News Details (Posted: April 16, 2007):

Aquatic Summer Activities 2007

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Level 1-2 Fundamental Aquatic Skills - This class is designed for children ages 5 to 12 years. Only 5 years olds who can swim independently without support, can be enrolled in the Level 1&2 class. The students are evaluated and divided by skill level into two separate groups. One of the goals of this class is to build confidence in each student by placing them in a group of swimmers where their success will not be overshadow by more skilled age group swimmers. The objective of this instruction is to give students an opportunity to succeed while they learn fundamental aquatic skills. Students learn to float and recover without support, practice simultaneous and alternating arm and leg actions on their front and back. This exercise will help build a solid foundation that will allow the students to learn additional strokes in the future. Rotary breathing and treading water are also introduced.

Level 3-Stroke Development - This class is designed for children ages 6-12. Any student entering this course must be able to demonstrate all the completion requirements of a Level 2 student. In level 3 students are taught how to coordinate and improve their front crawl and back crawl strokes. The correct butterfly kick and body motion are practiced. Elementary backstroke kick and survival floats are introduced.

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