Youth Swim Lessons

Polliwog 1:  Introduction to water skills:  helps students feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy the water safely, learn to float, and learn to exhale under water.  These 30 minute classes are taught by a caring instructor.  The ratio of instructor to student is 1:6 

Polliwog 2:  This is the beginning level for the school age children.  It gets children acquainted with the pool, the use of flotation devices, and front and back floating.  By the end of this level, they should know the front paddle stroke, side and back paddle, synchronized swimming, and wet ball.   The ratio of instructor to student is 1:6  

Guppy:  The children continue to practice and build upon basic skills, now performing more skills without the aid of flotation deices. They are introduced to lead-up strokes to9 front and back crawl, sidestroke, breaststroke, and elementary backstroke.  More synchronized swimming skills are taught.   The ratio of instructor to student is 1:8 

Minnow:  This is the initial intermediate level.  The children further refine the lead-up strokes as their skills become more like those normally used in swimming.  More diving skills like those normally used in swimming.  More diving skills are also learned.   The ratio of instructor to student is 1:10 

Fish:  At this intermediate level, students work to perform the crawl stroke, elementary backstroke, back crawl stroke, and side stroke, with turns.  They are still learning more diving skills and are introduced to the use of mask and fins.   The ratio of instructor to student is 1:10
 

Flying Fish:  At this advanced level, students work on refining their strokes and increasing their endurance.  They develop the ability to perform more complex combinations of synchronized swimming movements.  They are also introduced to the use of a snorkel.   The ratio of instructor to student is 1:10 

Sharks:  The students at this level continue to improve their strokes, implementing starts and turns and are introduced to inverted breast stroke, the crawl and the arm-over-side stroke.  They are also exposed to snorkeling skills. The ratio of instructor to student is 1:12