Skyline Swim Lessons

Dive into excellence with Skyline Acres' swim lessons! Our certified instructors offer personalized and group lessons for all skill levels. Whether your child is a beginner or looking to refine your technique, our comprehensive programs ensure safety, fun, and progress in the water.

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PRIVATE LESSONS

Private swim lessons allow your swimmer to receive individualized attention scheduled at your convenience. Lessons are available for 30-minute or 60-minute sessions, contingent upon the availability of swim instructors and pool lanes.

Scheduling

To schedule a private lesson, please contact our Aquatics Director (jocelyn@skylineacres.org) with your preferred day, time, and information about your swimmer(s). Jocelyn will connect you with one of our instructors and assist you with registration. Please do not schedule private lessons directly with aquatics staff. Please allow at least 24 hours for a response.

Payment

Private lessons are manually entered into CASA by the aquatics staff, and charged on the day they occur. Although members are free to provide optional gratuities directly to the staff, all payments for private lessons should be made through CASA. We appreciate each member’s help adhering to this policy.

NEW LONGER SESSIONS

Learning to swim uses muscles in new ways, and requires the development of new neural pathways involved in motor skill acquisition and coordination. The best way to establish and strengthen these new pathways is to reinforce learning through refinement and repetition. Longer sessions will enable instructors to focus on strong technique, and allow greater repetition of new skills, helping swimmers to build muscle memory of new body positions and strokes, build endurance (important for water safety), and build social and communication skills.

STROKE CLINICS

If your child is an intermediate to advanced swimmer, but is looking to fine-tune his/her swimming technique and learn how to be more efficient in the water, then consider enrolling in our weekly stroke clinics. These clinics are 45 minutes long and have a maximum student:instructor ratio of 8:1. Swimmers will be grouped based on age and/or swimming ability. The first 15 minutes will consist of video/dryland work consistent with the week’s focus and the last 30 minutes will be conducted in the water to practice the skills learned on deck. These clinics offer the following: physical conditioning to build strength and stamina, stroke refinement to prevent bad habits, advanced skills that are beyond basic swimming, and intensive instruction where students are given 1-on-1 critique and guidance. These clinics are led by the aquatics director, head swim coach, and head associate coach.

REGISTRATION DEADLINES

The deadline to register for each session will be Wednesday @ 5 pm in the week prior to the session (see exact dates below).

Deadlines:

Session 1: June 3-6 (Register by Wed, May 29 @ 5 pm) – $50
Session 2: June 10-13 (Register by Wed, June 5 @ 5 pm) – $50
Session 3: June 17-20 (Register by Wed, June 12 @ 5 pm) – $50
Session 4: June 24-27 (Register by Wed, June 19 @ 5 pm) – $50
Session 5: July 8-11 (Register by Wed, July 3 @ 5 pm) – $50
Session 6: July 15-18 (Register by Wed, July 10 @ 5 pm) – $50

Preschool Aquatics (children ages 3 – 5)

In these classes, beginning swimmers learn personal water safety and basic swimming skills such as underwater exploration, front and back floats, gliding, and basic locomotion.

Class size will be limited to 4 swimmers per instructor.

Days & Times

Lessons are offered weekly, Monday through Thursday in the medium pool at 11 am, 11:30 am and last 30 minutes. See above for pricing and registration deadlines.

Sessions

Session 1: June 3 – 6
Session 2: June 10 – 13
Session 3: June 17 – 20
Session 4: June 24 – 27
Session 5: July 8 – 11
Session 6: July 15 – 1

* No class on July 4

Levels

Use the accordion below to view detailed information about each level.

PRESCHOOL GUPPIES LEVEL 1

For children ages 3 – 5, this class is designed to help new swimmers feel comfortable in the water and enjoy the water safely.

Skills Covered:
• Entering the water independently using ramp, steps, or side and travel at least 5 meters.
• Submerging mouth and blowing bubbles for at least 3 seconds through mouth and nose.
• Submerging mouth, nose, and eyes.
• Floating on front with support.
• Gliding on front for at least 2 body lengths with support.
• Rolling to back and floating for 3 seconds with support.
• Recovering to a vertical position with support.
• Exiting the water safely.

PRESCHOOL GUPPIES LEVEL 3

Designed to help swimmers build on the basic skills learned in Levels 1 and 2 and increase proficiency by providing practice with increased distances and times.

Skills Covered:
• Entering the water by jumping in from the side.
• Fully submerging, holding breath, and diving down to retrieve submerged objects.
• Pushing off the bottom and moving into a treading or floating position for 15 seconds,
swimming on front and/or back for 5 body lengths, and then exiting the water.
• Moving into a back float for 15 seconds, rolling to front, then recovering to a vertical position.
• Pushing off and swimming using combined arm and leg actions on front for 5 body lengths.
• Rolling to back, floating for 15 seconds, rolling to front, then continuing to swim for 5 body
lengths.
• Changing direction of travel while swimming on front or back.

PRESCHOOL GUPPIES LEVEL 2

For the beginner swimmer, this class is designed to teach fundamental skills such as floating on their front and back, treading water, and basic locomotion.

Skills Covered:
• Entering the water by stepping in from the side.
• Bobbing.
• Opening eyes under water and retrieving submerged objects.
• Front floats and gliding on front at least 2 body lengths.
• Rolling to back, floating on back for 15 seconds, then recovering to a vertical position.
• Gliding on back for at least 2 body lengths.
• Rolling to front, then recovering to a vertical position.
• Swimming using combined arm and leg actions on front for 3 body lengths.
• Rolling to back, floating for 15 seconds, rolling to front, then continuing to swim on front for 3
body lengths.
• Treading water with arm and hand actions.
• Exiting the water using ladder, steps, or side.

