The YMCA Youth and Adult Aquatic
Programs emphasizes these things:
Personal Safety • Personal Growth • Stroke Development
• Water Games and Sports • Rescue
S i i Lessons
Swimming
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(308) 635-2318
Fall/Winter/Spring
2009 & 2010
22 South Beltline Hwy. E
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Youth Swim Lessons
Parent/Child Swim Lessons
SKIP (Shrimp, Kipper, Inia, Perch): An introduction
to the aquatic environment for parents and their
child. Parents accompany children in the water to
learn safe, fun practices in and around the water.
Age: 6-36 months
Times: 6-6:30 PM
Sessions: 2,4,12
Preschool Swim Lessons
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,
teaching basic paddle stroke and kicking
skills, pool safety, proper use of IFDs
and PFDs, and comfort with holding the
face in the water while blowing bubbles
and
d swimming.
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This
Thi 30 minute
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offers children their first experience in the
pool without parental assistance.
Age: 3-5
Sessions: 2,3,5,6,8,9,11,13
Times: 4-4:30 PM
Polliwog (Red Cross I): This is the beginning
Fish (Red Cross IV): At this level, students work to
level for school-age children. It gets children
acquainted with the pool, the use of flotation devices,
and floating. By the end of this level, they should
know the front paddle stroke, and side and back
paddle.
Ages: 6-11
Sessions: All 1-13
Times: 4–4:45 PM
perform the crawl stroke, elementary backstroke, back
crawl stroke, and side-stroke, with turns. They are
introduced to the butterfly stroke. They learn diving
skills and continue learning personal safety, boating,
and rescue skills; they are introduced to the use of a
mask and fins.
Ages: 6-12
Sessions: 6,9,11
Times: 4-4:45 PM
Guppy (Red Cross II): The children continue to
practice and build upon basic skills, now performing
more skills without the aid of a flotation device. They
are introduced to the front and back crawl,, sidestroke,,
breaststroke, and elementary backstroke. Children
can swim a length of the pool without assistance at
the end of this level.
Ages: 6-11
Sessions: 1-5; 7-8; 10-13
Times: 4-4:45 PM
Minnow (Red Cross III): This is the initial
intermediate level. The children further refine the
lead-up strokes they have learned as their skills
become more like those normally used in swimming.
Ages: 6
6-11
11
Sessions: 1,5,7,10,12
1 5 7 10 12
Times: 4-4:45 PM
Flying Fish (Red Cross V): At this advanced level,
students work on refining their strokes and increasing
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their endurance. Theyy developp the abilityy to perform
More complex combinations of synchronized
swimming and they also are introduced to the use of
a snorkel. They learn more about boating safety,
personal safety, and rescue procedures.
Ages: 6-12
Sessions: 4,6
Times: 4-4:45 PM
Shark (Red Cross VI): The students at this level
continue to improve their strokes, with starts and turns,
and are introduced to the inverted breaststroke, the
trudgen crawl,
crawl and the over arm stroke.
stroke Opportunities
are provided for further work on synchronized swimming,
wetball, and snorkeling, as well as personal safety,
boating, safety, and rescue skills.
Age: 6-12
Sessions: 9,12
Times: 4-4:45 PM
Sessions:
Private/Semi-Private Lessons
Private and Semi-Private
Semi Private swim lessons are offered
for those who would like more individual attention.
Lessons can be one, two, three, or four students per
instructor. Private lessons are set up according to
your day and time requests. There are 4 lessons in
a package; each lesson is 30 minutes in length.
Ages: 6 months and older
Times: Per request
Fee:
One student
Member $60
Non-Member $80
Two – Four students Member $40 per student
Non-Member
Non
Member $55 per student
Fall 2009
Session 1 – October 5 – October 15
Session 2 – October 19 – October 29
Session 3 – November 2 – November 12
Session 4 – December 7 – December 17
Fees:
Winter 2010
Session 5 – January 4 – January 14
Session 6 – January 18 – January 28
Session 7 – February 1 – February 11
Session 8 – February 15 – February 25
$20 Members
$35 Program Members
1st week Monday – Friday
2nd week Monday – Thursday*
*Last day of class parents, family, and friends
can sit and watch from the pool deck.
Spring 2010
Session 9 – March 1 – March 11
Session 10 – March 15 – March 25
Session 11 – April 5 – April 15
Session 12 – April 19 – April 29
Session 13 – May 3 – May 13