 Big Fish Swim Lesson Groups
Level I: 3 and 4 years of age
Level II: 5 and 6 years of age
Level III: 7+ years of age
30 minute classes for children 3 years and up
4 students per class, maximum
The core, basic, safety skills are taught at our Jellyfish, Goldfish and Blowfish levels. These core skills are to gain comfort and safety in the water through learning that if they were fall into a body of water they would have the ability to swim to a wall or ledge, or if they are too far from a wall or ledge, they’ll have the ability to roll on their back and independently back-float. We then teach them to have a combination of swimming and floating skills to independently move across the water.
All children must possess these skills before they move on to our Angelfish and Higher Level classes.
Jellyfish
For the beginning and nervous student. The class will introduce breath control, submersions, safety, front and back floats, and overall comfort and confidence in the water. Students in Jellyfish must demonstrate comfort in the water to progress to Goldfish.
 Goldfish
Students must be comfortable being fully submerged under the water. Students work on safety, breath control, submersions and back floats. They will be introduced to rollover breathing after perfecting the back float.
Blowfish
Students focus on rollover breathing with the ability to swim and rotate onto their back consecutively across the pool. They will focus on proper head position and the building of strength to swim longer distances. Students will also learn the elementary backstroke. Students must be proficient and confident at swimming (face down), back floating and are able to do a combination of swimming and floating across the pool before advancing to the level of Angelfish.
30 minute classes for children 3 years and up
4 students per class, maximum
 Angelfish
This class is for students who need to learn the proper body mechanics for the more advanced strokes. Students will focus on having an efficient flutter kick, big arm freestyle with hand placement and on the proficiency of streamlining. We will also introduce balance, buoyancy and sculling drills. Bobbing and breathing patterns are focused on in this class to enable the child to perform rhythmic breathing. Children will begin working with kick boards and fins.
Swordfish
This class is for children ready to swim the length of the pool unassisted. This class will focus on taking all of the skills learned in Anglefish to enable the child to perfect the freestyle & backstroke. Students continue to learn how their body works in the water with balance, buoyancy, and skulling drills. Students will be introduced to the whip kick, dolphin kick and flip turns. Students must be proficient with the freestyle and backstroke before moving to the level of Starfish.
Starfish
This class will focus on endurance with the freestyle and backstroke. Students will be introduced to the breaststroke and butterfly. Students will perfect both open and flip-turns. Students will be required to complete an I.M (Individual Medley - length of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle) before being recognized as a "Starfish" swimmer.
 60 minute class for ages 7+ years
Instructor Recommended
6 students maximum
*Fins and Goggles are REQUIRED
Stingray Squad
The skills that are necessary to participate in this class are competency of the four competitive strokes. The squad will use these strokes on a regular basis. The class will include freestyle plus one or more of the competitive strokes, drills and flip-turns for freestyle and backstroke. The Squad is an opportunity for children to feel what competitive swimming is like as well as the intensity of a full hour workout for life-long fitness.
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