Aqua Club Swim Lesson Levels

Minnows 1 (Ages 3-4): Minnows 1 is our beginning swimmer class. This class is designed for children who are not yet comfortable in the water. Skills taught include acclimating to the pool, front and back floats with assistance, bubble blowing, and jumping into the pool from the side assisted.

Minnows 2 (Ages 3-4): Minnows 2 continues to teach basic swimming skills. A swimmer will transition from assisted swimming to independent swimming. Skills taught include front and back floats without assistance, front and back glide, and jumping into the pool from the side unassisted.

Minnows 3 (Ages 3-4): Minnows 3 skills taught include rolling from front to back, swimming 15 yards on front and back, introduction to breaststroke, elementary backstroke and kneeling dives.

Sharks 1 (Ages 5 and older): Sharks 1 is our beginner class for children ages 5 and older. Emphasis is on beginning basic swimming skills. Skills taught include front and back floats with assistance, blowing bubbles, and getting conformable in the water. To pass this class children must be comfortable in the water, put their face in with ease, and do front and back floats assisted.

Sharks 2 (Ages 5 and older): Sharks 2 begins to teach independent swimming skills such as front and back floats unassisted, front and back glides and rolling from front to back. Introduction to elementary backstroke and diving is also taught. To pass this class children will have to front float and back float unassisted, roll from front to back, and swim freestyle with side breating while assisted.

Sharks 3 (Ages 5 and older): Sharks 3 is designed to help swimmers master side breathing, work on backstroke, breaststroke and diving. To pass this class children will have to swim freestyle (with side breathing) and backstroke a width of the pool, and they will begin to learn breaststroke.

Sharks 4 (Ages 5 and older): Sharks 4 builds on freestyle, and works on backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, treading water, and flip turns. In order to pass this class children must be able to swim 2 lengths of the pool freestyle and backstroke, a length of breaststroke and butterfly, and tread water. 

Race classes are available for Aqua Club facilities members only. In order to be eligible for this class swimmers need to have passed Sharks 4. Being on the swim team already does not mean that they are ready for this class. Race classes are offered to sharpen and refine a swimmer's racing habits including starts, flip turns, and general technique for all strokes.