CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Parent and Child Familiarize young children ages 6 months to 3 years, with the water and prepare them for the American Red Cross Preschool courses. These levels are not designed to the teach children to swim or to survive in the water on their own. Preschool Level 1 Swimmers learn basics of swimming including bobbing, going underwater and jumping in. While being supported in the water, participants also learn front and back floating, rolling over from front to back and back to front, gliding, flutter kick and front crawl arms. Preschool Level 2 Builds on the basic aquatics skills learned in Preschool Level 1. More advance skills such as arm and leg action and treading are introduced in this level. Preschool Level 3 Increase proficiency on basic aquatic skills learned in Preschool Levels 1 and 2. Provides additional guided practice with increased distances and times. Swimmers continue working on the progressive skills from levels 1 and 2 and are challenged with more advance distances. Learn to Swim 1 Swimmers learn basics of swimming including bobbing, going underwater and jumping in. While being supported in the water, participants learn front and back floating, rolling over from front to back and back to front, gliding, flutter kick and front crawl arms. Learn to Swim 2 Builds on the basic aquatics skills learned in Learn to Swim Level 1. More advance skills such as arm and leg action and treading will be introduced in this level.
Learn to Swim 3 Increase proficiency on basic aquatic skills learned in Learn to Swim Levels 1 and 2. Provides additional guided practice with increased distances and times. Swimmers continue working on the progressive skills from levels 1 and 2 and will start diving in the deep end. Learn to Swim 4 This level takes place in the deep end of our competition pool. This level focuses on the improvement of freestyle, breaststroke, and backstroke. Swimmers are taught the basics on how to perform butterfly. Learn to Swim 5 Swimmers are challenged with stroke refinement as well as endurance enhancement with all four strokes from level 4. Adult 2 Building from Adult level 1 swimmers develop confidence and endurance as novice swimmers and are introduced to backstroke and breaststroke. Complete descriptions are available at DublinOhioUSA.gov/ aquatics/swim-lessons/ Adaptive Swim Lessons Adaptive aquatics classes are geared for children ages 4-14 with special needs. This program is designed to give individuals an opportunity to experience the benefits of aquatics and prepare for the possibility of progressing into our American Red Cross swim lesson program. With the assistance of aquatics staff, participants work on their swimming abilities and comfort level in the water. These classes are taught in a non-competitive environment, allowing each child to progress at their own pace. All participants must be accompanied in the water by a parent or caregiver. For more information or to register, please contact Stacey Tighe at 614.410.45 76 or at stighe @dublin.oh.us.
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