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Swim Lessons
Sessions Calendar
Not available at this time, please call the YMCA for details.
Fees
You must be a Cumberland County YMCA member to participate in swim lessons.
Family Membership: FREE
Youth Membership: $30
*Registration is on a first come, first serve basis.
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Skill Levels
Parent/Tot
This 30-minute class is for infants and toddlers with a parent. Classes are designed to allow the child to have fun in the water while the parent guides him or her to learn aquatic skills.
Pike
This level helps children develop safe pool behavior, adjust to the water, and develop independent movement in the water. It is designed for new swimmers, learning basic paddle strokes and kicking skills, pool safety, and comfort in holding their faces in the water while blowing bubbles and swimming.
Eel
This advanced beginning level reinforces Pike skills. It is for children who are comfortable in the water and can swim independently with the help of an IFD. They are taught to flutter, kick, dive, float and perform the progressive paddle stroke.
Starfish
For the advanced pre-school swimmer or very tentative school-age beginner.
Polliwog
This is the beginning level for school-age children. It gets children acquainted with the pool while learning front paddle stroke, back float, rhythmic breathing, water games and basic water safety. Children can swim across the pool without assistance by the end of this level.
Guppy
The children continue to practice and build upon basics. Paddle stroke becomes Freestyle with rotary breathing. They are introduced to lead-up strokes to sidestroke, backstroke, breaststroke and elementary backstroke. Additional synchronized swimming, wetball, and diving skills are taught. Children can swim the length of the pool without assistance by the end of this level.
Minnow
This is the initial intermediate level. Freestyle, backstroke, and the other strokes already introduced will be refined. Breaststroke will be introduced along with learning more synchronized swimming, wetball, diving skills, and first aid skills. Children can swim the length of the pool freestyle with rotary breathing and backstroke by the end of this level.
Fish
Children continue to refine their freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke while increasing endurance swimming. Butterfly, sidestroke and turns will be introduced, along with the use of mask and snorkel, and additional first aid skills.
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