GROUP YOUTH SWIM LESSONS

Group Swim Lessons at the YMCA focus on building strong confident swimmers using a skill based curriculum that allows students to flow easily from one skill to the next with clearly defined stages of progress. Learning starts with water acclimation and vital water safety skills and progresses to stroke development. We’re proud to offer a variety of swim lessons for people of all ages and abilities.

Classes are once a week for 30 minutes. Summer session 1 is 4 weeks long. Summer session 2 is 5 weeks long.

Price for members: Session 1: $56.00 Session 2: $70.00

Price for guests: Session 1: $88.00 Session 2: $110.00

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We offer the following levels:

Parent & Child Swim Lessons: (Ages 6 month to 3 years)

With a parent in the pool, infants and toddlers learn to be comfortable in the water and develop swim readiness skills through water exploration. Parents learn about water safety and drowning prevention.

Pre-School Swim Lessons: (Ages 3 to 5 years)

Swimmers learn safe water habits, underwater exploration, and basic strokes. Lessons are a mix of activities, games and drills.

Pre-School 1+2 Beginner: This level works on water acclimation and movement in the water. We work to increase comfort under the water, forward movement, and learn basic self rescue skills. Swimmers advance to intermediate once they can fully submerge to look at an object under water, roll from front to back, and swim 5 yards independently.

Pre-School 3+4 Intermediate: This level works on water stamina and stroke development. We work to increase distance in the water and introduce stroke technique for front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, and butterfly. Swimmers advance to our mini marlins once they can safely swim 50 yards using both freestyle and backstroke.

School Age Swim Lessons: (Ages 6 to 12 years old)

Swimmers learn water safety and basic swimming competency through activities, games and drills.

School Age 1+2 Beginner: This level works on water acclimation and movement in the water. We work to increase comfort under the water, forward movement, and learn basic self rescue skills. Swimmers advance to intermediate once they can fully submerge to look at an object under water, roll from front to back, and swim 5 yards independently.

School Age 3+4 Intermediate: This level works on water stamina and stroke development. We work to increase distance in the water and introduce stroke technique for front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, and butterfly. Swimmers advance to our mini marlins once they can safely swim 50 yards using both freestyle and backstroke.

Private Swim Lessons: (All ages)

Private One on One Swim Lessons: CURRENTLY TAKING NAMES TO BE PLACED ON A WAITLIST
We offer Private (1:1) and Semi-Private (2:1) Swim lessons to all ages and abilities. Lessons are individually tailored to the needs of swimmer(s) in the class. Classes are scheduled during recreational swim times at your convenience. Please click the link below to fill out a request form.

Guidelines for Swimmer Safety

• We recommend that participants come READY to swim in their bathing suits and leave in your suit. Adult locker rooms are available to those that choose to use them.
• Masks need to be worn when not in pool for anyone that is not fully vaccinated.

Swim Team and Mini Marlins

Looking for the next level? Join our Marlins Swim Team!
For the competitive swimmer 8 and up, this team swims both YMCA and US Short Course meets during the Fall and Winter season and US Long Course in the Summer. Visit the VSY Marlins page.

Mini Marlins
The Mini Marlins is designed for children who are interested in joining the swim team but still need to learn how to swim all four strokes. Swimmers who participate in the mini marlins program will learn how to swim butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. They will learn how to perform flip turns and starts. This is a noncompetitive team.

Pre requisites: Swimmers must be able to swim 1 full lap without stopping(sinking) in at least 2 out of 4 strokes.

For additional information about all of our aquatic classes contact our Andrea Wagner, Aquatic Director at awagner@vsymca.org or 860.399.9622 x 113.