Swimming Programs
Red (6-24 months):
Parent and child work together in a water environment, building a foundation that will contribute to the learning of swimming skills as the children grow older. By using songs, games, and colorful water toys, our swim instructors introduce basic water skills, floating, breath control and gentle underwater submersions. Parent and child learn water safety skills and other special challenges dealing with the water. A fun, positive, and safe environment provides an opportunity for child and adult to play and learn together. Limit 8 per class.
Purple (24-36 months):
For babies who have enough water experience to leave the parent in the water. Parents will be on the pool deck observing the class for safety purposes, while the instructor will work with each child on independent swimming skills such as breath control, submersion, kicking, back floating and rolling from tummy to back.
Green (3-4 year old beginners):
This class is for beginner swimmers who have a mild to intense fear of the water and little to no experience with swimming instruction. Safety strategies will be a large part of this class as well as proper breathing and kicking techniques.
Goal: Become comfortable in the water while improving breath control and learning basic kicking and floating (rolling from front to back) techniques. Establish awareness of pool safety strategies.
Yellow (3-4 year old's with experience):
This class is for preschool aged children who are confident in the water. These swimmers will work on proper breath control and kicking techniques, as well as underwater swimming, floating, gliding, and safety strategies. Once these swimmers have mastered swimming across a full station without assistance using the proper kicking and breathing techniques, front stroke instruction will be included as well as flutter kicking on the back.
Goal: Develop basic swimming skills including breathing, gliding, kicking, floating (rolling from front to back) and general pool safety. Once these skills are accomplished swimmers will work toward swimming the front stroke for the length of 2 stations, mastering flutter kicks, and learning basic dives and side breathing.
Blue (5-6 year old beginners):
This class is for school age swimmers who have a mild to intense fear of the water and little to no swimming instruction. Safety strategies will be a large part of this class as well as proper breathing and kicking techniques.
Goal: Become comfortable in the water while improving breath control and learning basic kicking and floating (rolling from front to back) techniques. Establish awareness of pool safety strategies.
Level 1 (5-7 year old's with experience):
In this class the swimmer will perfect side breathing during front stroke, swim backstroke for the length of 2 stations, and swim front stroke for the full 25m length of the pool. Swimmers will perfect basic diving techniques.
Goal: Swim 25m without rest, master basic dive, backstroke length of 2 stations.
Level 2 (7 years and older who are ready to learn strokes):
This class is for swimmers who have mastered swimming 25m without rest, mastered basic dives, and can backstroke the length of 2 stations. In this class the swimmer will learn to tread water for 1 minute, learn to underwater swim the length of at least one station, and begin learning dolphin and whip kicks.
Goal: Improved distance on front and back stroke, bilateral breathing, dolphin kicks, and whip kicks. They will then be ready to begin arms for dolphin and whip kicks.
Level 3 (7 years and older):
This class is for swimmers who have mastered dolphin and whip kicks and are ready for breast stroke and butterfly arms. In this class the swimmer will learn the arms required for breast stroke and butterfly, increase time treading water, scissor kicks, and flip turns.
Goal: Perfected front and back stroke with good endurance; strong butterfly and breast stroke; beginning side stroke; and elementary back stroke. They will also be ready to start participating in a "team" workout.
Level 4 (7 years and older):
This class is for swimmers who have mastered the four basic strokes and are beginning to prepare for a swim team. They will be introduced to beginning side stroke and the elementary back stroke.
Goal: Introduce the skills needed to be on a competitive swim team: breast stroke, beginning side stroke, and elementary back stroke. This will prepare them for team readiness.
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Metroplex Gymnastics & Swim • 205 E. Bethany Drive • Allen, Texas • 972.727.9095
