This swim class is for parents and infants with a focus on water adjustment, safety skills, and practices. This class will equip parents with information on proper holds and safe submersion to help them become confident handling their infants in the water and help the infants adapt to the water. Swim diapers are required for all infants participating in the class. Please note: a parent (legal guardian) must be in the water at all times during class. This class will provide 30 minutes of lessons with the instructor and 15 minutes for guardian and child to explore skills in the water.
This class is designed for children with little or no swimming experience and focuses on water adjustment while introducing basic swimming skills. Children who are not yet fully potty trained must wear swim diapers in the pool.
Introduction to water activities, good habits, and overall water safety. Blow bubbles, bobbing, float, glide and proper arm/leg actions on front/back and underwater object retrieval.
Development of proper swimming techniques like front and back crawls, front/back floats and glides, recover to a vertical position after swimming, treading water, underwater breath holding and object retrieval, and water safety skills.
Guided practice of previously attained skills in deeper water: side breathing with the front crawl, treading water, flutter kick, scissor kick, dolphin kick, and breaststroke kick; elementary backstroke; headfirst entries into the water; non-swimming assists; and water safety skills.
Develop knowledge and techniques of all strokes and other aquatic skills including preparation for swim team. Open turns on front and back, treading water, refine front crawl and backstroke, and improve on breast stroke, butterfly and sidestroke, introduction to diving, feet first surface dives, survival swimming, and water safety skills including simple water saving assists.
Further coordination and refinement of strokes and preparation for the swim team. Continued conditioning and stroke refinement, racing starts to streamline, flipturns, sculling, shallow angled dives, tuck/pike dives, non-swimming assists, and water safety skills.
*Blair High School will only have seven weeks of swim lessons, ending August 1, 2026.
(Spring) Sat. from 1 - 4 p.m. (Summer) M-Th. from 1 - 3:30 p.m. F-Sun. from 1 - 4 p.m.*Kennedy Pool will be open on the 4th of July for Rec swim from 1-4 p.m.
M-Th from 1 - 3:30 p.m. F, Sat from 1-4 p.m.
M-Th from 1 - 3:30 p.m. F, Sat from 1-4 p.m.
Group lesson fees per session: The ratio of staff to patrons is 1:3 - 1:7 for levels 1-5. Youth 12 & under $30/$65
Private lesson fees per 30-minute class: Youth 17 & under $35/$50 Adults 18 & over $35/$50
Participants are required to be dressed in swim attire for class session. Bathrooms will remain open and outdoor showers are available. Children who are not yet fully potty trained must wear swim diapers in the pool.
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