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CLOVIS SWIM CLUB - 2025 Summer Swim Program

Registration opens May 1st at 12AM!!!

for questions email: [email protected] or call Hayley: (715)751-0576

 

Lessons for 3 and 4 year olds

Get ready for some summer splash fun with the Clovis Swim Club's summer swim lessons! We're thrilled to offer two age-specific programs designed to build water confidence and essential swimming skills in a safe and engaging environment.

(Ages 3-4):

For our youngest swimmers, ages 3 and 4, our Little Dippers program provides a gentle and playful introduction to the water. These 25-minute lessons will have a small group of just 4 children, guided by 2 enthusiastic coaches. With this high level of individual attention, your little one will gain comfort in the water through fun activities and basic skill development. We'll focus on water acclimation, floating, kicking, and building a positive relationship with swimming.

 Lessons for Ages 5 and Up 

 PARTICIPANTS 

Children ages 5 and up

 FORMAT  
55 minute classes with up to five students

Clovis Swim Club - Skill Builders: 10 Station Progressive Swim Lessons

Goal: To progressively develop swimming skills, culminating in the ability to swim all four competitive strokes with proper technique. Swimmers advance to the next station upon demonstrating mastery of all skills in the current station.

Station 1: Water Acclimation & Comfort

  • Focus: Building comfort and confidence in the water.
  • Skills:
    • Safely entering and exiting the pool.
    • Walking and moving around in shallow water.
    • Submerging face and blowing bubbles for 5 seconds.
    • Opening eyes underwater and retrieving submerged objects (e.g., rings).

Station 2: Buoyancy & Body Position

  • Focus: Developing understanding of buoyancy and achieving a horizontal body position.
  • Skills:
    • Front float with face in the water for 5 seconds (supported initially, then independently).
    • Back float for 5 seconds (supported initially, then independently).
    • Streamline push-off from the wall with face in the water.
    • Streamline push-off from the wall on the back.

Station 3: Flutter Kick & Streamline

  • Focus: Introducing the flutter kick and combining it with a streamline.
  • Skills:
    • Flutter kick on the wall, holding onto the gutter.
    • Flutter kick on the back, using a kickboard.
    • Streamline push-off from the wall followed by 5-10 strong flutter kicks on the front.
    • Streamline push-off from the wall followed by 5-10 strong flutter kicks on the back.

Station 4: Arm Strokes - Freestyle (Elementary)

  • Focus: Introducing the basic arm movements of freestyle.
  • Skills:
    • Alternating arm reaches overhead while standing in shallow water.
    • "Catch-up" stroke with flutter kick and face in the water (alternating arms, one waits for the other to finish).
    • Freestyle arm movements with flutter kick, breathing to the side (assisted if needed).

Station 5: Breathing Technique - Freestyle

  • Focus: Developing proper breathing technique for freestyle.
  • Skills:
    • Bilateral breathing practice while standing and rotating the head to the side.
    • Freestyle with consistent side breathing for a short distance (e.g., across the shallow end).
    • Coordination of arm stroke, kick, and breathing in freestyle.

Station 6: Backstroke Fundamentals

  • Focus: Introducing the basic body position and arm movements of backstroke.
  • Skills:
    • Maintaining a horizontal back float with proper body alignment.
    • Alternating backstroke arm movements while kicking on the back.
    • Backstroke arm movements with proper entry, pull-through, and recovery.

Station 7: Backstroke Coordination

  • Focus: Coordinating the arm stroke and kick in backstroke.
  • Skills:
    • Backstroke with consistent arm and leg coordination for a short distance.
    • Maintaining a straight body position and consistent rhythm in backstroke.

Station 8: Breaststroke Introduction

  • Focus: Introducing the basic movements of the breaststroke kick and arm stroke.
  • Skills:
    • Whip kick on the wall, focusing on proper foot rotation and push-off.
    • Breaststroke arm pull (out-sweep, in-sweep, glide) while standing or using a pull buoy.
    • Coordinating one arm pull with one kick, focusing on the glide.

Station 9: Breaststroke Coordination & Breathing

  • Focus: Coordinating the breaststroke arm stroke, kick, and breathing.
  • Skills:
    • Breaststroke with proper coordination of arm pull, kick, and breath for a short distance.
    • Maintaining a horizontal body position and proper timing in breaststroke.

Station 10: Butterfly Introduction & All Four Strokes

  • Focus: Introducing the basic butterfly movements and demonstrating proficiency in all four strokes.
  • Skills:
    • Butterfly dolphin kick on the stomach and back.
    • Butterfly arm stroke (keyhole pull) while standing or using a pull buoy with dolphin kick.
    • Demonstrate the ability to swim a short distance (e.g., 15 yards) with proper technique in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and a basic understanding of butterfly.