Learn-to-Swim (generally children ages 6+)

The Learn-to-Swim Levels 1 & 2 cover the same fundamental skills as Preschool Aquatics, but at a faster pace and geared more toward school-aged children.

Having mastered the fundamentals, swimmers in Levels 3 – 6 focus on learning, refining, and becoming proficient in the four basic swimming strokes (front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly).

Class size will be limited to 5 swimmers per instructor.

Days & Times

Lessons are offered weekly, Monday through Thursday in the medium pool and the big pool at 11 am, 11:30 am and last 30 minutes. See above for pricing and registration deadlines.

Sessions

Session 1: June 3 – 6
Session 2: June 10 – 13
Session 3: June 17 – 20
Session 4: June 24 – 27
Session 5: July 8 – 11
Session 6: July 15 – 18

* No class on July 4

Levels

Use the accordion below to view detailed information about each level.

LEVEL 1: LOBSTER (INTRO TO WATER SKILLS)

Objective: To help students feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy the water safely.

Requirements: None

Skills Covered:
• Entering and exiting the water using ladder, steps, or side.
• Blowing bubbles through mouth and nose.
• Submerging mouth, nose, and eyes.
• Opening eyes under water and retrieving submerged objects.
• Front and back floats and recovering to a standing position.
• Rolling from front to back and back to front.
• Treading water with arm and hand actions.
• Swimming 5 feet on front and back.

LEVEL 2: SEAHORSE (FUNDAMENTAL AQUATIC SKILLS)

Objective: To give students success with fundamental skills, such as floating and basic locomotion.

Requirements: Students entering this level must possess a Level 1 certificate or demonstrate all the Level 1 skills.

Skills Covered:

• Entering the water by stepping or jumping in from the side.
• Fully submerging and holding breath.
• Bobbing.
• Blowing bubbles.
• Opening eyes under water and retrieving submerged objects.
• Front and back floats and glides.
• Recovering from a front and back float or glide to a vertical position.
• Rolling from front to back and back to front.
• Swimming 15 feet on front and 10 feet on back.
• Changing direction of travel while swimming on front or back.
• Exiting the water using ladder, steps, or side.

LEVEL 3: STINGRAY (STROKE DEVELOPMENT)

Objective: To build on skills in Level 2 through additional guided practice in deeper waters.

Requirements: Students entering this level must possess a Level 2 certificate or demonstrate all the Level 2 skills.

Skills Covered:

• Entering the water by jumping in, as well as head first entry from sitting or kneeling.
• Bobbing while moving towards safety.
• Fully submerging and holding breath to retrieve an object.
• Rotary breathing.
• Completing a survival float for 30 seconds.
• Treading water for 30 seconds.
• Changing from a vertical to horizontal position on front and back.
• Pushing off in a streamlined position, then begin flutter and dolphin kicks on front.
• Swimming front crawl for 15 meters.
• Swimming backstroke for 15 meters.
• Swimming butterfly for 15 feet.

LEVEL 4: MARLIN (STROKE IMPROVEMENT)

Objective: To develop confidence in the strokes learned thus far and to improve other aquatic skills by increasing endurance through swimming greater distances.

Requirements: Students entering this level must possess a Level 3 certificate or demonstrate all the Level 3 skills.

Skills Covered:
• Headfirst entry from the side in compact and stride positions.
• Swimming underwater.
• Completing a feet-first surface dive.
• Completing a survival float for 1 minute.
• Treading water with 2 different kicks and back floating.
• Swimming front crawl, breaststroke, and backstroke for 25 meters.
• Swimming butterfly for 15 meters.
• Completing front crawl and backstroke open turns.
• Push off in a streamlined position, then begin flutter and dolphin kicks on back.

LEVEL 5: PIRAHNA (STROKE REFINEMENT)

Objective: To provide further coordination and refinement of strokes.

Requirements: Students entering this level must possess a Level 4 certificate or demonstrate all the Level 4 skills.

Skills Covered:

• Completing a shallow-angle dive from the side.
• Completing a shallow-angle dive from the side, then glide and begin a front stroke.
• Completing tuck and pike surface dives.
• Completing a survival float for 2 minutes.
• Treading water for 5 minutes.
• Completing flip turns on front and back.
• Swimming 50 meters of front crawl and backstroke.
• Swimming 25 meters of butterfly and breaststroke.
• Sculling (basic).

LEVEL 6: DOLPHIN (SWIMMING & SKILL PROFICIENCY)

Objective: To refine the strokes so participants swim them with ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness over greater distances.

Requirements: Students entering this level must possess a Level 5 certificate or demonstrate all the Level 5 skills.

Skills Covered:

• How to read a workout and pace clock.
• What is an interval?
• Completing a front flip turn.
• Completing a backstroke flip turn.
• Sculling (advanced)
• Treading water for 5 minutes (legs only)
• Completing a survival float for 3 minutes.
• Learning a racing start from the blocks.
• Learning relay exchanges.

Unsure of your child’s swimming level?

Email Jocelyn Petrella (jocelyn@skylineacres.org) or attend one of our swimming assessments. Skyline offers free assessments on the 1st Monday of each new session. Watch the website for updates on times for this season.

Skyline Swim Lessons

PRIVATE LESSONS

Preschool Aquatics (children ages 3 – 5)

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Days & Times

Levels

PRESCHOOL GUPPIES LEVEL 1

Learn-to-Swim (generally children ages 6+)

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Days & Times

Levels

LEVEL 1: LOBSTER (INTRO TO WATER SKILLS)

Unsure of your child’s swimming level?

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