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SWIM LESSON LEVELS ALL LESSONS INCLUDE WATER SAFETY TOPICS.
PRESCHOOL: CATFISH (LEVEL 2) Age 7-13yrs
Students further develop simultaneous and alternating arm
TADPOLE (PARENT/GUARDIAN & CHILD) 6mo-3yrs and leg actions on their front and back and improve their
Introduces basic skills that lay a foundation for learning to locomotion skills performed without support. Skills taught
swim with parental support for infants and toddlers. Parents overlap those taught in Guppy.
learn how to safely work with their child in the water utilizing
key fundamentals such as how to appropriately hold and BASS (LEVEL 3) Age 7-13yrs
encourage their child to participate in the water. Students will learn how to swim front crawl and elementary
backstroke. Scissors kick, dolphin kick and survival floating
SALAMANDER (LEVEL 1) Age 3-6yrs are introduced. Students will also learn how to enter the
Introduces basic aquatic skills and orients students to the water headfirst from a seated position while also expanding
aquatic environment. In addition students will learn how to on previously learned skill proficiencies.
be safe around water with assistance.
TROUT (LEVEL 4) Age 7-13yrs
MINNOW (LEVEL 2) Age 3-6yrs Students will increase their endurance and proficiency in
Students begin to develop their aquatics skills independently front crawl and elementary backstroke and begin to learn the
at longer distances and deeper water while continuing to rudimentary form for sidestroke and breaststroke. This stage
explore simultaneous and alternating arm and leg actions on also introduces the back crawl and butterfly stroke as well as
their front and back. how to perform an open turn at a wall.
GUPPY (LEVEL 3) Age 3-6yrs SALMON (LEVEL 5) Age 7-13yrs
Students independently improve their coordination and Students refine all six swim strokes and improve their
control of combined simultaneous and alternating arm and endurance at increased distances. Front and back flip turns
leg actions at longer distances and increased repetitions than are introduced in this stage.
in previous stages.
PRIVATE LESSONS (P) Age 5yrs+
SCHOOL-AGE: One student per instructor. Lessons are taught at the
student’s level. Private lessons will need to sign up on a
PERCH (LEVEL 1) Age 7-13yrs master waitlist and be restricted to 8 consecutive lessons at a
Introduces basic aquatic skills and orients older students time within one month.
to the aquatic environment. In addition students will learn
how to be safe around the water with support. Skills taught Age: 5yrs+ | Day: Mon-Fri (1 month session)
overlap those taught in Salamander and Minnow. Length: 30 mins / 10AM-12:30PM / 3-7PM | Cost: $92/session

WHAT AGE GROUP DOES THE STUDENT FALL INTO?

6mo-3yrs: Tadpole (Parent/Guardian & Child) | 3-6yrs: Preschool: Salamander (Level 1) thru Guppy (Level 3)
7-13 yrs: School Age: Perch (Level 1) thru Salmon (Level 5)

WHAT STAGE IS THE STUDENT READY FOR?

Is the student comfortable working with an Not
instructor without a parent/guardian in the water? Yet TADPOLE PRESCHOOL SCHOOL-AGE
Not
Will the student go underwater voluntarily? SALAMANDER
Yet TADPOLE
Can the student do a front glide, back glide, and Not MINNOW
back float with assistance? Yet
SALAMANDER PERCH
Not
Can the student swim 15-25ft on their own? GUPPY
Yet
Not MINNOW CATFISH
Will the student go underwater voluntarily? Yet PERCH
Can the student do a front glide, back glide, and Not CATFISH
back float on their own? Yet GUPPY BASS
Can the student swim 15-25 yards of front crawl Not BASS
and elementary backstroke? Yet
TROUT
Can the student swim 15-25 yards of front
crawl, breaststroke, backcrawl and elementary Not TROUT
Yet
backstroke? SALMON
Can the student swim 25-50 yards of front
crawl, breaststroke, backcrawl and elementary Not SALMON
Yet
backstroke using appropriate turning styles?
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