SWIM LESSON PROGRESSION PARENT / CHILD (6-36 MONTHS)
YOUTH SWIM LESSONS (6-12 YEARS)
SKIPPER Infant and toddler water adjustment class enhances motor coordination and social skills, and includes an introduction to water safety. Parent and child have the opportunity to spend quality time together. Child must be accompanied by a supervising adult in the water.
PRE-SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS (3-5 YEARS)
POLLIWOG This is the beginning level for school-age children. It gets children acquainted with the pool, comfortable in the water, introduces the use of floatation devices, and floating. By the end of this level they should know the front crawl stroke, side and backstroke. Children have more confidence by the end of this level and should feel comfortable blowing bubbles with their face in the water.
PIKE Prerequisite: Child should be potty trained and able to go in the water without supervision of a parent.
GUPPY Prerequisite: Completion of Polliwog and/or Ray and/or Starfish class or consent of Aquatics Director.
This level helps children develop safe pool behavior, adjust to the water, and develop independent movement in the water. It is designed for new swimmers, teaching basic paddle stroke and kicking skills, pool safety, proper use of IFDs and PFDs, and comfort with holding their face in the water while blowing bubbles and swimming.
Children in this level are able to swim at least 20 feet on front, back, and side. They are introduced to the backstroke, sidestroke, breaststroke, and elementary backstroke. Children can swim a length of the pool without assistance at the end of this level. MINNOW Prerequisite: Completion of Guppy Class or consent of Aquatics Director.
EEL Prerequisite: Completion of Pike Class or consent of Aquatics Director. This level is for children who are comfortable in the water, including blowing bubbles with their face in the water. They are taught to kick, float, and perform the progressive crawl stroke. They also learn basic boating safety and use of PFDs. Children can swim 15 feet without assistance at the end of this level. RAY Prerequisite: Completion of Eel Class or consent of Aquatics Director. Children at this level work on refining front, back and side strokes with face in and breathing. Breaststroke is also introduced along with more advanced water safety skills. Children can swim 20 feet without assistance by the end of this level. STARFISH Prerequisite: Completion of Ray Class or consent of Aquatics Director. Children continue to refine their strokes including front crawl with side breathing, elementary backstroke with glide, back crawl with straight arms, breaststroke with glide, and sidestroke. They also learn underwater swimming skills. Children can swim 40 feet without assistance at the end of this level.
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MARYSVILLE FAMILY YMCA |
SPRING 2017
For children able to swim independently for a distance of 25 yards with the following strokes: front crawl with side breathing, basic elementary backstroke, back crawl with straight arms, and rudimentary sidestroke and breaststroke. Water safety skills are also emphasized. FISH Prerequisite: Completion of Minnow Class or consent of Aquatic Coordinator. At this point, students work to perform the crawl stroke, elementary backstroke, backstroke and sidestroke, with turns. They are introduced to the butterfly. They continue to work on refining and combining skills while building endurance. FLYING FISH At this level students should have refined front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke and be able to swim 100 yards continuously, with the exclusion of butterfly. They will also be introduced to competitive swimming skills. Students will continue to learn water safety and rescue skills.
TEEN/ADULT SWIM LESSONS (12-17 AND 18+) TEEN/ADULT Classes focus on the individual goals and needs of each student. Develop comfort in the water, introduce air exchange, floating on front and back and learn basic crawl stroke and other basic strokes. Introduces the backstroke, sidestroke, breaststroke and elementary backstroke, with emphasis on technique to increase endurance.
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