Aquatics

Making Every Lap Count

Learn to swim, join a class, train for a team, or just enjoy the water with our aquatics programs—designed to help you move with more skill, more strength, and 
more confidence.

What We Offer

How Our Lessons Work

What You’ll Learn
At Each Level

Our swim lessons follow the same core progression, no matter your age or stage. Here’s how swimmers advance through our skill-based levels.

Get used to going underwater and practice basic self-rescue skills with help from an instructor.

Skills Needed to Start:

  • No experience needed! This is great for kids ready to learn how to go underwater on their own.

Skills We’ll Practice:

  • Bobbing beneath the water
  • Gliding on front and back for 5 feet with no help
  • Floating on front and back for 10 seconds with help
  • Rolling from back to front and front to back with help
  • Jumping in, pushing, turning, and grabbing the wall with help
  • Swimming, floating, and swimming again for 10 feet with help
  • Exiting the pool safely

Kids learn how to move through the water with more confidence—working on body position, moving forward, and changing direction.

Skills Needed to Start:

  • Go underwater and open their eyes without goggles
  • Float on their front and back without much support
  • Jump in, go underwater, and return to the wall with help

This level is for kids who still need support to float on their own.

Skills We’ll Practice:

  • Going underwater to retrieve an object
  • Gliding on front and back for 5 feet
  • Floating on front and back for 10 seconds
  • Rolling from back to front and front to back
  • Jumping in, turning, and grabbing the wall
  • Swimming, floating, and swimming again for 5 yards
  • Treading water near the wall for 10 seconds
  • Exiting the pool safely

Start swimming to safety from a farther distance—learning how to breathe and coordinate their strokes.

Skills Needed to Start:

  • Float on their front and back without help
  • Push off the wall and swim 10 feet with their face in the water without help
  • Swim, float, swim for 15 feet without help
  • Jump into deep water and return to the wall on their own

This class is for kids who are ready to learn to swim 10-15 yards on their front and back.

Skills We’ll Practice:

  • Retrieving an object in chest-deep water
  • Swimming on front and back for 10 yards
  • Rolling from back to front and front to back
  • Jumping in, turning, and swimming to the wall for 10 yards
  • Swimming, floating, and swimming again for 15 yards
  • Treading water for 30 seconds
  • Exiting the pool safely

Start putting it all together—adding new safety skills and learning the basics of strokes like front crawl and backstroke.

Skills Needed to Start:

  • Submerge and retrieve an object in chest-deep water
  • Swim front crawl for 15 yards while taking a breath
  • Swim, float, swim for 15 yards
  • Jump in and tread water for 30 seconds
  • Swim to the wall and exit safely

This class is for kids who are ready to learn to swim 15 yards of front and back crawl.

Skills We’ll Practice:

  • Front crawl with rotary breathing for 15 yards
  • Breaststroke kick for 15 yards
  • Butterfly kick for 15 yards
  • Elementary backstroke for 15 yards
  • Diving from a sitting position
  • Treading water for one minute using scissor and whip kicks
  • Swimming 25 yards using any combination of strokes

Work on technique and learn all major competitive swimming strokes.

Skills Needed to Start:

  • Front crawl and back crawl 25 yards
  • Swim breaststroke kick and dolphin kick 15 yards
  • Tread water using multiple kicks for 1 minute

This class is for kids ready to learn to swim the front crawl, back crawl, and breaststroke across the pool.

Skills We’ll Practice:

  • Front crawl with bent-arm recovery for 25 yards
  • Breaststroke for 25 yards
  • Butterfly with coordinated arms and kicks for 15 yards
  • Back crawl for 25 yards
  • Sidestroke for 25 yards
  • Diving from a kneeling position
  • Treading water for 2 minutes using a scissor and whip kick
  • Swimming any combination of strokes for 50 yards

Sharpen technique across all major strokes, learn about competitive swimming, and discover how swimming can be part of a healthy, active lifestyle.

Skills Needed to Start:

  • Swim the front crawl with bent-arm recovery for 25 yards
  • Swim back crawl with stroke rotation for 25 yards
  • Swim butterfly with over arm recovery
  • Swim breaststroke for 25 yards achieving stroke rhythm
  • Dive from kneeling position

This class is for kids ready to learn to swim the front crawl, back crawl, and breaststroke across the pool and back.

Skills We’ll Practice:

  • Front crawl for 50 yards with a flip turn
  • Breaststroke for 50 yards with an open turn
  • Butterfly for 25 yards
  • Back crawl for 25 yards with a flip turn
  • Sidestroke or elementary backstroke for 50 yards
  • Diving from a standing position
  • Swimming 150 yards using any combination of strokes
  • Swimming 50 yards using any combination of strokes

Build endurance and sharpen the skills needed to prepare for competitive swim teams.

Skills Needed to Start:

  • Swim the front crawl for 50 yards and do a flip turn
  • Breaststroke for 50 yards and do an open turn
  • Butterfly for 25 yards
  • Back crawl for 25 yards and do a flip turn
  • Sidestroke or elementary backstroke for 50 yards
  • Dive from a standing position
  • Swim any combination of strokes for 150 yards

Skills We’ll Practice:

  • Swimming any combination of strokes for more than 150 yards
  • Sharpening technique for all strokes
  • Water polo
  • Starts and flip turns
  • Dives

Not sure which level is the right fit? Use our Swim Lesson Selector (English | Spanish) or
contact the Aquatics Director at your local center and they’ll point you in the right direction.