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Summer Swim Lessons: Non-Windsor Residents
May 14, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Summer Swim Lessons
Registration for swim lessons for non-Windsor residents will begin on Thursday, May 14 at 8:00 AM online and at the L.P. Wilson Community Center. Lessons are held Monday through Thursday with Friday for weather makeup lessons only. Swim lessons are $50.00 per child, per two-week session.
Swim Lesson Descriptions
Level 1- Introduction to Water Skills
Requirements: None
Skills Covered: Entering and exiting the water safely, learning to submerge mouth, nose and eyes and breath control, front and back float and recovering to a stand, changing direction in the water, swimming 5 feet on front and back.
Level 2- Fundamental Aquatic Skills
Requirements: Students entering this level must possess a Level 1 certificate or demonstrate all the Level 1 skills.
Skills Covered: Entering water by stepping or jumping in from the side, submerging entire head, blowing bubbles, open eyes underwater, front and back glide, swim 15 feet on front and 10 feet on back, swim on side, life jacket use.
Level 3- Stroke Development
Requirements: Students entering this level must possess a Level 2 certificate or demonstrate all the Level 2 skills.
Skills Covered: Jump into deep water, head first entry from sitting or kneeling, submerging and retrieving an object, bobbing, survival float for 30 seconds, treading water for 30 seconds, front crawl 15 yards, butterfly 15 feet, back crawl 15 yards, elementary rescues, safe diving, check-call-care.
Level 4- Stroke Improvement
Requirements: Students entering this level must possess a Level 3 certificate or demonstrate all the Level 3 skills.
Skills Covered: Diving, underwater swimming, feet-first surface dive, 1 minute of survival floating, treading and back floating, 25 yards of front crawl, breaststroke and back crawl, 15 yards of butterfly and elementary backstroke and sidestroke, compact jump from height in a lifejacket, throwing assists and caring for unconscious choking victim
Level 5- Stroke Refinement
Requirements: Students entering this level must possess a Level 4 certificate or demonstrate all the Level 4 skills.
Skills Covered: Shallow dive, tuck and pike surface dives. Two minutes of survival floating, back float and treading water, flip turns on front and back, 50 yards front and back crawl, 25 yard butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sidestroke, 2 minutes of survival swimming, rescue breathing.
Level 6- Swimming and Skill Proficiency
Requirements: Students entering this level must possess a Level 5 certificate or demonstrate all the Level 5 skills.
Skills Covered: 500 yards continuous swim using 100 yards each of front and back crawl, 50 yards each of breaststroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke and butterfly and 100 yards choice of any of those strokes, survival floating and back floating 5 minutes each, feet first surface dive and retrieve an object from 7 feet, Cooper 12-minute swim test.