Swim Classes & Information

Information -
Our swim lesson program focuses not only on stroke development but also on personal safety, water sports, rescues and personal growth. We encourage development in spirit, mind and body. All levels are age appropriate first then level appropriate.

We have five main programs: Parent/Child, Preschool, Youth, Jr. High School and High School/Adult.

For more information on swim lessons, swim times and how to register, please read our SAC YMCA SWIM LESSON BROCHURE.

Swim Classes:
Parent & Child Swim Lessons -
For children 6 to 36 months and their parents or guardian. Our safety-based programs encourages both the parent and child to have fun in the water while the parent helps their child learn aquatic skills and games that use basic movement in the water suck as kicking, arm strokes, and breath control.

Preschool Swim Lessons -
Ages 3 - Kindergarten

Pike - Teaches basic paddle stroke, kicking skills, pool safety and comfort with holding their faces in the water.

Eel - They are taught to kick, dive, float and perform the progressive paddle stroke.

Ray - Improve stroke skills, learn more and build endurance swimming on their front and back.

Starfish - Continued work on side breathing and stroke development.

School Age Swim Lesson -
1st - 6th Grade

Polliwog - Beginning level; will learn a variety of paddle strokes, kicking skills.

Guppy - Beginning level II, stroke development, front and back, rudimentary breathing, jumping into deep water and learn to tread water.

Minnow - Advanced beginner level, front crawl with rotary breathing, backstroke, introduction to breaststroke and sidestroke.

Fish - Intermediate level, front crawl with turns, breaststroke, advanced backstroke with turns, introduction to butterfly stroke.

Flying Fish - Advanced intermediate level, refining all strokes in their proper sequence. Introduce water polo and synchronized skills.