Swim Lessons
Swim Lessons for Every Stage
From a baby’s first experience in the water to preparation for competitive swimming, our programs give swimmers a clear path to keep learning and progressing.
Otter Cubs
Ages 4 Months – 2 Years
Parent & child lessons focused on water comfort, early swim skills and safety awareness.
Build water comfort, parent confidence, and foundational safety skills through guided play.
- Comfortable entering and exiting water with parent
- Water adjustment and confidence building
- Blowing bubbles
- Assisted front and back floats
- Supported kicking on front and back
- Water pouring over head/face
- Introduction to arm movement
- Songs, games, and sensory exploration
- Parent education on water safety
- Introduction to submersion readiness
- Wall holds and safe pool behavior
- Comfortable in water environment
- Demonstrates basic breath control
- Assisted float on front and back
- Shows readiness for independent instruction
Tiny Splashers
Ages 2 – 3 Years
A fun transition to independent lessons with a focus on water comfort, listening skills and basic safety.
Develop independence in the water and introduce foundational survival skills.
- Enter and exit pool independently
- Front float with assistance
- Back float with assistance
- Recover to standing position
- Bubble blowing and rhythmic breathing
- Assisted kicking with support
- Intro to streamline position
- Assisted front paddle movements
- Jump into water with instructor support
- Wall safety and reaching edge independently
- Comfortable separating from parent
- Float briefly with support
- Kick independently for short distances
- Recover to wall safely
Cove Explorers
Ages 3+
Build confidence and independence through floating, kicking, submerging and foundational survival skills.
Develop independence in the water and introduce foundational survival skills.
- Enter and exit pool independently
- Front float with assistance
- Back float with assistance
- Recover to standing position
- Bubble blowing and rhythmic breathing
- Assisted kicking with support
- Intro to streamline position
- Assisted front paddle movements
- Jump into water with instructor support
- Wall safety and reaching edge independently
- Comfortable separating from parent
- Float briefly with support
- Kick independently for short distances
- Recover to wall safely
River Rangers
Ages 3+
Develop stronger swimming skills, body control and the ability to swim longer distances with confidence.
Increase independence and introduce beginner propulsion skills.
- Independent front and back float
- Glide on front and back
- Freestyle arm introduction
- Flutter kick with kickboard
- Independent submersion
- Roll from front to back
- Retrieve submerged objects
- Intro to side breathing
- Jump in and return to wall
- Treading water introduction
- Swim short distances independently
- Float independently for several seconds
- Demonstrate roll-over breathing recovery
- Comfortable putting face fully underwater
Wave Navigators
Ages 3+
Learn and develop proper stroke technique while improving coordination, breathing and endurance.
Build proper technique for foundational competitive strokes.
- Freestyle with side breathing
- Backstroke fundamentals
- Streamline push-offs
- Rhythmic breathing
- Intro to breaststroke kick
- Dolphin kick introduction
- Deep water confidence
- Treading water
- Intro to rotary breathing
- Swim longer distances with control
- Swim freestyle independently with breathing
- Swim basic backstroke
- Demonstrate proper streamline
- Tread water independently
Ocean Adventurers
Ages 3+
Refine multiple strokes, build endurance and become a more efficient, confident swimmer.
Improve endurance, efficiency, and stroke mechanics.
- Refined freestyle technique
- Backstroke refinement
- Breaststroke introduction/full stroke
- Butterfly kick progression
- Flip turn introduction
- Deep water skills
- Diving fundamentals
- Increased endurance swimming
- Intro to pacing
- Water safety and rescue awareness
- Swim all major strokes with basic proficiency
- Swim multiple laps continuously
- Demonstrate strong breathing control
- Ready for pre-team environment
Pre-Swim Team
Ages 5+
For advanced swimmers ready to take the next step. Focus on stroke refinement, endurance, starts, turns and swim-team skills.
Prepare swimmers for competitive swim team participation.
- Legal freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly
- Flip turns and open turns
- Starts and diving technique
- Streamline efficiency
- Interval training introduction
- Pace awareness
- Endurance development
- Competitive etiquette
- Lane awareness
- Dryland warm-up basics
- Intro to race strategy
- IM transition skills
- Swim legal strokes consistently
- Complete structured swim sets independently
- Understand lane etiquette and practice structure
- Ready for USA Swimming or local competitive team participation