Swim Lesson Levels
***Most of our swim lessons now feature a 4-to-1 swimmer-to-instructor ratio, which means more instructional time for every swimmer!***
Angelfish: Intro to Water (Ratio 1:4)
Learn to enter and exit the water, submerge face, exhale underwater, explore floating, and moving with support. Work on water acclimation and breath control. Prerequisites: None. Warm Pool
Blowfish: Fundamental Water Skills (Ratio 1:4)
Learn to submerge entire head, float, glide, and paddle on front and back, roll over, and use combined arm and leg motions. Progress to independent floating, swimming, and jumping. Prerequisites: Child is comfortable in the water, willingly able to submerge eyes, nose and mouth, can float with assistance, and move independently in shallow water or with floatation. Warm Pool
Crocodile: Stroke Development (Ratio 1:4)
Learn front and back crawl and elementary backstroke. Work on endurance and treading water. Practice swimming 25 yards. Prerequisites: Child can float on front and back and swim 15 feet independently without flotation. Child is comfortable going under water and entering the deep end of the pool. Warm Pool and Main Pool
Dolphin: Stroke Improvement (Ratio 1:4)
Improve front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, and treading water. Learn the basics of breaststroke, sidestroke, butterfly, and standing dives. Prerequisites: Understands front and back crawl, is comfortable swimming 25 yards in deep water, and can perform a sitting and kneeling dive. Main Pool
Eel: Stroke Refinement (Ratio 1:6)
Refine and coordinate all the strokes. Learn racing and surface dives, open turns, shallow angle dives, breaststroke, and butterfly. Prerequisites: Can perform front and back crawl, understands breaststroke and dolphin kicking, can perform a standing dive, and is comfortable swimming 50 yards. Main Pool
Flying Fish: Stroke + Skill Proficiency (Ratio 1:6)
Refine strokes to increase ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness. Learn the principles of fitness swimming such as drills, interval training, flip turns, and basic lifeguard rescue techniques. Prerequisites: Able to swim front and back crawl, breaststroke, and has a basic understanding of butterfly. Can dive from the side of the pool and swim 100 yards. Main Pool