Registration for sessions A & B begins Monday, May 7th Online: at 12:00 a.m. In Person: at 7:30 a.m. Community Services & Recreation Department, 8200 Westminster Blvd. To register online, please visit: www.activenet.active.com/westminster
Registration for sessions C & D begins Thursday, July 12th Online: at 12:00 a.m. In Person: 7:30 a.m. Community Services & Recreation Department, 8200 Westminster Blvd. At the Pool: at 9:00 a.m. La Quinta High School, 10372 McFadden Ave.
SESSIONS Session A: June 25 - July 5 (no lessons July 4) Session B: July 9 - July 19 Session C: July 23 - August 2 Session D: August 6 - August 16
FEES: Group Lessons $45 per session ($40 session A - no lessons July 4th) Each session is Monday - Thursday for TWO (2) weeks; 30 minutes per lesson.
Private Lessons $90 per session Tuesdays and Thursdays ONLY for TWO (2) weeks, 20 minutes per lesson. Please see class information for times.
RECREATION SWIM FREE! Mondays and Wednesdays ONLY from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
All registration fees are NON-REFUNDABLE. Once registered, those who wish to transfer lesson times or sessions will be subject to a $5.00 transfer fee each time for each student.
Description of Lessons(please read carefully, there are changes to the program)
Parent/Grandparent & Child Aquatics Parent and child share the fun of learning to swim. You will assist your child with basic water adjustment, breath control, and swimming readiness. Class emphasis is on fun and safety in the water. Parent participation is required; one parent/adult per child.
Tiny Tots Students learn basic water adjustment, breath control, floating arm and leg movement. Class emphasis is on fun and safety.
Level 1 - Introduction to Swimming Skills Students learn basic water adjustment, safety, floating, kicking, breath control, treading water, and arm and leg movement for front crawl and backstroke. Participant must be able to enter water independently, swim at least 5 yards on their front, bob head 3 times then safely exit the water; must also be able to glide at least 2 body lengths and float on front and back at least 3 seconds each then recover to vertical position before receiving a passing card to Level 2.
Level 2 - Fundamental Skills Prerequisite: Pass Level 1. Students learn the fundamental of front crawl, backstroke, treading water, floating, and water safety. Participant must float on front for 5 seconds, troll to back and float for 5 seconds and then return to a vertical position; additionally they will have to push off the wall and swim using front crawl for 5 body lengths turn to back and float for 15 seconds then continue for 5 more body lengths before receiving a passing card to Level 3.
Level 3 - Stroke Development Prerequisite: Pass Level 2. Student learn front crawl with side breathing, elementary backstroke, scissor and dolphin kicks, treading water, survival float, and front dives. Concentration is placed on water safety, refinement of front crawl, building strength and endurance. Participants must swim front crawl for 15 yards, tread or float for 30 seconds then swim elementary backstroke for 15 yards before receiving a passing card to Level 4.
Level 4 - Stroke Improvement Prerequisite: Pass Level 3. Students are introduced to butterfly arms, side stroke arms, breaststroke, backstroke, and basic wall turns. Emphasis is placed on water safety, refinement of skills learned in previous levels and endurance. Participants must swim front crawl and elementary backstroke for 25 yards each, and breaststroke and backstroke for 15 yards each before receiving a passing level card to Level 5.
Level 5 - Stroke Refinement Prerequisite: Pass Level 4. This level is for advanced swimmers who demonstrate the skills learned in all previous levels. Students will refine their performance in all the strokes (front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, elementary backstroke, and sidestroke), as well as, flip turns on front and back. Participants must perform a shallow-angle dive into deep water, swim front crawl and elementary backstroke for 50 yards, and swim breaststroke and backstroke for 25 yards each before receiving a passing card to Level 6.
Level 6 - Swimming and Skill Proficiency Prerequisite: Pass Level 5. For competitive swimmers working to improve skills; emphasis is placed on endurance and skill refinement, along with water safety skills. Level 6 participants must swim 500 yards continuously using 3 strokes of choice, perform a survival float and back float for 5 minutes, and perform a feet first surface dive retrieve an object from the bottom of the deep end pool in order to receive a passing card.
ADULT This course is designed for adults with little to no swimming experience. Instructors teach comfort and safety in the water, basic swimming techniques, swimming fundamentals, breath control, treading, and any other areas of interest. Class is geared toward participant’s questions and individual swimming levels.
