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Stage Descriptions
Program Overview
| Swim Lesson Ratios | |
| Preschool | 1:4 |
| School Age: Stages 1-3 | 1:5 |
| School Age: Stages 4-6 | 1:6 |
STAGE |
DESCRIPTION |
Infant/Toddler
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(a.k.a Parent/Child) |
| Stage A: Water Discovery | Introduces infants and toddlers to the aquatic environment. Benchmark Skills: parent & child enters and exits water together. |
| Stage B: Water Exploration | Focuses on exploring body positions, blowing bubbles, and fundamental safety and aquatic skills. Benchmark Skills: child enters and exits with assistance. |
Preschool |
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| Stage 1: Preschool | Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self-rescue skills performed with assistance. Benchmark Skills: jump, push, turn, grab wall assisted. Swim, float, swim assisted - 10 ft. |
| Stage 2: Preschool | Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently. Benchmark Skills: jump, push, turn, grab. Swim, float, swim - 5 yd. |
| Stage 1&2: Preschool | Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self-rescue skills performed with assistance. Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently. Benchmark Skills: jump, push, turn, grab. Swim, float, swim - 5 yd. |
| Stage 3: Preschool | Develops intermediate self-rescue skills performed at longer distances than in previous stages. Benchmark Skills: jump, swim, turn, swim, grab - 10 yd. Swim, float, swim - 15 yd. |
| Stage 4: Preschool | Introduces basic stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke. Benchmark Skills: endurance training, 25 yd. any stroke or combination of strokes. |
| Stage 3&4: Preschool | Develops intermediate self-rescue skills performed at longer distances than in previous stages. Introduces basic stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke. Benchmark Skills: endurance training, 25 yd. any stroke or combination of stroke. |
School Age |
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| Stage 1: School Age | Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self-rescue skills performed with assistance. Benchmark Skills: jump, push, turn, grab asssisted. Swim, float, swim assisted - 10 ft. |
| Stage 2: School Age | Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently. Benchmark Skills: jump, push, turn, grab. Swim, float, swim - 5 yd. |
| Stage 1&2: School Age | Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self-rescue skills performed with assistance. Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently. Benchmark Skills: jump, push, turn, grab. Swim, float, swim - 5 yd. |
| Stage 3: School Age | Develops intermediate self-rescue skills performed at longer distances than in previous stages. Benchmark Skills: jump, swim, turn, swim, grab - 10 yd. Swim, float, swim - 15 yd. |
| Stage 4: School Age | Introduces basic stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke. Benchmark Skills: endurance training, 25 yd. any stroke or combination of strokes. |
| Stage 3&4: School Age | Develops intermediate self-rescue skills performed at longer distances than in previous stages. Introduces basic stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke. Benchmark Skills: endurance training, 25 yd. any stroke or combination of stroke. |
| Stage 5: School Age | Introduces breaststroke and butterfly and reinforces water safety through treading water and sidestroke. Benchmark Skills: endurance training, 50 yd. any stroke or combination of strokes. |
| Stage 6: School Age | Refines stroke technique on all major competitive strokes and encourages swimming as part of a healthy lifestyle. Benchmark Skills: endurance training, 150 yd. any stroke or combination of strokes. |
| Stage 5&6: School Age | Introduces breaststroke and butterfly and reinforces water safety through treading water and sidestroke. Refines stroke technique on all major competitive strokes and encourages swimming as part of a healthy lifestyle. Benchmark Skills: endurance training, 150 yd. any stroke or combination of strokes. |
Adult Swim Lessons |
Ages 13 and older have two choices: 1&2 grouped together, and 3&4 group together |
Swim Club |
Develop stroke techniques on all major competitive styles. Learn about competitive swimming. Discover how to incorporate swimming into a healthy lifestyle.
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Swim Team |
For advanced youth swimmers who are very comfortable with all four competitive strokes. Swimmers refine strokes and learn racing skills like starts and flip turns.
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Private Swim Lessons |
Private swim lessons provide individual instruction, enhance personal abilities, and improve stroke technique, endurance, and strength. Lessons are taught according to your ability and skill level. Each lesson is 30 minutes.
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Swim Club versus Swim Team
Swim Club is basically non-competitive (no meets), less intense Swim Team (competitive with meets).
Swim Club is intended for kids who are too advanced for staged levels but perhaps not advanced enough for Swim Team itself. Essentially, it’s like a “Stage 6.” To enter into Swim Club they need to know all their strokes. But while in Swim Club they really will focus on perfecting those strokes and getting them ready to try out for the competitive swim team.
Ratio: We don't know. Each branch operates its swim club and swim team differently. Usually, there is a large number of participants. Possibly 10:1 or even more.
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