SPRINGVILLE COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL

1015 EAST 900 SOUTH  – (801) 489-2731

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Swim Level Descriptions

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Parent and Me:     Designed for children 6 months to 5 years of age, the program builds swimming readiness by emphasizing fun in the water. Parents/caregivers and children participate in several guided practice sessions that help children learn elementary skills, including water entry, bubble blowing, front kicking, back floating, and underwater exploration. Once children can perform basic skills without parental assistance, they may begin Learn-to-Swim. One parent/caregiver per child is required. Class will be divided into two groups: parents and children ages 6 months-2 years, and parents and children ages 2-5 years.

Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills     Purpose: Help students feel comfortable in the water.     Basic water safety rules, swimming on front and back, using arm and leg actions using a life jacket,   recognizing a swimmer in distress and getting help, submerging mouth, nose and eyes, exhaling underwater, opening eyes underwater and picking up submerged object, floating on front and back. 3 yrs & up.

Level 2: Fundamental Aquatic Skills     Purpose: Give students success with fundamental skills.     Moving in the water while wearing a life jacket, recognizing a swimmer in distress and getting help, submerging entire head, bobbing in water, front and back glide, jellyfish float, treading water using arm and leg motions, swimming using combined stroke on front and back.  3 yrs & up.

Level 3: Stroke Development     Purpose: Build on fundamental skills by providing additional guided practice.     Reaching assisted, kneeling or standing dives (shallow dive progression), submerging and retrieving an object, rotary breathing in horizontal position, front and back glide, survival float, back float, front and back crawl, butterfly-kick and body motion.  3 yrs & up.

Level 4: Stroke Improvement     Purpose: Develop confidence in the strokes learned and improve other aquatic skills.     Safe diving rules, throwing assist, dive from stride position or shallow dive, feet-first surface dive, survival float, back float, front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly.  5 yrs & up.

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Recreation Mission Statement: To create lasting memories, provide diverse opportunities, build unity, and provide safe and fun experiences for all ages, abilities and interests.