Aquatics

2010 Swim Lesson Schedule

For questions, contact Paul Rapp at 275-9622 or paulr@leecountyymca.org

All sessions consist of six classes 40 minutes in length.

Two Locations:

Cape Coral High School Pool	Cypress Lakes High School Pool
2300 Santa Barbara Blvd. Cape Coral, FL 33990	6321 Panther Lane Fort Myers, FL 33907

Weekend Schedule

Session Number	Member Registration Dates	Program-Member Registration Dates	Session Dates
Session 3	May 17th-July 22nd	May 24th-July 22nd	July 24th-August 28th
Session 4	June 28th-Sept 2nd	July 5th-Sept 2nd	Sept 4th-Oct 9th

Class	Age	Day	Time Cape Coral	Time Cypress Lakes
Parent/Child	6-36 Months	Saturdays	10:00am-10:40am	1:20pm-2:00pm
Pike	3-5 Years	Saturdays	10:00am-10:40am	1:20pm-2:00pm
Eel	3-5 Years	Saturdays	10:50am-11:30am	2:10pm-2:50pm
Ray/Starfish	3-5 Years	Saturdays	10:50am-11:30am	2:10pm-2:50pm
Polliwog	6-12 Years	Saturdays	10:50am-11:30am	2:10pm-2:50pm
Guppy	6-12 Years	Saturdays	11:40am-12:20pm	3:00pm-3:40pm
Minnow	6-12 Years	Saturdays	11:40am-12:20pm	3:00pm-3:40pm
Adult	13+ Years	Saturdays	11:40am-12:20pm	3:00pm-3:40pm

Week Day Schedule

Session Number	Member Registration Dates	Program-Member Registration Dates	Session Dates
Session 4	June 1st-July 30th	June 7th-July 30th	August 3rd-August 12th

Class	Age	Day	Time Cypress Lakes
Parent/Child	6-36 Months	Tues-Thurs	8:30-9:10am
Pike	3-5 Years	Tues-Thurs	8:30-9:10am
Eel	3-5 Years	Tues-Thurs	9:20-10:00am
Ray/Starfish	3-5 Years	Tues-Thurs	9:20-10:00am
Polliwog	6-12 Years	Tues-Thurs	9:20-10:00am
Guppy	6-12 Years	Tues-Thurs	10:10-10:50am
Minnow	6-12 Years	Tues-Thurs	10:10-10:50am
Adult	13+ Years	Tues-Thurs	10:10-10:50am

Descriptions

Class	Description
Parent/Child (6 - 36 months)	This class teaches basic water safety and swimming skills. Emphasis is placed on enjoyment, pre-learning activities, development of swimming confidence and basic water safety, use of personal floatation devices, non-swimming rescues for backyard pools and open water areas. Students must be accompanied in the pool by a parent(s) or adult at all times for the safety and comfort of each child. Songs and games provide a fun atmosphere for learning while parents guide children to learn water adjustment, pool safety and stroke development skills.

Preschool Levels (3 - 5 years old)	Description
Pike Level	Designed for beginner level swimmers. Unaccompanied by parents in the water, students explore basic paddle stroke, kicking skills and pool safety. The goals for the Pike Level are as follows: confidence in the water, swim ten feet on the front, floating on the back, and submerge underneath the water.
Eel Level	Children will learn how to move in the water independently, front float, back float and treading water. The main focus is to take a breath with arm recovery while building endurance and swimming longer distances.
Ray/Starfish Level	This class is designed for advanced 3-5 year olds. Prerequisite to this class is the ability to swim the width of the shallow end of the pool front and back. At this level the child will work on the details of the freestyle and backstroke and will also be introduced to the breaststroke, elementary backstroke and butterfly.

Youth Swim Program (6 and up)	Description
Polliwog Level	This level is for children who have never had any experience with swimming, or are a little apprehensive in the water. This class will focus on skill objectives including voluntary water entry, water adjustment, floating, kicking, pulling and breath control. Independent movement in the water is the main focus of this class.
Guppy Level	Students continue to refine basic skills of the front and backstroke. Bilateral breathing will be introduced along with correct body position. The breaststroke, elementary backstroke, treading water, and underwater swimming will also be introduced. Our goal, with much practice of these strokes and drills, is to have each student swim 25 yards of every stroke.
Minnow Level	Students continue to refine the front and backstroke, breaststroke and elementary backstroke. Swimming a distance of 50 yards of each stroke and continuous improvement of endurance are the goals of this class.
Fish	The butterfly, sidestroke, and flip turns are taught at this level. Refinement of competitive strokes and techniques are perfected.

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