AQUATICS
LEARN TO SWIM
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. LEVEL 2 FUNDAMENTAL AQUATIC SKILLS Students 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. Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 1 required 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. Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 2 required LEVEL 4 STROKE IMPROVEMENT Develops student’s 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, to tread water using two different kicks. The class will focus on improvement in the basic swim strokes. 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. Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 4 required LEVEL 6 FITNESS SWIMMING Students work to refine strokes so that they swim with more efficient and effective 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. Completion of American Red Cross Level 5 required
DETAILS
Levels 1–3: $75 resident / $93.75 non-resident Levels 4–6: $85 resident / $106.25 non-resident 6–16 years RCN
Eight lessons of 45 minutes each
ADULT – BASIC Designed to develop confidence and basic skills in the adult swimmer and is geared toward the needs of the class. Comfort and flotation in the water, basic survival, front crawl, back crawl, treading water and basic water safety are just a few of the skills taught. ADULT LESSONS
ADULT – INTERMEDIATE Designed for adult swimmers with a basic level of skill and comfort in the water. Students will improve upon basic skills such as flotation, treading water, the front crawl and learn new skills that may include more advanced strokes, dives, turns, and more.
16+ years
RCN
$75 resident / $93.75 non- resident
Eight 45-minute lessons
22 / Pearland in Motion / Fall 2018
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