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Call 851-7171 to Schedule
FREE SWIM EVALUATION
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Red Cross Certified Swim lessons
Swim School is designed to help people of all ages and varying abilities develop their water safety, survival and swim skills. Swimmers work through age and skill appropriate levels as they master the fundamentals skill for each level.
Swim Lesson Schedule
Swim Lesson Rules and Policies
Online Scheduling Details
Pool Schedule
Red Cross Summer Water Safety Guide
Christine Simone
Aquatics Director
(775) 851-7171 ext. 232
aquatics@ddaconline.com
Level 1 - Water Exploration - Ages 3+
- 30 minute lesson. 4-1 ratio
- Designed to orient preschool-age children to the aquatic environment and to begin working on basic aquatic skill
- Basic water safety rules
- Enter & exit the water
- Blowing blow through nose while bobbing
- Front and back floating, gliding and flutter kick in prone and supine positions
- Front crawl and Backstroke 25 yards
- Under water exploration
Level 2 - Primary Skills
- 30 minute lesson. 4-1 ratio
- Floating, gliding, flutter kick, front crawl/freestyle, back crawl,
- Turning over from front to back and back to front
- Retrieving object, and jumping into water over their head
- Complete 25 yards of freestyle, backstroke and dolphin kicks
Level 3 - Stroke Skills
- 30 minute lesson. 6-1 ratio
- Improve stroke technique, endurance, and form on freestyle, back stroke, and elementary backstroke.
- Retrieving object, treading water, jumping into deep water
- Fundamentals of breaststroke.
Level 4 – Stroke Skills and Endurance
- 45 minute lesson. 6-1 ratio
- Timing, endurance, technique, form and speed of the following: rotary breathing, freestyle, backstroke, elementary backstroke, scissors kick and sidestroke, breaststroke, beginning of butterfly, intro to flip turn at wall, treading water with modified scissors, breaststroke, rotary, eggbeater kicks
- Open end turns for freestyle and backstroke along with flag counting
- Swim 1000-1300 yards using the above strokes
Level 5 - Advanced Stroke Skills
- 60 minute lesson. 8-1 ratio
- Alternate breathing, freestyle, backstroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, breaststroke, dolphin kick and butterfly, open turn on front and back, and treading water
- Flip turn for freestyle, backstroke, pull down turn for breaststroke
- Timing, endurance, technique, form and speed for every stroke
- Swim 1300-1500 yards using the above strokes
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Kids and Adult Swim Lessons
Adult Master Swim
Adult Water Exercise
Schedule Swim Lessons Online
How to Schedule Swim Lessons - Click here!
Swim Skill Evaluations are the first step to join our program.
4:00pm: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.
Call 851-7171 to Schedule
Must be fully potty trained to start in our program.
We host Swim Game Day the second Friday of the month.
When will my child advance to the next level?
The prerequisite for each level is the successful demonstration of the skills from the preceding level, except for Level 1, which has no prerequisite. Each level of Swim School includes training in basic water safety and helping others in an emergency, in addition to the skills outlined below
We skill test the first Thursday every month.
Private Kids Swim Lessons
Individual attention helps young children adjust to the facility, instructors and the surroundings. Some children may need one on one attention to reach the next skill level. All private lessons are individually scheduled and are crafted to the special needs of the child.
Adult Swim Lessons
(7 week program)
Please call for times and dates. 851-7171
Basic Adult Aquatic Skills
- Become comfortable in chest deep water.
- Introduction to fundamental aquatic locomotion which include prone float on your front and back.
- Freestyle and backstroke.
- Swim 25 yard nonstop using freestyle and backstroke.
Adult Stroke Development
- Develop the techniques necessary to make swimming a fitness choice
- Improve stroke technique, endurance, and form on freestyle and back stroke
- Fundamentals of breaststroke and elementary backstroke
Adult Stroke Mechanics
- Recommended for those interested in joining the Masters program
- Competitive freestyle and backstroke, flip turns, breaststroke turn, breaststroke speed turn and pullout, and butterfly and/or turns
- Timing, endurance, technique, form and speed for every stroke
Adult Master Swim
Masters Swimming provides structured fitness swimming workouts. These workouts differ from a traditional open lap swim in that on-deck, experienced coaching is provided that includes stroke refinement and set design.
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