Swim Lesson Information
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Three sessions of American Red Cross swim lessons are offered each summer at Salt City Splash. All lessons are taught following American Red Cross guidelines and policies. Salt City Splash offers lessons taught by qualified instructors. Swim lesson aides also are provided in Levels 1, 2, and 3.
Adult Swim Lessons also are available. Call Ted at 663-6170 for more details.
2010 American Red Cross Swim Lessons will be offered at the following dates:
SESSION 1 (June 7-17) *Registration deadline: June 2nd
SESSION 2 (June 21-July 1) *Registration deadline: June 16th
SESSION 3 (July 5-15**) *Registration deadline: June 30th
** No class on the evening of July 13. This class will be made up on July 16.
For more information, contact the Splash at (620) 662-7705.
A complete listing of classes, times, and fees are available in the Summer Activity Guide, available at www.hutchrec.com under the View Activities tab.
Description of American Red Cross swim lessons:
Parent and Child Aquatic Program (Infant/Toddlers Age 6 months to 3 years old): This class is designed for parents of infants and toddlers who range in age from 6 months to 3-years-old. This is a great opportunity to begin introducing your child to water and its potential for fun. You will learn how to hold and assist your child while she learns basic skills from her favorite teacher - you! Special care is taken to ensure that your child learns to enjoy the water and feel safe. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or survive in the water on their own. A large portion of this class is based around games and playing to help orient your child to the water. This class is held in water from 3 ½ to 4 feet deep.
Preschool (Age 3-5 years old): The primary objective of Preschool Aquatics is to promote the developmentally appropriate learning of fundamental water safety and aquatic skills by young children about 3, 4, and 5 years of age. Preschool Aquatics has three developmental levels that children progress through before moving on into the Learn-to- Swim Levels. Students will be introduced to following skills and safety topics: water entry and exit, breath control and submerging, buoyancy, changing direction and position, treading, swimming on front and back, and water safety. This class is held in water from 1 inch deep to 3½ feet deep.
Level 1: The recommended starting ages for participants in this level are 5 and 6-years old. It is especially appropriate for participants who may have a fear of the water. The objectives of Level 1 are to learn basic personal water safety information and skills to help participants feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy the water safely. Participants are provided support from the instructor or floatation devices to accomplish skills. At this level, participants start developing positive attitudes, good swimming habits and safe practices in and around water. Students will be introduced to safe water entry and exit, breath control and submerging, coordinated arm/leg action and buoyancy on the front and back, changing direction and position, and water safety. This class is held in water that is up to 3½ feet deep.
Level 2: Prerequisite: Students must be able to demonstrate skills of Level 1. The objective of Level 2 is to give participants success with fundamental skills. Participants learn to float without support and to recover to a vertical position. This level marks the beginning of true locomotion skills. Participants further develop arm and leg actions on the front and back that lay the foundation for future strokes. The difference of this level, as compared to Level 1, is the completion of skills without the supporting aid of the instructor and/or floatation devices and the increased distance and time requirements of the basic skills. This class is held in water that is 3½ feet deep with a guided visit to deeper water.
Level 3: Prerequisite: Students must be able to demonstrate skills from Level 2. The objective of Level 3 is to build on previously learned skills by providing additional guided practice. The survival float, front crawl, and elementary backstroke are taught at this level. Participants are also introduced to the scissors and dolphin kicks as well as building on the fundamentals of treading water. The first developmental stages of diving are introduced at this level (sitting and kneeling head-first entries). This class is held in water from 3½ to 13 feet deep.
Level 4: Prerequisite: Students must be able to demonstrate skills from Level 3. The objectives of Level 4 are to develop participants? confidence in the strokes learned thus far and to improve other aquatic skills. In Level 4, participants improve their skills and increase their endurance by swimming familiar strokes (front crawl, elementary backstroke) for greater distances. Participants add the arms to the scissors kick for the sidestroke. Participants also start to learn the back crawl, breaststroke and butterfly as well as the basics for turning at a wall. They also learn the next stage of diving by performing headfirst entries in the compact and stride position. This class is held in water from 4 to 13 feet deep.
Level 5: Prerequisite: Students must be able to demonstrate skills from Level 4. The objectives of this level are coordination and refinement of strokes. Participants refine their performance of all the strokes (front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, and sidestroke) and increase their distances. Flip turns on the front and back are introduced. The next stage of a headfirst entry is taught (standing shallow-angle dive from side of pool). This class is held in water from 4 to 13 feet deep.
Level 6: Prerequisite: Students must be able to demonstrate skills from Level 5. The objectives of this level are to refine strokes so participants swim them with more ease, efficiency, power and smoothness and over greater distances. Level 6 also introduces other aquatic activities and offers three options: Personal Water Safety, Fundamentals of Diving and Fitness Swimmer. The options focus on preparing participants for more advanced courses such as the Water Safety Instructor course or other aquatic activities such as competitive swimming or diving. This level can be customized by the instructor to meet the objective of the participants such as those who want to enter competition or those who want to achieve a higher level of fitness. Because of the variety, participants can repeat this level to focus on different goals each time.
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