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YOUTH SWIM LESSONS<br />
Ages 6 & up<br />
This progressive program, of 45-minute<br />
classes, comprises five main components:<br />
personal growth; personal safety; stroke<br />
development; water sports and games; and<br />
rescue. Each level builds upon the preceding<br />
level, with seven levels covering all the<br />
strokes, diving fundamentals, and safety skills.<br />
Polliwog, Polliwog Plus, Guppy, Minnow,<br />
Fish, Flying Fish<br />
Member: $75 • Non-Member: $150<br />
Polliwog<br />
For swimmers with minimal or no previous<br />
swim lesson experience. Youth are introduced<br />
to the basic skills of kicking, paddling, blowing<br />
bubbles and floating and become confident<br />
and safe in and around the water.<br />
Tuesdays 6:15 pm<br />
Thursdays 7:00 pm<br />
Saturdays 11:45 am<br />
Sundays 11:30 am<br />
Polliwog Plus<br />
For children who have had previous experience<br />
in swimming lessons and who are comfortable<br />
in a class setting. Prerequisites: Must be able<br />
to float and swim independently with the aid<br />
of a flotation device. Must be able to swim<br />
10 yards without assistance. Children work<br />
on endurance and the fundamentals of rotary<br />
breathing and swimming on their backs.<br />
Mondays 5:15 pm<br />
Wednesdays 6:15 pm<br />
Thursdays 6:15 pm<br />
Saturdays 11:00 am<br />
Sundays 10:00 am<br />
Guppy<br />
Prerequisites: Must be able to swim 15 yards<br />
(1/2 the length of the pool) front and back crawl<br />
or successful completion of Polliwog Plus. Must<br />
be able to demonstrate rotary breathing. Youth<br />
begin to build endurance and confidence in their<br />
basic swimming skills and are introduced to<br />
elementary backstroke, sidestroke and<br />
breaststroke in their most basic forms. Guppies<br />
are working towards swimming a length<br />
comfortably before moving into the Minnow level.<br />
Mondays 6:00 pm<br />
Tuesdays 5:15 pm 7:00 pm<br />
Wednesdays 7:00 pm<br />
Thursdays 5:30 pm<br />
Saturdays 11:45 am 12:30 pm<br />
Sundays 10:00 am<br />
Minnow<br />
Prerequisites: Must be able to comfortably swim<br />
a length of the pool front crawl using rotary<br />
breathing and one length back crawl or successful<br />
completion of Guppy. Strokes are refined with a<br />
strong emphasis on proper mechanics. Minnows<br />
build endurance in all strokes including<br />
freestyle, backstroke, sidestroke, elementary<br />
backstroke and breaststroke. Form and<br />
endurance are the key in this intermediate level.<br />
Mondays 6:45 pm<br />
Wednesdays 5:30 pm<br />
Thursdays 6:15 pm<br />
Saturdays 9:15 am 11:00 am<br />
Sundays 10:45 am<br />
Fish<br />
Prerequisites: Must be able to swim one length<br />
of the pool of each backstroke, sidestroke, and<br />
freestyle using rotary breathing or successful<br />
completion of Minnow. Stroke mechanics are<br />
emphasized with a specific focus on breaststroke<br />
and turns. Fish are moving at a faster pace than<br />
Minnows and need less rest between exercises<br />
as they focus on skill refinement of all strokes.<br />
Tuesdays 7:00 pm<br />
Saturdays 10:00 am<br />
Sundays 11:30 am<br />
Flying Fish<br />
Prerequisites: Must be able to swim two lengths<br />
of each of backstroke, sidestroke, and breaststroke.<br />
Must have a mastery of rotary breathing and<br />
have strong endurance to swim many lengths<br />
in a row or successful completion of Fish.<br />
At this advanced level, students work on refining<br />
freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly,<br />
while increasing endurance. Diving and turns<br />
are a continued focus of this advanced level.<br />
Thursdays 5:30 pm<br />
Saturdays 10:00 am<br />
Sundays 11:30 am<br />
Shark<br />
Prerequisites: Must be able to demonstrate<br />
well-refined freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke<br />
and butterfly for 50 yards of each stroke or<br />
successful completion of Flying Fish. Sharks<br />
continue to learn lifesaving strokes and refine the<br />
competitive strokes while being introduced to<br />
more advanced rescue skills and boating safety.<br />
Thursdays 7:00 pm<br />
Saturdays 12:30 pm<br />
Sundays 11:30 am<br />
Homeschool Swimming Instruction<br />
Ages 6-12<br />
Swimming Instruction for the school-age<br />
student during the school day.<br />
12 West Chester Area YMCA 610-431-9622 View current schedules online: ymcabwv.org
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