Member Registration Opens
August 11 at 9am
Guest Registration Opens
August 13 at 9am
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
One week before lessons start.
FOR INFORMATION OR FREE LESSON ASSESSMENTS:
Please call 952.496.6891.
Dakotah! Sport and Fitness allows members to register 48 hours earlier than nonmembers/guests. Children of Dakotah! Sport and Fitness members must be listed on the membership account in order to register early and to receive the reduced rate.
FALL 2025
Welcome to the Swim Dakotah! program. Our swim program is intended to build confidence and safety in the water. Each level builds upon the natural progression of swimming, which helps the participant develop efficient, technically based skills while having fun in the water. These skills can be used for either recreational swimming or lifelong fitness.
BABY AND ME
Ages: 6-18 months • 30-minute class
Ratio 10:1
$80/Member • $120 Nonmember Swim instruction with parent/adult and child. Baby will learn to be comfortable in the water as they begin their swimming journey. This class is a perfect way to start learning basic swim and safety skills.
Skills Taught: Water adaptation, bubbles, begin putting face in the water, assisted front crawl, assisted front and back floats, zoom under water, assisted roll, safe exit and entry.
LITTLE LEVEL 1: BUBBLES
Ages: 3-7 • 30-minute class • Ratio 3:1
$80/Member • $120 Nonmember
This is a great starting point for younger kids, who are new or afraid of the water! In this class, a swimmer will practice water adaptation, work toward going underwater, and build up to learning to float. Our goal is to get the swimmer more comfortable and safer in the water!
Skills Taught: Water adaptation, selfsubmerge, assisted front float-face in water (10 seconds), assisted back float (15 seconds), glide (three feet), blow bubbles with controlled breathing.
LITTLE LEVEL 3: KICKS
Ages 3-7 • 30-minute class • Ratio 3:1
$80/Member • $120 Nonmember
The primary focus of this level is to strengthen a younger swimmer’s kick. The swimmer will learn flutter kick on their front and back, as well as elementary backstroke kick. With these kicking skills, we will begin to learn to tread water.
Skills Taught: Retrieve an object from four feet of water, streamline/glide (10 feet), flutter kick on front (20 feet), flutter kick on back (20 feet), elementary backstroke kick, independent roll from front to back, independent swim (20 feet).
Please note: There will not be classes the week of October 13-18.
Swim Dakotah! instructors have been trained both in and out of the pool, and continue to improve on their skills to keep our swim program consistent. Smaller class sizes allow more oneon-one instructor time, as well as more time to practice skill development. TO
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Necessary to Advance: Child must be 18 months before moving to Parent-Tot, may be combined with a ParentTot based on availability.
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays)
Option 1: 10-10:30am
PARENT-TOT
Age: 18-36 months • 30-minute class Ratio 10:1
$80/Member • $120 Nonmember Parent-Tot classes are a great way to continue to get a swimmer comfortable in the water. They will learn necessary swim and safety skills in the water. To “graduate” this level, a swimmer must be three years old, after that they can move to a level 1 or 2.
Skills Taught: Water adaptation, blow bubbles, submerge face, assisted front and back floats, zooms/glide under water, assisted roll, independent front crawl with barbell, safe exit and entry.
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays)
Option 1: 4:35-5:05pm
September 18- November 13 (Thursdays)
Option 2: 5:10-5:40pm
September 20- November 15 (Saturdays)
Option 3: 9:40-10:10am
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays)
Option 1: 10:35-11:05am
Option 2: 4-4:30pm
Option 3: 5:45-6:15pm
September 18-November 13 (Thursdays)
Option 4: 4:35-5:05pm
Option 5: 5:10-5:40pm
September 20-November 15 (Saturdays)
Option 6: 9:05-9:35am
Option 7: 9:40-10:10am
Option 8: 10:50-11:20am
LITTLE LEVEL 2: FLOATS
Ages: 3-7 • 30-minute class • Ratio 3:1 $80/Member • $120 Nonmember This level is where younger swimmers learn to float and move in the water. Swimmers are building up to swim independently, without the assistance of equipment or an instructor. Your child will learn to float and roll over to catch a breath.
Skills Taught: Retrieve an object from waist-height, independent front-float (10 seconds), independent back float (20 seconds), assisted roll from back to front, glide (5 feet), independent swim (10 feet).
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays)
Option 1: 11:10-11:40am
Option 2: 4-4:30pm
Option 3: 4:35-5:05pm
September 18-November 13 (Thursdays)
Option 4: 4-4:30pm
September 19-November 14 (Fridays)
Option 5: 11-11:30am
September 20-November 15 (Saturdays)
Option 6: 8:30-9am
Option 7: 10:50-11:20am
Option 8: 11:25-11:55am
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays
Option 1: 4:35-5:05pm
Option 2: 5:45-6:15pm
September 18-November 13 (Thursdays)
Option 3: 4-4:30pm
Option 4: 5:45-6:15pm
September 19-November 14 (Fridays)
Option 5: 11:35am-12:05pm
September 20-November 15 (Saturdays)
Option 6: 9:05-9:35am
Option 7: 10:15-10:45am
YOUTH LEVEL 1-2:
BUBBLES AND FLOATS
Ages 8-12 • 30-minute class • Ratio 3:1
$80/Member • $120 Nonmember
This class is designed specifically for older kids learning to swim. This level is where they learn to float and move in the water. Swimmers are building up to swim independently, without the assistance of equipment or an instructor. Your child will learn to float and roll over to catch a breath.
