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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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Session Dates: August 31, 2008 – October 25, 2008
(No Classes Monday, September 1, 2008)
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Member Fee: $48.00
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Non-Member Fee: $84.00
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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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| Click on-line registration for current class schedules. |
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Family YMCA Pool Policies:
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- 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.
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