Swim Program

Marco Island YMCA

Begin to Swim Program

Parent/Child

From 6 months to 3 years old.

A parent, grandparent or designated babysitter must be in the pool with the child.  Work with adult on how to get baby adjusted to water and water safety.

Pike

3 years and older.

Beginners that cannot swim.  Learn safety rules, how to put face in the water, how to reach and pull, and sculling.

Eel

Can put face in the water, learn to blow bubbles and bring their head up for a breath.  Review reach and pulling, and sculling.

Ray

Learn freestyle with rhythmic breathing and elementary backstroke.  Review sculling.

Starfish

Learn backstroke.  Review freestyle with rhythmic breathing, elementary backstroke and sculling.

Guppy

Learn breaststroke.  Review freestyle, backstroke, elementary backstroke and sculling.

Minnow

Learn butterfly.  Review freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sculling.

Fish

Learn sidestroke.  Review freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, elementary backstroke and sculling.

Flying Fish

Review and perfect all of the above learned strokes.

Shark

Experienced swimmers.  Review and perfect all of the above learned strokes for competitive swimming.

Water Safety (Learned/Review in each class of every session)Kids in Pool

1 – Safety Rules

2 – Life Jacket Review

3 – Tread Water and Survival Floating

 
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