American Red Cross Swim Lessons
Ages 3 & up
Don’t miss this opportunity to provide your child with one of the most important skills they can learn. Nearly 300 Westboro children take lessons each summer at Lake Chauncy Beach. We offer the American Red Cross’s updated Learn-to-Swim program featuring six different levels of training. Each level teaches swim mechanics as well as important age appropriate safety skills. Our swim program is staffed by Red Cross-certified instructors and lifeguards. Lessons are weekdays,
Monday-Thursday for a 3-week session. Two sessions are offered. You may sign up for only ONE session, but feel free to add your name to the wait list for a 2nd session.
The prerequisite for each level is successful demonstration of the skills taught in the preceding level. Beginners start at Level 1, which has no prerequisite.
Level 1
Introduction to Water Skills
Suggested age 3 & 4
Purpose: Help students feel comfortable in the water. We will introduce bubble blowing, kicking with support, basic arm movements and floating with support. Emphasis will be on having fun while learning the basics.
Level 2
Fundamental Aquatic Skills
Suggested age: 5 & 6
Purpose: Give students success with fundamental skills. Children will be working on front and back floats, kicking and the introduction of the front crawl. Students must be able to put their face in the water comfortably for a three second count.
Level 3
Stroke Development
Suggested age: 7+
Purpose: Build on the skills in Level 2 by providing additional guided practice. Students are given an introduction to the elementary backstroke as well as treading water. They also will learn to coordinate and improve the front crawl and backstroke. Some shallow diving will be introduced.
Level 4
Stroke Improvement
Purpose: Develop confidence in the strokes learned and improve other aquatic skills. Students work on improving their strokes and increasing their endurance. We will be reviewing the elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, treading water and shallow diving. The instructor will introduce the breaststroke, sidestroke and rhythmic breathing.
Level 5
Stroke Refinement
Purpose: Provide further coordination and refinement of key strokes. The butterfly stroke and swimming underwater will be introduced. Building endurance will be emphasized.
Level 6
Swimming & Skill Proficiency
Purpose: Refines the strokes so students swim them with ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances.
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