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• Parent/Child Swim Lessons

  Parent/Child Swim Lessons are designed to offer a way for parents to learn water safety and help teach their children basic swimming and water safety skills. This is for children ages 6 months to 3-years-old and many times is a child’s first exposure to pools and organized swimming lessons. It’s also a great way to meet and interact with other parents.

• Preschool Swim Lessons (3-5 Years Old)

  Preschool swim lessons are for ages 3-5 years old.  Children in this group are broken down by ability into pikes, eels, rays and starfish levels. These progressive lessons focus on the five components of YMCA swim lessons: personal safety, personal growth, stroke development, water sports and games, and rescue. Activities will vary within each component based on what is developmentally appropriate at each level.

• Youth Swim Lessons (6-18 Years Old)

  Youth swim lessons are for ages 6-18 years old.  Children in this age group are broken down by ability into polliwogs, guppies, minnows, fish, flying fish, shark, and porpoise levels. These progressive lessons focus on the five components of YMCA swim lessons: personal safety, personal growth, stroke development, water sports and games, and rescue. Activities will vary within each component based on what is developmentally appropriate at each level.

• Adult Swim Lessons

  Adult Swim Lessons are designed for ages 16 and up for either adults who do not know how to swim or adults who are comfortable in water and want to improve their strokes and techniques. Adult swimmers' skills range from beginner to advanced, and may include recreational swimmers, tri-athletes or masters swimmers.