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School-Age Classes

Starfish

An introduction to the aquatic environment encouraging confidence, independence and water safety skills. Developing confidence whist learning to blow bubbles, float and kick.

Seahorse

Building on the confidence gained in starfish, the swimmer will learn independent floating, freestyle kicking and arms, as well as backstroke kicking.

Seal

In this level the swimmer will develop their freestyle and backstroke technique. The goal being able to complete a distance of correct Freestyle and Backstroke.

Stingray

Breaststroke leg kick will be developed further and greater distances made for Freestyle and Backstroke.

Swordfish

Distance work is the main focus in this level, to prepare to swim lengths in the main pool. The swimmer would have developed their breaststroke technique and started to learn butterfly.

Dolphin

Transitioning into the main pool for the first time can be tricky. Therefore, this course helps the swimmers adapt to swimming in a 25m cooler pool, as well as developing stronger techniques in all four strokes, stamina and diving.

Sharks

Aims to build confidence and the fundamentals swimmers need. For children aged 8+ who aren’t confident in the water.

Penguin

This course builds on the skills of dolphin to further stamina and develop stroke technique, diving and starting to attempt starts, turns and finishes in all strokes.

Penguin Advanced

Working on stamina through 100m relaxed freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke whilst improving technique. Swimmers will be able to demonstrate diving, starts, turns and finishes all strokes.

Improver

Improver builds on the skills of Penguin Advanced to build stamina further over longer distances, improve technique and further the technical knowledge of starts, turns and finishes.

Junior Development Squad

Junior Development Squad will be for those swimmers who wish to transition into Swim Club, but need to work on their skills and fitness further. Swimmers can either choose to do one or two training sessions per week. Each class is 1 hour long.

Fitness Youth Squad

Fitness Youth Squad will be for those swimmers who just want to swim for fitness and have no desire to go over to swim club at this time. Although there will be some technical components in the forms of starts and turns in these sessions, it will look at maintaining and building on the swimmers fitness and enjoyment in the water.