Swim Lesson Level Descriptions
Parent-Child Swim Lessons
Age: 6 months to 3 years
Familiarize children between the ages of 6 months and approximately 3 years with the water and teach swimming readiness skills. Provide safety information for parents and teach techniques parents can use to orient their children to the water.
No skill prerequisites. Child must be at least 6 months old. One parent or caregiver 13 years or older must accompany each child and participate in class.
Preschool Aquatics 1 (PSA 1)
Age: 3 to 5 years
Familiarize children 3 to 5 years old with the aquatic environment and help them acquire basic aquatic skills. Help participants begin to develop positive attitudes and safe practices in and around the water.
No skill prerequisites. Child must be at least 3 years old.
Preschool Aquatics 2 (PSA 2)
Age: 3 to 5 years
Build on and improve skills learned in PSA 1. Focus will be on front crawl, front and back glides, and recoveries.
Prerequisites:
Successful completion of PSA 1 OR child must be able to enter the water independently, bob 5 times to chin level, and safely exit the water. Child should also be able to glide on front at least 2 body lengths, then float for 3 seconds on back and recover to vertical with assistance.
Preschool Aquatics 3 (PSA 3)
Age: 3 to 5 years
Increase proficiency and build on the basic aquatics skills learned in PSA 1 & 2. Reinforce water safety concepts and skills introduced in earlier levels and introduce additional water safety topics.
Prerequisites:
Successful completion of PSA 2 OR child must be able to glide on front at least 2 body lengths, roll to back and float for 5 seconds, then recover to vertical with assistance. Child must also be able to glide on back at least 2 body lengths, roll to front and float for 5 seconds, then recover to vertical with assistance. Child must be able to swim using combined arm and leg actions on front for 3 body lengths, roll to back and float for 5 seconds, roll to front and swim for 3 body lengths with assistance.
Learn to Swim 1 (LTS 1)
Age: 6 Years & Older
Familiarize children 6 years of age and older with the aquatics environment. Students will learn basic aquatics skills while developing positive attitudes and learning safe practices in and around water.
No skill prerequisites. Child must be at least 6 years old.
Learn to Swim 2 (LTS 2)
Age: 6 Years & Older
Build on the basic aquatics and water safety skills and concepts learned in LTS 1. Students will learn front crawl, front and back glides, recoveries, and they will be introduced to deep water.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of LTS 1 OR student must be able to enter the water independently, bob 5 times, and safely exit the water. Students should also be able to glide on front at least 2 body lengths, roll to back, then float for 3 seconds and recover to vertical with assistance.
Learn to Swim 3 (LTS 3)
Age: 6 Years & Older
Build on the skills learned in LTS 1 and 2 to help participants achieve basic competency in the water. Students will learn rhythmic breathing, treading water, and basic dives. The breaststroke and butterfly will be introduced at this level.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of LTS 2 OR student must be able to glide on front at least 2 body lengths, roll to back and float for 5 seconds, then recover to vertical without assistance. Students must also be able to glide on back at least 2 body lengths, roll to front and float for 5 seconds, then recover to vertical without assistance. Students must be able to swim using front crawl for 3 body lengths, roll to back and float for 5 seconds, then roll to front and swim using front crawl for 3 body lengths.
Learn to Swim 4 (LTS 4)
Age: 6 Years & Older
Building on the skills learned in LTS 1, 2, and 3, participants will work on rotary breathing, freestyle backstroke, elementary backstroke, scissor kick, and sidestroke. Kicks and turns will also be introduced.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of LTS 3 OR OR swimmers must be able to front and back crawl 25 yards.