1 - 3 years old

To pass: Instructor feels baby would be OK in water without parent holding them

• Can be younger than a year on a case by case basis - please inquire with the office staff

• Adult is in water with child.

• Enjoys water experience; learns breath control, locomotion, blowing bubbles and floating on back. 

**Non-disposable swim diaper required…no exceptions. We sell non-disposable swim diapers at our office.

2 - 4 years old

To pass: Front float 10 seconds with head in water OR ages out into Beg 1

• Has taken Parent/Child class and has been recommended by Parent/Child instructor to go to Baby Class.

• Group instruction, learning Beg. I, II and III skills (e.g., dog paddle, kicking, bobbing-breathing).

• Front float 10 seconds, swims to stairs, gets out of deep water, can let go and grab side of pool, floats on back 5 seconds, jumps in deep water and gets back to side of pool.

**Non-disposable swim diaper required…no exceptions. We sell non-disposable swim diapers at our office.

3 .5 - 4 years old

To pass: Front float 10 seconds with head in water

• Front float 10 seconds, recovery from float, bobbing-breathing, dog paddle, crawl introduced, back float.

• Has not taken Parent/Child class.

4+ years old

To pass: Front float 10 seconds with head in water

• Front float 10 seconds, recovery from float, bobbing-breathing, dog paddle, crawl introduced, back float.

To pass: Dog paddle with bobbing 15 ft

• Dog paddle w/ bobbing-breathing 15 feet, back float

• Introduction to crawl with bobbing-breathing, missile float 10 seconds, introduction to deep water.

To pass: Dog paddle with bobbing 30 ft

• Dog paddle or crawl w/ bobbing-breathing 30 feet, back kick, missile kick 10 seconds

• Introduction to deep water, knee dive, additional deep water skills.

To pass: Crawl while bobbing 15 ft

• Crawl w/ breathing 15 feet, back kick and skull with one-arm backstroke 15 feet, tread water 15 seconds, front and back float in deep water, front dive.

To pass: Crawl with side breathing 15 ft

• Crawl w/ side breathing 30 feet, back stroke 30 feet, tread water 30 seconds, jump in deep water and swim 30 feet, change direction, turn from stomach-to-back and back-to-stomach.

To pass: Crawl 60 ft and back stroke 30 ft

• Crawl 60 feet, backstroke 30 feet, elementary backstroke 30 feet, tread water 60 seconds, back float deep water 10 seconds, one-leg dive.

To pass: see bold

• Crawl 90 feet, backstroke 60 feet, elementary backstroke 30 feet, breaststroke 30 feet, tread water 60 seconds, survival float 2 minutes, front dive down 10 feet and retrieve object, two-leg dive.

To pass: see bold

• Crawl 120 feet, backstroke 90 feet, elementary backstroke 60 feet, breaststroke 60 feet, butterfly 30 feet, survival float 5 minutes, surface dive 10 feet and recover weight.

To pass: see bold

• Crawl 150 feet, backstroke 150 feet, elementary backstroke 150 feet, breaststroke 150 feet, butterfly 60 feet, sidestroke 60 feet, disrobe/swim in deep water, underwater swim 30 feet, front dive off of starting block.

To pass: At discretion of instructor

• Competitive strokes w/emphasis on technique for speed, competitive drills, starts, turns, preparation.

• Must be intermediate swimmer.

• Competitive stroke technique, starts, turns, IM, racing strategy, streamline starts/turns.

• Front float 10 seconds, recover from float, missile float 10 seconds, breath control (holding breath).

• Breath exchange (bobbing-breathing or front breathing), railroad body position with flutter kick, dog paddle.

• Introduce the crawl, back float, back float recovery, introduce back kick.

• Dog paddle with bobbing-breathing 30 feet, sculling with flutter kick, crawl with front breathing.

• Introduction to side breathing, pushing off side of pool in streamline position, back float, backstroke, elementary backstroke 30 feet

• Introduction to deep water, introduction to treading water.

• Optional: kneeling dive.

• Crawl w/ side breathing 30 feet, backstroke 30 feet, breaststroke 30 feet, tread water 30 seconds.

• Jump in deep water and swim 30 feet, back float deep water 10 seconds, change direction in the deep water and turn from stomach-to-back and back-to-stomach, survival float 2 minutes.

• Optional: butterfly, standing front dive, surface dive down 10 feet and retrieve object.

• Competitive strokes with emphasis on technique (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, IM)

• Competitive drills, turns (open turns: freestyle and backstroke).

• Optional: starts, racing strategies.