NURTURING SKILLS AND
BUILDING CONFIDENCE
IN THE WATER For more than 160 years, the YMCA has nurtured potential and united communities across America to create lasting, meaningful change. Everything the Y does is in service of building a better us. One of the most effective ways to accomplish this is to teach youth, teens, and adults to swim, so they can stay safe around water and learn the skills they need to make swimming a lifelong pursuit for staying healthy. Y swim instructors are nationally certified. Their training includes CPR, AED, First Aid and Oxygen Administration. Swim lessons provide important life skills that could save a life and will benefit students for a lifetime.
WE’RE HERE FOR EVERYONE
All ages—from infants to seniors— …show more content…
Check out our class offerings below to find one that fits your family’s busy schedule. Swim Starters Aquatic Program
Accompanied by a parent*, infants and toddlers learn to be comfortable in the water and develop swim readiness skills through fun and confidence-building experiences, while parents learn about water safety, drowning prevention, and the importance of supervision. (* We define parent broadly to include all adults with primary responsibility for raising children, including biological parents, adoptive parents, guardians, stepparents, grandparents, or any other type of parenting …show more content…
(10 yd. preschool)
Water exit independently
Jump, swim, turn, swim, grab 10 yd.
Swim on back 15 yd. (10 yd. preschool)
Roll
Tread water 1 min. & exit (30 secs. preschool)
Swim, float, swim 25 yd. (15 yd. preschool)
Swim Strokes for Preschool, School Age, Teen, and Adult
Having mastered the fundamentals, students learn additional water safety skills and build stroke technique, developing skills that prevent chronic disease, increase social-emotional and cognitive well-being, and foster a lifetime of physical activity. In Stroke Introduction, Stroke Development and Stroke Mechanics, swimmers are introduced to the four competitive swimming strokes as well as rescue skills and healthy lifestyle habits. Stage Descriptions:
Stage 4 / Stroke Introduction Introduces basic stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke.
Students in stage 4 develop stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and learn the breaststroke kick and butterfly kick. Water safety is reinforced through treading water and elementary backstroke.
Endurance any stroke or combination of strokes, 25 yd.
Front crawl rotary breathing, 15 yd.
Back crawl 15
BUILDING CONFIDENCE
IN THE WATER For more than 160 years, the YMCA has nurtured potential and united communities across America to create lasting, meaningful change. Everything the Y does is in service of building a better us. One of the most effective ways to accomplish this is to teach youth, teens, and adults to swim, so they can stay safe around water and learn the skills they need to make swimming a lifelong pursuit for staying healthy. Y swim instructors are nationally certified. Their training includes CPR, AED, First Aid and Oxygen Administration. Swim lessons provide important life skills that could save a life and will benefit students for a lifetime.
WE’RE HERE FOR EVERYONE
All ages—from infants to seniors— …show more content…
Check out our class offerings below to find one that fits your family’s busy schedule. Swim Starters Aquatic Program
Accompanied by a parent*, infants and toddlers learn to be comfortable in the water and develop swim readiness skills through fun and confidence-building experiences, while parents learn about water safety, drowning prevention, and the importance of supervision. (* We define parent broadly to include all adults with primary responsibility for raising children, including biological parents, adoptive parents, guardians, stepparents, grandparents, or any other type of parenting …show more content…
(10 yd. preschool)
Water exit independently
Jump, swim, turn, swim, grab 10 yd.
Swim on back 15 yd. (10 yd. preschool)
Roll
Tread water 1 min. & exit (30 secs. preschool)
Swim, float, swim 25 yd. (15 yd. preschool)
Swim Strokes for Preschool, School Age, Teen, and Adult
Having mastered the fundamentals, students learn additional water safety skills and build stroke technique, developing skills that prevent chronic disease, increase social-emotional and cognitive well-being, and foster a lifetime of physical activity. In Stroke Introduction, Stroke Development and Stroke Mechanics, swimmers are introduced to the four competitive swimming strokes as well as rescue skills and healthy lifestyle habits. Stage Descriptions:
Stage 4 / Stroke Introduction Introduces basic stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke.
Students in stage 4 develop stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and learn the breaststroke kick and butterfly kick. Water safety is reinforced through treading water and elementary backstroke.
Endurance any stroke or combination of strokes, 25 yd.
Front crawl rotary breathing, 15 yd.
Back crawl 15