Aquatics
Swim level chart
Parent tot - water baby advanced - 30 mins
Instructor/student ratio 1:12
- Blowing bubbles, jumping, basic arm swim skills
- Slight submersion practiced
- Begins to swim with instructor
- Songs and games
- Parent participation required
- Best for kids 6 - 36 months
- This is a water adjustment class
- Child comfortable in water with instructor for short periods
- Child must want to be there and has fun playing in the water
Level 1 - 30 mins
Instructor/student ratio 1:3
- How to enter and exit water safely
- Learns basic water safety
- Actively interacts with instructor
- “Swimming is fun!” emphasized with games
- No parent participation
- Good beginning class for kids age 3 or older
- Child is mainly on steps for entire class period
- Fully comfortable in water with instructor for entire class period
- Child is excited and pushes the learning process to try harder
Level 2 - 30 mins
Instructor/student ratio 1:3
- Fundamental water skills and aquatic safety taught
- Full face submersion introduced
- Floating back & front
- Wall push offs on back and front
- Explores entire pool
- Supported alternating arm circles and kicking together
- Child pushes off wall alone on tummy
- Child jumps to instructor alone
- Must be able to use flotation device unsupported for two body lengths
- Must be able to float on back and front unsupported
Level 3 - 30 mins
Instructor/student ratio 1:3
- Practices alternating arm circles and kicking together
- Begins discussion of side breathing
- Beginning backstroke
- Streamline swimming introduced
- Breaststroke arms and legs introduced separately
- Jumps in and swims directly to wall
- Fully submerges face three times with bobs
- Swims front crawl two body lengths
- Able to push off wall on back and float two body lengths
Level 4 - 30 mins
Instructor/student ratio 1:4
- Builds swimming stamina
- Begins work on treading water and sitting/kneeling dives
- Works on streamline kick on back
- Ample practice time on breaststroke & backstroke
- Some refreshing of front crawl with side-breathing
- Begins dolphin kicking practice
- General technique work on front crawl, back and breast
- Able to swim front crawl at least 13 yards
- Able to streamline kick for 10 yards without kickboard
- Able to swim backstroke three body lengths
- Able to swim breaststroke three body lengths
- Recognizable side-breathing
Level 5 - 40 mins
Instructor/student ratio 1:5
- Builds up to 25 yards front crawl with side-breathing
- Practices front crawl, breaststroke, backstroke & treading water
- Learns full butterfly
- Introduced to standing dives
- Builds stamina and technique on all strokes
- Able to swim 25 yards front crawl, 25 yards backstroke, 10 yards breaststroke and a recognizable butterfly for 2 body lengths
- Able to dive unperfected
Levels 6 and 7 - 40 mins
Instructor/student ratio 1:6
- Works on swimming 50 yards front crawl
- Practices swimming refined strokes
- Begins work on flip turns
- Practice and stamina emphasized
- Students should swim multiple laps during lesson with instruction in between
- Provides skills needed to start a swim team.
- Able to swim multiple laps during lesson with breaks in between
- Swim strokes are all recognizable but need refinement
- Able to maintain streamline and balance in water
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