The Centre offers swim checks to assist in placing your child in the appropriate class. See our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.
Upcoming Sessions
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Tots: 6 months – 3 years old
Age: 6 months – 3 years old (parent in water)
Prerequisites:
- Hold head up independently
This class is designed to help teach you, the parent, how to teach your child. You will learn:
- Different ways to hold your swimmer in order to better support them as they learn to float on their back
- How to teach them how to properly climb out of the water if they fall in
- Proper way to hold them when practicing submersions
- Valuable information about water safety and the reasons why certain skills are so important
Even for a young swimmer who is comfortable in a pool with floatation devices, loves the bath tub, or already puts their face in, there can be great advantages to starting at the beginning and learning the fundamentals of the skills.
Minimum/Maximum Participants: 3/8
Preschool 1: 3 – 5 years old
Age: 3 – 5 years old
Prerequisites:
- Working on being able to listen to an instructor and follow directions
- No previous experience with group swim lessons
Children will learn:
- Safety around water
- Get into and out of the water safely
- Listen to an instructor in a small class setting
- Blow bubbles with nose and mouth
- Submerge with ease while blowing bubbles
- Float on front and back with minimal help
- Build confidence and learn to jump into water with an instructor
- Kick with straight legs (no bicycle kicking, no flat feet)
- Roll over from front to back
- Jump into the water and get on back. They will learn how to get themselves in a safe position until help arrives or they can get back to the wall on their own.
Minimum/Maximum Participants: 3/5
Preschool 2: 3 – 6 years old
Age: 3 – 6 years old
Prerequisites:
- Able to listen to an instructor and participate in a class setting without a parent
- Blow bubbles with nose and mouth
- Kick comfortably with assistance
- Comfortable on front and back with assistance
Children will learn:
- Get in and out of the water safely
- Importance of never swimming without an adult
- Float alone on front and back
- Fully submerge while blowing bubbles
- Jump into shallow water independently
- Jump into water and turn over onto back independently and float
- Kick on back, having straight legs, and not submerging while kicking
Minimum/Maximum Participants: 3/5
Level 1: 5 – 12 years old
Age: 5 – 12 years old
Prerequisites:
- 5+ years old
- Float on front and back independently
- Fully submerge with no hesitation
- Jump into shallow water independently
Children will learn:
- Proper body position on front and back to create a strong foundation for freestyle and backstroke
- Proper streamline form
- Proper kicking technique. This must be achieved before passing Level 1.
- To front (arms in streamline) and back glide (arms by their side) without assistance and how to recover without assistance
- Elementary backstroke with flutter kicking
Minimum/Maximum Participants: 3/6
Level 2: 5 – 12 years old
Age: 5 – 12 years old
Prerequisites:
- Jump into water unassisted
- Float on back for 10 seconds independently
- 5 yards kick on back (straight legs, knees under water)
- 5 yards front glide with streamline arms and strong flutter kick
Children will learn:
- Front glide for 10 yards unassisted and recover
- Back glide with arms in streamline position for 5 yards and recover
- 4 freestyle “tagging” strokes (catch up drill), with strong flutter kick with straight legs
- Freestyle with tagging strokes, good strong kick, and rotary breathing (breathing on both sides)
- Elementary backstroke with flutter kick for 10 yards
- Backstroke introduction
- Tread water introduction
- Jump into 10 feet of water with assistance
Minimum/Maximum Participants: 3/6
Level 3: 5 – 12 years old
Age: 5 – 12 years old
Prerequisites:
- 5+ years old
- 10 yards freestyle with side breathing
- Strong, straight leg flutter kick
- 10 yards elementary backstroke
Children will learn:
- Backstroke with good kick, straight arms, for 15 yards
- Freestyle with rotary breathing, good kick, for 15 yards
- Whip kick on back, MUST have flat feet, legs must move simultaneously and on the same plane (no scissor kicking)
- Elementary backstroke with whip kick for 10 yards
- Tread water for 15 seconds
Minimum/Maximum Participants: 3/6
Level 4: 5 – 12 years old
Age: 5 – 12 years old
Prerequisites:
- 5+ years old
- Freestyle with side breathing
- 10 yards elementary backstroke with whip kick
- Tread water
This class will primarily be held in deep end of the pool.
Children will learn:
- Whip kick on front with a glide for 5 yards
- Whip kick with elementary backstroke for 25 yards
- Backstroke with straight arms, strong kick, and rotating shoulders for 25 yards
- Freestyle with strong kick, “tagging arms”, and rotary breathing for 25 yards
- Breast stroke introduction
- Tread water for 1 minute
- Sitting/kneeling dive
Minimum/Maximum Participants: 3/6
Level 5: 5 – 18 years old
Age: 5 – 18 years old
Prerequisites:
- 5+ years old
- 25 yards freestyle with side breathing
- 25 yards elementary backstroke with whip kick
- 25 yards backstroke
- Tread water 1 minute
This is a 45 minute class and will primarily be held in deep end of the pool.
Participants will learn:
- Basics of all four competitive strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle)
- Freestyle and backstroke for 50 yards with proper form
- Breaststroke for 25 yards
- Tread water for 1.5 minutes
- Standing dive from the side of the pool
- Open turns and flip turns
Minimum/Maximum Participants: 3/8
Level 6 (formerly Tsunami): 5 – 18 years old
Age: 5 – 18 years old
Prerequisites:
- 5+ years old
- 50 yards freestyle and backstroke
- 25 yards breaststroke
- Tread water 1.5 minutes
This is a 45 minute class and will primarily be held in deep end of the pool.
Participants will learn:
- Basics of all four competitive strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle)
- Freestyle and backstroke for 50 yards with proper form
- Breaststroke for 25 yards
- Tread water for 1.5 minutes
- Standing dive from the side of the pool
- Open turns and flip turns
Minimum/Maximum Participants: 3/10