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Learn-To-Swim Participant Guide UNC WELLNESS CENTERS LEARN-TO-SWIM PARTICIPANT GUIDE [email protected] MEADOWMONT: 919-966-5500 NW CARY: 919-957-5900 TABLE OF CONTENTS Learn-to-Swim Program 2 UNC Wellness Center Facilities 3 Learn-to-Swim General Program Information 4 Cost of Swim Lessons 5 Pool Closure/Lesson Interruption Policy 5 Refund Policy 5 Cancellation Policy 5 Learn-to-Swim Courses 6 Learn-to-Swim Course Descriptions 7 Private Lessons 13 UNC Wellness Center’s Learn-to-Swim Program will follow the Swim Lessons University curriculum and will employ certified Swim Lessons University Instructors. Swim Lessons University is a National Program that trains our instuctors how to properly teach swim lessons with safety as a key component. The program provides lesson plans for every course and employs an innovative system for rewarding swimmers as they complete each course. Children are given a brightly colored bracelet for each completed swimming course that is color coded to help communicate to parents, teachers, and lifeguards the skill level of each child as they progress through the swim lesson curriculum. Upon arrival for your student’s first lesson, the instructor will give the child their bracelet. Red bracelets are given for Beginner 101/102/103, Yellow bracelets are given for Swim Strokes 201/202/203, and Green bracelets are given for Advanced Swim Strokes 301/302/303. Light blue braclets are given for Life- saving Strokes 402/403 classes. A special blue bracelet is awarded when a child demonstrates the ability to swim a continuous 40 yard I.M. (individual medley swim). In addition, each skill that your child will learn in the course is abbreviated and printed on the bracelet next to a star. When your child masters a specific skill, the instructor will use a “special star puncher” to punch out the star next to the skill the child has demonstrated. Upon suc- cessful completion of each skill on the brace- let, a child may take the swim test to graduate out of their current class. Upon graduation of the class, the child gets to keep the bracelet. The instructor will communicate to you which class(es) levels your child is eligible to enroll in. 2 UNC WELLNESS CENTER FACILITIES UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont 100 Sprunt Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 Phone: 919-966-5500 Monday-Thursday 5:00 am-9:45 pm Friday 5:00 am-8:45 pm Saturday 7:00 am-6:45 pm Sunday 7:00 am-7:45 pm The Meadowmont aquatics area consists of a 5 lane, 25 yard indoor heated pool, a whirlpool, a sauna, and a warm-water therapy pool. UNC Wellness Center at Northwest Cary 350 Stonecroft Lane, Cary, NC 27519 Phone: 919-966-5500 Monday-Thursday 5:00 am-9:45 pm Friday 5:00 am-8:45 pm Saturday 7:00 am-6:45 pm Sunday 7:00 am-7:45 pm The Northwest Cary aquatics area consists of a 7 lane, 25-yard indoor heated pool, a whirlpool, a sauna, and a warm-water therapy pool. The main pool includes a deep end. 3 GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION • All lessons are offered 1x/week. • Each session is comprised of 4 lessons. • Lessons are 30 minutes long for Parent/Tot and Children lessons. • Teen/Adult lessons are 50 minutes long. • All group lessons will run on a monthly basis. Member registration will begin on Saturdays at 11:00am sharp. Registration is first-come, first-serve. Payment for the session is due in full at the time of registration. Non-member registration will begin 3 days after member registration, on Tuesdays at 11:00am. • We are in the process of developing online registration. We hope to be able to have online registration up and running by the springtime. This will make registration so much more conve- nient! We will update you when we are set to offer online registration. • In the event that a scheduled lesson falls on a holiday (see holiday list below), then that session will be reduced to 3 total lessons and the cost will be reduced by 25%. Swim classes that fall on these holidays will not be held: • Easter-April 20th • Memorial Day-May 26th • Independence Day- July 4th • Thanksgiving Day- November 27th • Christmas Eve- December 24th • Christmas Day- December 25th We will use a “swim assist” progressive floatation device called a Power Swimmer in the following classes: • Parent-Tot (beginning at around 20 pounds) • Beginner 101 • Beginner 102 • Advanced Swim Strokes 301 & 302 (only for the benefits of learning the undulation of Butterfly) The shallow end of our pool is 3.5 feet deep. For safety purposes and to aid in the overall comfort level of the children in our younger age group classes, we will use an elevated swim platform for the children to stand on. This will allow the children to be able to stay in the water, feet