Swim School

School Age (Ages 6-12)

Overview & Description

The school age curriculum has 5 stations. Classes are 30 minutes in length and have a maximum of 4 students. Below are the general goals of each station.

Love to Swim School also offers Pre-Competitive Group classes for school age students.

Stations

Station 1 - Bubbles

Independent submersion of the face
Blowing bubbles
Basic kicking skills
10 relaxed bobs

Station 2 - Balance and Propulsion

Balanced front/back float
Balanced front/back glide
Propulsive, efficient front & back kicking
Jumping & sitting bobs
Retrieve objects from the bottom of pool-4ft

Station 3 - Kicking

Backward bobs
Vertical and horizontal 10 kick rollovers
Side-kicking introduced
Elementary Backstroke
Finning and sculling

Station 4 - Switches

Understand how to move water effectively and powerfully
Apply understanding to their beginning freestyle
Swimmer will have a basic crawl arm stroke for a 20 foot distance upon mastery of this station
Endurance kicking

Station 5 – Freestyle (6 student max)

Reclining bobs
Introduction to backstroke
Freestyle with side breathing-1 length
Somersaults - front and back
Fundamental backstroke

"Thanks for making Love to Swim a GREAT program for kids of ALL levels and ages!"
- Carrie J.