Beginner Swim Lessons
Overview
The core competencies for Swim School include functional life-safety water skills. The goal is not to teach swimming “strokes,” but rather to develop skills that would be useful for self-rescue and to develop a sense for how the body can move through the water. The goal of Swim School is also to set the foundation for learning correct strokes when the student is developmentally ready.
Class Size: 4
Class Length: 30 Minutes
Ages: 3 & Up (classes are generally dividied into like age ranges of preschool, school age, and teen)
Beginner White
Prerequisite: Able to independently join class.
Focus: Readiness - trust and submersion
Safety Skill Benchmark: Always ask permission before getting in the water
Swim Skill Benchmark: Assisted submersion, relaxed, for 5 seconds; then come up to breathe
Skill Work
At this level, your swimmer will work on safely entering and exiting the water (including asking for permission to get in. Pouring water over their head & face, learning how to tuck and stand up in the water & relaxing & looking around underwater.
Beginner Red
Prerequisite: Able to complete the White Swim & Safety Benchmarks
Focus: body position and air exchange
Safety Skill Benchmark: Put on a lifejacket, float on back, kick 6 m/10 ft
Swim Skill Benchmark: Jump in, submerge, recover for air, roll on back (kicking and finning) for 5 seconds*
* in swimwear and in regular clothes
Skill Work
In our red level swimmers will work on front and back floats, controlled bobbing in the water, recovery to a stand from front and back and kicking on their front and back for about 10 feet.
Beginner Yellow
Prerequisite: Able to complete the Red Swim & Safety Benchmarks.
Focus: forward movement and direction change
Safety Skill Benchmark: Tread water 10 seconds
Swim Skill Benchmark: Swim & Roll for air, 30 feet.
Skill Work
In the Yellow level swimmers will work on swimming face in and on their back. They will also learn to roll onto their back from face in swimming and how to change direction while swimming.
Beginner Blue
Prerequisite: Able to complete the Yellow Swim & Safety Benchmarks.
Focus: Streamlines & rotary movement.
Safety Skill Benchmark: Reach or throw assist
Swim Skill Benchmark: Swim with rotary breath, 15 feet.
Skill Work
In our Blue level swimmers will learn to streamline kick on both their back and front, swim underwater 3 feet, kick in a side breathing position and roll into a breathing position.
Beginner Green
Prerequisite: Able to complete the BlueSwim & Safety Benchmarks.
Focus: Water Competency.
Safety Skill Benchmark: Disorienting entries and recover.
Swim Skill Benchmark: Jump in, recover for air, tread water 1 minute, swim 50 yards
Skill Work
This is our final beginner class that leads to our Safer Swimmer Award. Swimmers will work on linking their strokes with their side breathing. We will also improve their treading water endurance and teach our swimmers how to DIVE into the pool!
Intermediate & Advanced Swim Lessons
Overview
Students advance to Intermediate and Advanced Lessons (Stroke School) after achieving the Green stage benchmark in Swim School, regardless of age.
The Intermediate and Advanced curriculum will identify lead-up skills within each stroke level that focus on balance and rotation, air exchange, timing, pulling, and kicking. Each stage contains a swim skill benchmark that incorporates all proper stroke mechanics and an appropriate level of endurance.
All students in Intermediate and Advanced Lessons, regardless of ability level, can benefit from consistent use of drills to teach or reinforce proper stroke mechanics. The curriculum identifies various drills that can be used to accomplish the lead-up skills and benchmarks.
There are also safety skill benchmarks incorporated into the curriculum that will continue to develop and strengthen good water safety habits.
Class Size: 5
Class Length: 30 Minutes
Ages: 3 & Up (classes are generally dividied into like age ranges of preschool, school age, and teen)
Classes
Intermediate White
Intermediate Yellow
Intermediate White
Prerequisite: Able to complete the Beginner Green Stage competency skills.
Focus: Freestyle & Backstroke
Safety Skill Benchmark: Always ask permission before getting in the water
Swim Skill Benchmark:
Swim freestyle 25 yards with body stretched out and consistent form. Swim backstroke 25 yards with straight arm recovery, body roll, good arm and body extensions
Intermediate Red
Intermediate Yellow
Intermediate White
Prerequisite: Able to complete the White Stage competency skills.
Focus: Elementary Backstroke
Safety Skill Benchmark: Put on a lifejacket, float on back, kick 9 m/30 ft
Swim Skill Benchmark:
Swim elementary backstroke 25 yards with soooth arm and leg action. Glides at the end of each stroke. Recovery stroke for 25 yards.
Intermediate Yellow
Intermediate Yellow
Intermediate Yellow
Prerequisite: Able to complete the Red Stage competency skills.
Focus: Butterfly
Safety Skill Benchmark: Use flotation to help someone who is in trouble in the water (Reach or Throw...Don’t Go) and know how to call emergency services
Swim Skill Benchmark:
Swim 25 yards butterfly with smooth body movement and timed breath.
Intermediate Blue
Intermediate Blue
Intermediate Yellow
Prerequisite: Able to complete the Yellow Stage competency skills.
Focus: Breaststroke
Safety Skill Benchmark: Survival float and tread water for 2 minutes
Swim Skill Benchmark:
Swim breaststroke25 yards with good timing and extension
Advanced Green
Intermediate Blue
StarFun & Fitness
Prerequisite: Able to complete the Red Stage competency skills.
Focus: Endurance & Fitness
Safety Skill Benchmark:
Survival float and tread water for 5 minutes
Swim Skill Benchmark:
Swim 300 yards utilizing at least 4 strokes.
StarFun & Fitness
Intermediate Blue
StarFun & Fitness
The StarFun and Fitness program introduces participants to lifetime aquatic fun and fitness. StarFun and Fitness is not organized by color stages, and it does not have benchmark skills like the other swimming courses, because the activities include a wide variety of experiences. Each activity module is designed to be conducted independently – the skills don’t build on each other – and the module can be adapted to the ability levels and ages of the participants.
HomeSchool Curriculum
We can build an 8 lesson homeschool curriculm for your co-op or small homeschool group. This is a great way to learn improatn water safety skills and get some terrific physical education! Reach out to set up a program!
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Powell Aquatic Center
168 East Olentangy St
Powell, OH 43065
Apple Maps - use 168 Powel Rd
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