Class prerequisites:

Beginner One: Students at this level may be new to instructional swimming. In this level, they will work to be comfortable in the water by learning to float on their front and back, submerge their heads, kick with a kickboard on their front and back for 50 feet, and swim on their front and back for 40 feet.

Beginner Two:  Students in this level will work on strengthening front and back swimming by incorporating over-water recovery.  They will prepare to swim lengths of the pool, tread water, and jump into deep water.

Intermediate One:  Students in this level will work on swimming longer distances on their front and back and using rotary breathing in freestyle. They will also strengthen their floats and streamlines. Breaststroke kick will be interduced.

Intermediate Two:  Students must be able to perform 15 deep water bobs and tread water for 1 minute.  Students will work on swimming 50 meters on their front and back.  Breaststroke kick will be perfected and arm movements will be introduced.

Intermediate Three:  Students in this level will begin to learn self-safety skills in the water and will be swimming distances of  50-100 meters and more in freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke.

Youth Swiming Lessons – Fall One – All classes will be held on Sundays.
Session dates:  September 8, 15, 22, 29, and October 6 & 13, 2024

*Please be sure to place your child in the correct class.  If you need assistance, please contact Beth Raub at [email protected].

Registration:
-YWCA Employees and Members open on August 14, 2024, at noon.
-Insurance members & non-members open on August 21, 2024, at noon

Aqua Babies & Tots – Ages 6 months – 3 years – Sundays, 9:30-10 am

T.O.P.S.S. – Tadpole 1, Tadpole 2, Otter – Ages 3 – 1st grade – Sundays, 10:10 am-10:50 am

T.O.P.S.S.- Porpoise, Seal, and Shark – Ages 3 – 1st grade – Sundays 11-11:40 am

Aqua Babies & Tots:  This class is for children between the ages of 6 months and three years and a responsible adult.  Through a mixture of guided movements, songs, games, and toys, children become acclimated to the water while the adult learns how to offer a safe and fun first experience.

Tadpole 1:  This class is for children who are new to swimming lessons or are still working on beginner skills.  While wearing a backpack flotation device, children will learn how to blow bubbles, put their mouth and nose in the water, kick on their front & back with a kickboard, and swim on their front and back using beginner strokes.

Tadpole 2:  This class is for children who have some experience with swimming.  They need to be able to perform all of the following skills with little assistance while wearing a backpack:  blow bubbles, put their face in the water, kick and swim independently on their front and back with a kickboard for a distance of 20 feet, with limited assistance, and jump into shallow water with assistance.

Otter:  This class is for children who are comfortable in the water and can perform the following skills independently while wearing a backpack:  blow bubbles with the face in the water, kick and swim independently on front and back for 20 feet, and jump into shallow water with limited assistance.  This class will use a 2-float backpack.

Porpoise:  This class is for children who are very comfortable in the water and can perform the following skills independently while wearing a backpack:  10 bobs with air exchange, front and back floats for 5 seconds each, kick 40 feet independently,  swim on front and back for 25 meters, and jump into shallow water.  This class begins swimming without a backpack.

Seal:  This class is for children who are very comfortable in the water and have begun swimming without a backpack.  They must be able to kick with a kickboard and no backpack for 25 meters, show the beginning of swimming on the front and back without a backpack for 20 feet, and jump into deep water.

Shark:  Children in this class should be swimming and kicking independently on their front and back with a kickboard for 25 meters, showing overarm recovery in freestyle and backstroke, treading water, jumping into deep water, and demonstrating front and back floats for 20 seconds.