Swim Lesson Levels
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CITY OF VACAVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION Swim Lesson Levels Tadpole Ages 2-4 Parent & Child Transition For first-time swimmers or swimmers who aren’t comfortable in the water alone. Children will learn how to enter the pool safely, submerge their face, float, and kick with a kickboard. Children will also be introduced to swimming freestyle and backstroke as well as prepare to transition into a group class setting. A parent is required to be in the water with their child. Level 1: Sea Turtle Ages 3-5 Non-Swimmers For first-time swimmers or swimmers who are not comfortable in the water. Child will learn how to submerge their face, float, and kick with a kickboard with assistance. Children will be introduced to swimming freestyle and back stroke, and safety skills. Level 1: Jelly Fish Ages 6-12 Non-Swimmers For first-time swimmers or swimmers who are not comfortable in the water. Child will learn how to blow bubbles, submerge their face, float, and kick with a kickboard. Child will be introduced to swimming freestyle and back stroke, and safety skills. Level 2: Star Fish Ages 4-12 Beginning Swimmer Children must be able to submerge face independently. Children will learn to float on their front and back, swim using freestyle and backstroke for short distances. Children will be introduced to swimming on their front with side breathing and breaststroke kicking. Level 2: Marlin Ages 5-12 Intermediate Swimmer Children must be able to submerge face independently. Children will learn to float on their front and back, swim using freestyle and backstroke for short distances. Children will be introduced to swimming on their front with side breathing and breaststroke kicking. Level 3: Sea Horse Ages 6-12 Intermediate Swimmer Children must be able to swim freestyle and backstroke 10 yards independently. Children will independently practice swimming techniques such as kicking on a kickboard, freestyle with side breathing, and backstroke. Children will be introduced to treading water, breaststroke, and streamlines. Level 4: Dolphin Ages 6-17 Advanced Swimmer Participants must be able to swim front crawl, back crawl, freestyle with side breathing and backstroke for 15 yards independently in water that may be over their head. Participants will refine freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke skills. Participants will be introduced to flip turns and butterfly. Level 5: Shark Ages 7-17 Expert Swimmer Participants must be able to swim front crawl, back crawl, freestyle with side breathing, backstroke, and breaststroke for 25 yards independently in deep water. Participants will continue stroke refinement of all four strokes. Endurance, technique and proper Individual Medley (IM) wall transitions will be emphasized and butterfly is refined. Walter Graham Aquatic Center .