Children are water-safe once they have completed this course. They learn to swim in any depth of water, swim from point A to B, tread water, dive, jump, and have total confidence in the pool. They begin to learn breath control. Beginners attend class twice a week for 30-minute lessons with a 3:1 student to teacher ratio.
Beginner Novice: $125 (3 times per week for 4 weeks; 30 min. practices) (April – Sept)
In this next level of swimming, swimmers begin to master breathing, build endurance, and learn dives and underwater control. They learn the four strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. There are different levels within this group, and children will be placed appropriately. These swimmers may go to novice meets where everyone wins ribbons.
Advanced Novice: $125 (3 times per weeks for 4 weeks; 1-hr. practices) (April – Sept)
Efficient strokes, and legal starts, turns, and finishes are the focus of this group. Swimmers learn how to use the pace clock and do simple sets. They also play games, do drills, build endurance, and have fun while perfecting their strokes. These swimmers can also go to the novice swim meets as well as “C” meets, which are the lowest level of competitive swim meets. By the time swimmers move up from this group they will be ready to swim on the competitive team.
