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Welcome to the Wichita
Swim Club Swim School. We are an all levels program designed
to give each participant the best instruction tailored to
individual needs.
Our Swim School program is an instructional
swimming program designed to teach all the swimming skills your
child needs to be safe in and around the water for a lifetime. Our
program focuses on personal water safety and the skills necessary
to become a proficient swimmer. In the process, each child
develops their ability to swim a minimum of 50 yards using basic
swim strokes.
Qualified Instructors
Our Swim School classes are taught
using highly-skilled instructors from the WSC staff and who have
completed our extensive in-house training program. Many
instructors are ’Water Safety Instructor’ and
’Lifeguard’ certified through the American Red
Cross. Sessions run twice each week in September through May,
and four times per week in June through August. Classes are
30 minutes long with each class limited to 4 pupils per
instructor. Private and semi-private lessons are also
available. Programs are offered for children aged 6 months and
older.
Basic Swimming
Skills and Objectives
The basic Swim School program is
taught in six different levels. Each level consists of
several advancement goals and objectives, which represent skills
that the child will learn before advancing to the next level.
Each child progresses at his/her own rate, advancing to the next
level only when the child is ready, while others who are not ready
remain in that level.
OBJECTIVES
Parent and Tot
Class(ages 6 mo. to 3
yrs)
- Water
adjustment and exploration
- Back
Float
- Underwater
passes with instructor and parent
- Parents
learn holding positions and when to use them, the importance of
cues, and how to help children learn and practice skills
appropriate for their age.
- Learn to
submerge and swim with some independence
Level 1-- Water Exploration and Comfort (ages 3 and
up)
- Fully submerge face and blow bubbles
- Supported front and back float
- Explore sw3imming on front and back using arm
and leg actions with support
- Roll over from front to back and back to
front with support
- Kicking on front and back (supported)
- Introduction to alternating arm action
Level 2-- Fundamental Skills
- Fully submerged head and bob 10 times
(support optional)
- Retrieve objects
- Unsupported front float or glide and recovery
- Unsupported back float or glide and recovery
- Leveling off from a vertical position
- Flutter kick front and back (support
optional)
- Back crawl arm action
- Swim 5 yards front crawl using arms and kick
- Swim 5 yards back crawl using arms and kick
- Turn over front to back and back to front
- Sit-jump, turn around swim back to the wall
and climb out of pool
Level 3-- Stroke Readiness
- Retrieve objects from chest deep water
- Bob 15 times in chest deep water fully
submerging head
- Introduction to kneeling dive
- Front glide with push off
- Back glide with push off
- Freestyle for 10 yards, breathing as
necessary to side or front
- Rhythmic breathing 20 yards with kickboard in
correct position
- Backstroke for 10 yards
- Introduction to Breaststroke kick
- Introduction to dolphin kick and body motion
Level 4A-- Stroke Development and
Endurance
- Deep water bobbing
- Compact dive from side of pool
- Inverted Breaststroke kick on back for 20
yards
- Freestyle for 20 yards with correct rhythmic
breathing
- Backstroke for 20 yards
- Breaststroke kick for 20 yards with kickboard
and correct breath, kick, glide pattern
- Inverted dolphin kick with correct body
motion
Level 4B-- Stroke Refinement and
Endurance
- Freestyle and Backstroke for 25 yards
(competition legal)
- Breaststroke 5 key drills
- Swim 25 yards underwater dolphin kick (hands
at sides)
- Front somersaults
- Rules for safe diving
- Long shallow dive
Level 5-- Refinement, Endurance, and Racing
Techniques
- Swim Freestyle and backstroke for 50 yards
(competition legal)
- Breaststroke for 25 yards (competition legal)
- Swim 25 yards Dolphin kick (no kickboard)
arms streamlined: breathe, dive, kick pattern
- Introduction to butterfly arm stroke
- Front streamline and flip
- Two hand touches
- Racing dive and streamline
- Throwing rescue
Level 6-- Pre-swim team or Lifetime
Strokes
- Swim 100 yard individual medley
- Freestyle flip turns
- Competitive edge designed to prepare children
for the Swim Team. Technique and endurance are the focus of
each practice.
Phone:
316-683-7807 Email:
wscswimschool@gmail.com
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