Tadpoles (Infants & Toddlers)
- Designed for infants and toddlers with no previous water experience.
- Promotes water safety and acclimation to the water.
- Parental involvement required throughout the class.
- Promotes swimming readiness and basic skills.
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Seahorses (Pre-school)
- Promotes water safety knowledge, acclimation to the water and socialization skills.
- No swimming skills required.
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Seals (Level 1)
- Learn basic water skills and safety.
- Learn front and back floats (assisted and unassisted).
- Work on forward progression with eyes, nose and mouth submerged.
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Otters (Level 2)
- Students must be able to float on their fronts and backs unassisted.
- Students must also be able to make forward progression, with their faces in the water, for approximately five yards, on front crawl and back crawl.
- Class is taught in the shallow water and the deep water.
- Learn comfort in the deep water with treading and jumping in.
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Sea Lions (Level 3)
- Students must be comfortable in the deep water; class is taught in the deep end.
- Students must be able to tread water one minute and swim front and back crawls for approximately ten yards in a leveled off position.
- Work on front crawl, back crawl and elementary backstroke.
- Introduction to diving, butterfly and breast stroke.
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Dolphins (Level 4)
- Students should be able to do a coordinated front crawl with rhythmic breathing, and the back crawl.
- Students should be able to understand and complete the elementary back stroke and breast stroke basics.
- Continue to perfect front crawl, back crawl, elementary back stroke and breast stroke.
- Introduction to the butterfly and sidestroke kicks.
- Improve distances.
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Polar Bears (Level 5)
- Students must show ability for increased distances in front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke and butterfly.
- Introduction to flip turns.
- Continue working on sidestroke and butterfly.
- Build endurance.
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Endurance & Fitness (Level 6)
- Work on fitness swimming, distance swimming, turns and diving.
- This class is for all stroke refinement, lifeguard readiness and water safety.
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