Swimming is a life skill as well as great exercise and a challenging sport. We offer swim lessons for all ages.
Teaching children how to be safe around water is not a luxury; it is a necessity. The YMCA’s Swim program can help you make sure they learn essential water safety skills, which can open up a world of possibilities for them to satisfy their curiosity safely.
Safety Around Water
Through learning how to perform a sequenced set of skills, the risk of drowning is reduced and gives your child confidence in and around water.
A typical session includes:
Exercises to help kids adjust to being in the water
Instruction in “Jump, Push, Turn, Grab” and “Swim, Float, Swim,” two skill sets kids can use if they unexpectedly find themselves in the water
Specific safety topics, like what to do if you see someone in the water who needs help
Fun activities that reinforce skills
Swim Lessons
The Y is “America’s Swim Instructor” and the most accessible community resource to prevent drowning and encourage a lifelong enjoyment of swimming. The Y introduced the country to the concept of group swim lessons more than 100 years ago (1909), and each year, the Y teaches more than a million children invaluable water safety and swimming skills
There are three general categories of Y Swim Lessons:
Swim Starters develops water enrichment and aquatic readiness in children ages six months to three years. This category focuses on developing swim readiness skills through fun and confidence-building experiences. Parents also learn how to supervise children in the water, how to prevent accidents, and how to plan for emergencies.
Swim Basics develops personal water safety and basic swimming skills in students of all ages. Swimmers develop a high level of comfort in the water by practicing safe water habits, engaging in underwater exploration, and learning how to swim to safety and exit if they fall into a body of water.
Swim Strokes introduces and refines stroke techniques in older students (school age, teens, and adults). Having mastered the fundamentals, students learn additional water safety skills and build stroke techniques, developing skills that prevent chronic disease, increase social-emotional and cognitive well-being and foster a lifetime of physical activity.
SWIM LESSON SELECTOR
All children are tested on the first day of classes, if your child needs to move to another class the instructor will inform you.
Under 3 If your child has never taken lessons at the Y before please sign them up for Swim Starters, Water Discovery (A/B)
Ages 3-5 If your child has never taken lessons at the Y before please sign them up for Preschool Lessons, Water Acclimation (1)
Please view our current schedule in the sidebar.
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