LEVEL 1: INTRODUCTION TO WATER SKILLS For first time and non-adjusted swimmers. Develops positive attitudes towards swimming and emphasizes the importance of good habits and safe practices in and around the water. Classes consist of eight 45-minute lessons. $75 resident / $93.75 non-resident 6 – 16 years RCN LEVEL 2: FUNDAMENTAL AQUATIC SKILLS Students will learn to float without support and recover to a vertical position. This level marks the beginning of true locomotion skills and adds to the self-help and basic rescue skills began in Level I. Classes consist of eight 45-minute lessons. $75 resident / $93.75 non-resident 6 – 16 years RCN Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 1 LEVEL 3: STROKE DEVELOPMENT Builds on the skills in Level 2 by providing additional guided practice. This course teaches students how to coordinate the front crawl and back crawl, the elementary backstroke and fundamentals of treading water. Students will also learn safe diving rules and begin to dive from the side of the pool in deep water. Classes consist of eight 25-minute lessons. $75 resident / $93.75 non-resident 6 – 16 years RCN Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 2 LEARN TO SWIM Check the At-a-Glance Schedule on pages 18-21 for date and time of each class.
LEVEL 4: STROKE IMPROVEMENT Develops students’ confidence in the strokes learned in Level 3 and improves other aquatic skills. Students will learn the following: headfirst entries from the side in the compact and stride position, swim underwater, feet-first surface dives, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, tread water using two different kicks. The class will focus on improvement in the basic swim strokes. Classes consist of eight 45-minute lessons. $85 resident / $106.25 non-resident 6 – 16 years RCN Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 3 LEVEL 5: STROKE REFINEMENT Students refine all six strokes: the front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly, increasing the distances that they swim. Includes introduction to the following: shallow angle dives from the side and then glide and then begin a stroke on the front, tuck and pike surface dives (submerging completely), front flip and backstroke flip turns, proper sculling techniques. Classes consist of eight 45-minute lessons. $85 resident / $106.25 non-resident 6 – 16 years RCN Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 4 LEVEL 6: SWIMMING AND SKILL PROFICIENCY Students will work to refine strokes so they swimmore efficiently and effectively over longer distances. Special emphasis on knee-dive, forward dive fall-in and standing dive from the pool side, as well as from the 1 meter diving board. Teaches students how to prevent aquatic emergencies in various aquatic environments, introduction to self-rescue, the HELP and huddle positions, survival float in deep water, back float in deep water and survival swimming. Classes consist of eight 45-minute lessons. $85 resident / $106.25 non-resident 6 – 16 years RCN Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 5
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