firmly planted on a solid surface, while being instructed on their next activity or drill. We will use these platforms in the following classes: • Beginner 101 • Swim Strokes 201 • Advanced Strokes 301 4 COST OF SWIM LESSONS Parent & Tot classes: $42 member, $50 non-member* 101/201/301 classes: $42 member, $50 non-member* 102/202/302/402 classes: $38 member, $46 non-member* 103/203/303/403 classes: $38 member, $46 non-member* Teens & Adults classes: $50 member, $65 non-member* *Non-member swim lessons are not currently offered at NW Cary. CANCELLATION POLICY If you or your child(ren) cannot attend a full session and you desire to cancel your registration, you must do so in person at the UNC Wellness Center. Please ask to speak with the Aquatics Director who will direct this process. Full refunds = cancelled at least 7 days prior to the start of the session. Session credit issued = cancelled at 1-6 days prior to the start of the session. No refund = cancelled on, or after, the start of the session. REFUND POLICY Refunds are not issued for lessons missed due to illness, going out of town, forgetting to attend, etc. There are no make-up class options for individuals who miss class due to personal reasons. POOL CLOSURE/LESSON INTERRUPTION POLICY In the event of a thunderstorm, biological incident or other facility emergency, the pool closes for your safety and everyone must evacuate the pool area. If there is a thunderstorm and you are unsure if the pool is closed, please call the UNC Wellness Center front desk. They will alert you if the pool is closed and when it is expected to re-open. If the lesson was just beginning (15 minutes or less of instruction), we will issue a class credit equal to the amount of the class missed, which you can use toward a future class session purchase. If the lesson was 16 minutes or more complete at the time of evacuation, we will be unable to make any financial adjustments for the lesson portion that was missed. 5 LEARN-TO-SWIM COURSES Class Age Parent & Tot Ages 9 mos- 3 years Beginner 101 Ages 3-5 Beginner 102 Ages 6-9 Beginner 103 Ages 10-12 Swim Strokes 201 Ages 3-5 Swim Strokes 202 Ages 6-9 Swim Strokes 203 Ages 10-12 Advanced Swim Strokes 301 Ages 4-5 Advanced Swim Strokes 302 Ages 6-9 Advanced Swim Strokes 303 Ages 10-12 Lifesaving Strokes 402 Ages 6-9 Lifesaving Strokes 403 Ages 10-12 Teens & Adults: Beginner Basic Skills 104 Ages 13+ Teens & Adults: Beginner/Intermediate 204 Ages 13+ Teens & Adults: Intermediate/Advanced 304 Ages 13+ Teens & Adults: Lifesaving Strokes/Special Topics 404 Ages 13+ 6 LEARN-TO-SWIM COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Parent & Tot: In this class, parent(s) are in the water with their child. We will teach basic skills of kicking, floating, breath control and submersion in a nurturing, child-paced and baby- friendly environment. We will appeal to a child’s natural sense of curiosity, wonder and play by learning through songs, interactive games and group activities. Lessons will be complemented by colorful toys and other engaging aquatic teaching aids. With parents as co-teachers, infants and toddlers can learn to love the pool and ap- proach swim time with confidence. Maximum class size: 5 children Minimum class size: 3 children Graduate skills: No exit skills are required to move into Beginner 101 Beginner 101: In this class, children will learn to “swim like a fish” through a child-centered, activity-orient- ed lesson. We will follow these basic skill progressions dur- ing each class: • Full Submersion underwater (always child-led, never forced) • Breath Holding and Breath Control • Front Kicking and Back Kicking • Swim like a puppy • Swim like a fish using “Pop-up” breath or a “Roll-over” breath • Safety Skill #1 • Safety Skill #2 Maximum class size: 4 children Minimum class size: 3 children Graduate Skills: Independently kick 15 feet with the face in the water, breathing as needed, without the assistance of a floatation aid. Children may use hand movements underwater to assist them during this test, but are not required. 7 Beginner 102/103: In this class, children will learn to swim a very basic freestyle stroke through a drill- oriented lesson. We will follow these basic skill progressions during each class: • Full submersion underwater (always child-led, never forced) • Breath holding and breath control • Front kicking and Back kicking • In-line kicking • Paddle stroke • Freestyle stroke with a “Pop-up” breath Maximum class size: 4 children Minimum class size: 3 children Graduate Skills: Swim freestyle without the assistance of a floatation aid, for a distance of 15 feet with face in the water and breathing as needed, without putting the feet down on the bottom of the pool.
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