Levels

At Dolphin Swim Club, students are enrolled into classes consistent with their skills, abilities, experience, and age.  Starting at age 2, our nine-level skill set allows each student to learn the following skills.

LEVEL A - Starfish  

For very beginning swimmers, who may experience separation anxiety and are not fans of having water on their face.  Students learn:

• Entering and exiting the water safely
• Introduction to kicks
• Bubble blowing
• Coached safety jumps
• General pool rules and safety
• Breath control
• Back float with assistance
• Water comfort

LEVEL B - Seahorse  

For little swimmers who are comfortable in the water, do not mind water on their face, and are ready to learn the basic skills of swimming.  Students learn:

• Self-submersion
• Straight body position
• Forward glide with assistance
• Forward glides without assistance
• Flutter kicks
• Back float
• Assisted rollovers with assistance
• Coached and uncoached safety jumps
• General pool rules and safety
• Confidence

LEVEL C- Jellyfish  

For swimmers who are comfortable in the water, have learned the basic skills of swimming, and can glide out to the instructor on their own. Students learn:

• Forward glide
• Forward glide with kicks
• Front crawl arms
• Back float unassisted
• Rollover unassisted
• Kicks on back unassisted
• Introduction to backstroke arms
• Coached and uncoached safety jumps

LEVEL 2 - Whale   

For swimmers who are swimming completely on their own and ready to learn strokes such as the backstroke, freestyle, and breaststroke.  Students learn:

• Front crawl
• Front crawl with side breathing
• Backstroke
• Whip kicks
• Breaststroke pulls
• Introduction to pop-up breathing
• Endurance
• Coached and uncoached safety jumps

LEVEL 3 - Dolphin  

For swimmers who are familiar with the three basic strokes, can swim a half length of the pool, and need to learn stroke refinement and breathing skills.  Students learn:

• Freestyle with side breathing
• Backstroke
• Coordinate breaststroke with pop-up breathing
• Endurance
• Introduction to treading water

LEVEL 4 - Blowfish  

For swimmers who are familiar with the three basic strokes, can swim 25 yards, and need to learn flip turns and the butterfly stroke.  Students learn:

• Endurance
• Dolphin kicks
• Butterfly arms
• Introduction to flip and open turns
• Introduction to the Individual Medley
• Average length of drills is 50 yards
• Increased endurance of treading water
• Stroke mechanics

LEVEL 5 - Stingray  

For swimmers who are familiar with the backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke, and butterfly stroke, can swim 50 yards, and need to improve stroke mechanics and endurance.  Students learn:

• Freestyle with alternate breathing
• Backstroke with flip turns
• Coordinate butterfly
• Master flip and open turns
• 100 yard Individual Medley
• Average length of drills is 100 yards
• Stroke Mechanics

LEVEL 6 - Turtle  

For swimmers who are familiar with backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke, and butterfly stroke, can swim 100 yards, and need to improve stroke mechanics and endurance.  Students learn:

• Treading water
• 200 yard Individual Medley
• Refine stroke mechanics
• Average length of drills is 200 yards

LEVEL 7 - Shark  

For swimmers who are familiar with the backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke, and butterfly stroke, can swim 200 yards, and need to improve stroke mechanics and endurance. Similar to a swim team practice. Students learn:

• Perfection of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly strokes
• Racing Starts
• Endurance up to 500 yards
• Increasing speed