Belton Swim Center Swim Lesson Group Descriptions
These group descriptions and ages are meant as a general description of the skills and instruction provided in the lesson. Please select the group that best fits your swimmer. If the incorrect group is selected, staff will do their best to move the swimmer to an appropriate group, but we cannot guarantee availability in that group. If you are unsure which group to select, please contact the Swim Center at (254) 215-2444 or email [email protected].
Parent & Tot (ages 9 mo - 2 year old + parent)
Parent & Tot is a calm class designed to provide your family with a positive and safe introduction to a swim lesson environment. Instructors will provide you with tips on how to develop comfort and confidence in the water with your little ones. Parents do most of the handling of their child in the water and instructors are there to assist parents with the techniques in order to empower them to guide their child's earliest aquatic experiences. As they become familiar with aquatic breath control, buoyancy, and movement in the class, you will also be preparing to make the transition into the next level of the Swim Lessons program. As an added bonus, studies show that baby swimmers develop better balance, movement, and grasping techniques than non-swimmers.
A parent, guardian, or adult must enter the water and participate with the child.
Ratio: 10 students per 1 instructor
Lesson Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Small Pool
Cost: $100/session
Level 1 (ages 5 year old to 12 year old)
The Level 1 Swim Lesson class is designed for children: who can blow bubbles through their nose, complete arm movements by kicking independently, and float on their stomach and back but cannot swim freestyle independently. Children in this class must be able to take direction from the instructor. Children in this class should be familiar with the water but may not be able to swim independently. Instructors will focus on familiarizing children to the aquatic environment and help them acquire basic swimming and kicking skills in freestyle and the fundamentals of backstroke. Swimmers will work on independently blowing bubbles, floating on their backs, floating on their stomachs, and kicking on their backs and stomachs. With the assistance of an instructor, swimmers will learn to move arms in freestyle motion with breathing bilaterally, arms and legs combined looking like freestyle, arm in backstroke motion, and streamline on back and on stomach.
Ratio: 10 students per 1 instructor
Lesson Duration: 50 minutes
Location: Small Pool
Cost: $100/session
Level 2 (ages 5 year old to 12 year old)
The Level 2 Swim Lessons class is designed for children: who can swim freestyle but cannot swim backstroke independently. Children in this class must be able to take direction from the instructor. Instructors will focus on familiarizing children to the aquatic environment and help them acquire basic swimming skills in freestyle, backstroke, and the fundamentals of breaststroke. Swimmers will work on kicking on back, streamlining on back, and completing a 15-yard freestyle swim independently. With the assistance of an instructor, swimmers will learn backstroke arm and leg movements and the basic introduction to breaststroke arm and leg movements.
Ratio: 10 students per 1 instructor
Lesson Duration: 50 minutes
Location: Small & Big Pool
Cost: $100/session
Level 3 (ages 5 year old to 12 year old)
The Level 3 Swim Lessons is designed for children; who can swim freestyle and backstroke independently and have a beginning understanding of breaststroke. Children in this class must be able to take direction from the instructor. Instructors will focus on continuing to refine freestyle and backstroke while introducing proper breaststroke techniques. Butterfly will also be introduced. Swimmers will work on arm and leg motion in breaststroke, breathing patterns, arm and leg movement for butterfly, and completing a 15-yard swim of breaststroke with good technique.
Ratio: 10 students per 1 instructor
Lesson Duration: 50 minutes
Location: Small & Big Pool
Cost: $100/session
Our goal is to provide aquatic opportunities for everyone!
Questions about the lesson group placement? Email [email protected] or call the Swim Center at (254) 215-2444.
