Strokes of Genius – Swimming Lessons
Our Learn-to-Swim lessons are designed to teach any person of any level. Our Instructors are American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors from different aquatic backgrounds! We will do an evaluation session to assess what your needs are, and create a detailed block plan of what you can expect to learn throughout your sessions! Our Instructors are well known as the best in the business, having trained many people ranging from general safety to competitive swimming! You could not have found a better way to learn!
Our Learn-to-Swim lessons are designed to teach any person of any level. Our Instructors are American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors from different aquatic backgrounds! We will do an evaluation session to assess what your needs are, and create a detailed block plan of what you can expect to learn throughout your sessions! Our Instructors are well known as the best in the business, having trained many people ranging from general safety to competitive swimming! You could not have found a better way to learn!
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Introducing our New American Red Cross Learn to Swim Program
Strokes of Genius Parent and Child Aquatics Level 1 and 2 (6 months–about 3 years) Introduces basic skills to parents and children. Parents learn how to safely work with their child in the water, including how to appropriately support and hold their child in the water and how to prepare and encourage their child to participate fully and try the skills. Children receive an introduction to basic skills that lay a foundation for learning to swim. In addition, parents are introduced to several water safety topics. Pre-school Aquatics Level 1 and 2 (3-5 years old) There are 3 levels included in Pre-school Aquatics which introduce basic aquatic skills, which children continue to build on as they progress through the 3 levels of Pre-school Aquatics and then Learn to Swim. In addition children start developing positive attitudes and safe practices around the water. Level 1- Introduction to Water Skills (6-13 years) Level 1 introduces basic water skills which participants continue to build on as they progress through Learn-to-Swim. In addition, participants start developing positive attitudes, effective swimming habits and safe practices in and around the water. Learn -to-swim level 1 skills overlap with the Pre-school Aquatics Level 1 and 2. Level 2 – Fundamental Aquatic Skills The objective of Learn-to-Swim Level 2 is to give participants success with fundamental skills. Many of the skills taught in this level are the same skills taught in Preschool Aquatics Level 3. This level marks the beginning of true locomotion skills. Participants learn to glide and float without support and recover to a vertical position. Participants further develop simultaneous and alternating arm and leg actions on the front and back, laying the foundation for future strokes. New water safety topics are introduced, and previously acquired water safety knowledge and skills are reinforced. Level 3- Stroke Development The objectives of Learn-to-Swim Level 3 are to expand proficiency of previously learned skills by providing additional guided practice. Participants learn and practice survival floating and learn to swim front crawl and elementary backstroke at rudimentary proficiency levels. You introduce the scissors and dolphin kicks and extend the time duration for treading water. As in all levels, new and previously addressed water safety topics are included. Participants who successfully complete Level 3 have achieved basic water competency in a pool environment. Level 4—Stroke Improvement In Learn-to-Swim Level 4, participants improve their aquatic skills and increase their endurance by swimming the strokes learned in Level 3 (i.e., front crawl, elementary backstroke) for greater distances and with more advanced proficiency. Participants add arm actions to the previously learned scissors kick and breaststroke kick to perform the rudimentary sidestroke and to learn the breaststroke. Participants also begin to learn the back crawl and butterfly, as well as the basics of performing a simple open turn at a wall. Level 5—Stroke Refinement In Level 5, participants refine their performance of all six strokes (i.e., front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sidestroke) and increase the distances that they swim. Participants also learn to perform flip turns on the front and back. Adult Swim- Learning The Basics Adult Swim—Learning the Basics introduces basic aquatic skills and swimming strokes, including the front crawl, breaststroke and elementary backstroke. Participants strive for stroke performance at the level indicated in the Learn-to-Swim Level 3 outline and stroke performance charts. Participants also learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around water, in addition to those needed to help themselves or others in an aquatic emergency. Adult Swim- Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes Adult Swim—Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes seeks to improve participants’ proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. (The butterfly stroke is optional.) Participants strive for stroke performance at the level indicated in the Learn-to-Swim Level 5 outline and stroke performance charts. Participants also learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around water, in addition to those needed to help themselves or others in an aquatic emergency.
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