Skills Taught: Water adaptation, bubbles (10 seconds), retrieve an object from waist-height , independent front-float (10 seconds), independent back float (20 seconds), assisted roll from back to front , glide (five feet), independent swim (10 feet).
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays)
Option 1: 5:10-5:40pm
September 20-November 15 (Saturdays)
Option 2: 9:40-10:10am
YOUTH LEVEL 3: KICKS
Ages 8-12 • 30-minute class • Ratio 4:1
$80/Member • $120 Nonmember
This class is designed specifically for older kids. The primary focus of Level 3 is to strengthen a swimmer’s kick. The swimmer will learn flutter kick on their front and back, as well as elementary backstroke kick. With these kicking skills, we will begin to learn to tread water.
Skills Taught: Retrieve an object from 4 feet of water, streamline/glide (10 feet), flutter kick on front (20 feet), flutter kick on back (20 feet), elementary backstroke kick, independent roll from front to back, independent swim (20 feet).
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays)
Option 1: 6:55-7:25pm
September 18-November 13 (Thursdays)
Option 2: 4:35-5:05pm
September 20-November 15 (Saturdays)
Option 3: 8:30-9am
LEVEL 4: ARMS
Ages 6-12 • 30-minute class
Ratio 4:1
$80/Member • $120 Nonmember
Level 4 will give a swimmer a solid foundation to start working on technique. We learn freestyle, backstroke, and elementary backstroke. Introduce rhythmic breathing and continue treading water.
Skills Taught: Streamline (15 feet), freestyle arms and kicks (30 feet), rhythmic breathing (flip every three arms), backstroke arms and kick (30 feet), elementary backstroke (30 feet)
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays)
Option 1: 5:10-5:40pm
Option 2: 6:20-6:50pm
September 18-November 13 (Thursdays)
Option 3: 6:55-7:25pm
September 19-November 14 (Fridays
Option 4: 12:10-12:40pm
September 20-November 15 (Saturdays)
Option 5: 10:15-10:45am
Option 6: 11:25-11:55am
Option 7: Noon-12:30pm
LEVEL 5: FREESTYLE AND BACKSTROKE
Ages 6-12 • 30-minute class • Ratio 4:1
$80/Member • $120 Nonmember
This is the level to master freestyle and backstroke with proper breathing, rotation, and technique. We will introduce the kicks for breaststroke and butterfly to prepare for the next level.
Skills Taught: Freestyle with side breath and rhythmic breathing (25 yards), backstroke with shoulder rotation (25 yards), elementary backstroke (25 yards), breaststroke kick (15 yards), dolphin kick (15 yards).
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays)
Option 1: 11:45am-12:15pm
Option 2: 4-4:30pm
Option 3: 5:45-6:15pm
September 18-November 13 (Thursdays)
Option 4: 5:45-6:15pm
September 20-November 15 (Saturdays)
Option 5: 8:30-9am
Option 6: 10:15-10:45am
LEVEL 6: BREASTSTROKE
AND BUTTERFLY
Ages 6-12 • 30-minute class • Ratio 4:1
$80/Member • $120 Nonmember
After mastering freestyle and backstroke, we move on to the “hard strokes.” In this level, the swimmer will work on butterfly and breaststroke while building endurance. They will be introduced to diving as well.
Skills Taught: Butterfly: full stroke with correct timing (15 yards), breaststroke: full stroke with correct timing (15 yards), freestyle (50 yards), backstroke (50 yards), seated dive.
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays)
Option 1: 5:10-5:40pm
Option 2: 6:20-6:50pm
September 18-November 13 (Thursdays)
Option 3: 6:20-6:50pm
September 20-November 15 (Saturdays)
Option 4: 9:05-9:35am
Option 5: 10:50-11:20am
Option 6: Noon-12:30pm
LEVEL 7: TURNS AND ENDURANCE
Ages 6-12
• 60-minute class • Ratio 6:1
$92/Member • $133/Nonmember
During this level we are building on skills to help begin a competitive swimming career. They focus on turns and building endurance to prepare for junior swim team.
Skills to be Tested: Endurance, flip turns and correct stroke transitions, butterfly and breaststroke (25 yards), freestyle and backstroke (100 yards), kneeling dive.
September 18-November 13 (Thursdays)
Option 1: 6:20-7:20pm
September 20-November 15 (Saturdays)
Option 2: 11:25am-12:25pm
LEVEL 8: JUNIOR SWIM TEAM
Ages 6-12 • 60-minute class • Ratio 6:1
$92/Member • $133/Nonmember
This level is for children who are looking to move up to swim competitively. Or anyone who is looking for stroke improvement while building endurance. This level is ran similar to a swim team practice.
Skills to be Tested: Endurance, 100-yard IM with correct turns, technical stroke work, turn (flip turns and proper transitions), standing dive and competition start, swim team preparation.
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays)
Option 1: 6:20-7:20pm
ADULT: LEARN TO SWIM
Ages 18+ • 30-minute class • Ratio 4:1
$90/Member • $120/Nonmember
This level is intended for adults who are unable to swim and want to develop basic swim skills for safety and recreation. These lessons are geared toward their individual needs with the goal of getting them to be more comfortable in the water.
Skills Taught: Catered toward individual goals, confidence in the water, independence in the water, front float, back float, kicks, breath control, front crawl.
September 16-November 11 (Tuesdays)
Option 1: 6:55-7:25pm