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Youth Aquatics 6-12 Program |
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 School-Age Swim Lessons
The YMCA Youth Swim Lesson Program is designed to help build a lifelong interest in swimming for fitness, challenge young minds and provide role models for children to use in determining their own values. Each skill level builds on the preceding level. Classes are 45-minutes in length.
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Summer Swim Lesson Schedule
June 28 - August 19, 2010 |
Monday/Wednesday OR
Tuesday/Thursday |
Thursday Evenings Only |
Saturday Mornings Only |
| Classes are 2x/week for 2 week sessions |
Classes are 1x/week for 8 week sessions |
Classes are 1x/week for 6 week sessions |
Session 1: June 28 - July 8
Session 2: July 12 - July 22
Session 3: July 26 - August 5
Session 4: August 9 - August 19 |
Session 5:
July 1 - August 19 |
Session 6:
July 10 - August 14 |
Member: $28.00 per session
N-Member: $40.00 per session |
Member: $56.00
N-Member: $80.00 |
Member: $40.00
N-Member: $55.00 |
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CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:
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Polliwog 1 -
A beginner level for school-age children, Polliwog 1 gets children acquainted with the pool, the use of flotation devices, and floating. By the end of this level, they should know the front paddle stroke, side, and back paddle. Children can swim 25 yards of the pool on their front, back, and side wearing a flotation aid. |
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Polliwog 2 -
Also a beginner level for school-age children, Polliwog 2 will improve current skills using front, back, and side paddle. Polliwog 2 gets children comfortable with putting their face in the water. At the completion of this level, children should be able to swim the length of the pool with limited assistance from a flotation aid (no more than two bubbles). |
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Guppy
This class emphasizes swimming strokes and water safety. Children will be asked to achieve floating, treading water, rhythmic breathing and underwater swimming. Guppy introduces back crawl, breaststroke and rotary breathing. Child must have passed Polliwog and/or can swim 25 meters without flotation devices.
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Minnow
This intermediate class is for children who can swim 25 yards of the pool on their front and back using rhythmic breathing without a flotation aid. Children will further refine front and back crawl focusing on rotary breathing and flutter kicking. They will also work on elementary back stroke, breast and sidestrokes. They will increase their endurance, knowledge of personal safety, boating safety, and rescue skills. Children should be able to swim 1 length of the pool using refined front and back crawl.the elementary backstroke. The child must have passed the Guppy class. |
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Fish
This intermediate class is for children who can swim 25 yards of the pool on their front and back and 25 yards on their side. They should know rhythmic breathing and be comfortable diving, treading water, and floating. Children at this level can swim several lengths of the pool. Children work to refine the crawl and perform elementary backstroke, sidestroke, and turns. They are introduced to the butterfly stroke and should do 25 yards with fins and 10 yards without. Children should be able to perform 50 yards each of crawl stroke, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, backstroke, and sidestroke. |
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Flying Fish
Advanced level, students should have refined front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke and be able to swim 200 yards continuously. Children will refine all strokes while increasing their endurance. They will also be introduced to competitive swimming and more advanced diving, personal safety, boating safety, and rescue skills. Students should be able to swim 100 yards of all strokes in good form. |
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Shark
Participants must have completed Flying Fish before entering in Shark. Students improve conditioning and refinement of new water skills. Shark helps build techniques for such strokes as butterfly, breast stroke, freestyle, backstroke and individual medley. |
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| Click on-line registration for current class schedules. |
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Family YMCA Pool Policies
- We reserve the right to limit the number of class participants depending on the use of the pool for other programs.
- We reserve the right to combine classes due to low enrollment. A minimum of five students is required to run a class.
- Parent Observation Days are limited to the first and last day of each session
- If you are a non-member, program participant ID cards will be distributed at time of registration. Present these cards to the Welcome Center staff to gain access to the facility each time you attend a class during cycle.
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