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Swimming Lessons

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Water Safety Instructor lead swimming lessons. Students may enroll in levels based on past testing or with help from Waterfront Director. Evaluations may be done at the first class if help is needed to determine level. Lessons will have an evaluation at the end, but we will not issue "passing" certificates.

Safety Procedures
  • Lessons will be no-contact
  • Students will remain 6ft apart
  • Parents will be asked to wait for their swimmer in a designated area
  • Facility will be cleaned in accordance with CDC guidelines
  • Cleaning will occur in between all lessons
  • Swimmers and parents must leave immediately following their lesson

Levels 1 & 2 -- Summary
  • Blowing bubbles
  • Bobbing
  • Opening eyes under water
  • Front & back glide
  • Back & front float
  • Treading using arm and hand action
  • Kicks
  • Roll from front to back
  • Treading using arm and leg actions, 15 seconds
  • Combined arm and leg actions

Levels 3 & 4 -- Summary
  • Rotary breathing, 10 times
  • Survival float on front
  • Back float
  • Tread water, 30 seconds
  • Push off in a streamlined position on front then begin flutter kicking
  • Front crawl
  • Elementary backstroke
  • Scissors kick
  • Swim under water, 3–5 body lengths
  • Feet-first surface dive, submerging completely
  • Survival swimming
  • Front crawl open turn
  • Backstroke open turn
  • Tread water using 2 different kicks (modified scissors, modified breaststroke or rotary), 2 minutes
  • Breaststroke
  • Butterfly
  • Back crawl
  • Sidestroke

Levels 5 & 6 -- Summary
  • Shallow-angle dive, glide 2 body lengths and begin any front stroke
  • Tuck surface dive, submerging completely
  • Pike surface dive, submerging completely
  • Front flip turn while swimming
  • Backstroke flip turn while swimming
  • Tread water, 5 minutes
  • Front crawl, 50 yards
  • Breaststroke, 25 yards
  • Butterfly, 25 yards
  • Elementary backstroke, 50 yards
  • Back crawl, 25 yards
  • Standard scull, 30 seconds
  • Sidestroke, 25 yards
  • Front crawl, 100 yards
  • Elementary backstroke, 100 yards
  • Back crawl, 50 yards
  • Breaststroke, 50 yards
  • Sidestroke, 50 yards
  • Butterfly, 50 yards
  • Front crawl open turn while swimming
  • Backstroke open turn while swimming
  • Front flip turn while swimming
  • Backstroke flip turn while swimming
  • Sidestroke turn while swimming
  • Butterfly turn while swimming
  • Breaststroke turn while swimming
  • Circle swimming
  • Using a pace clock
  • Using a pull buoy while swimming, 25 yards
  • Using fins while swimming, 25 yards

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