SWIMMING

Swim Lessons

Water safety is of utmost importance to us at the Y. Each year countless injuries occur as a result of an individual’s inability to swim, it’s our prerogative to ensure the safety of our community when enjoying themselves near water by making swimming lessons always available and affordable. While the schedule changes each year, our lessons are always ongoing. Follow this link to the 2013 Swim Lesson Flyer.

What are the FEES?

All lessons are $35 for members and $65 for non-members. Scholarships are also available.

What do lessons LOOK like?

Each lesson includes 10 teaching sessions spread over a period of either 10 weeks, 5 weeks, or in the summer, 2 weeks. We offer lessons for adults, children ages 3-14, and a Parent Tot class for ages 6 mo - 3 yrs.

A minimum of 8 participants must be signed up for the classes to run and cancellations will/can be made at the discretion of the YMCA staff. Our instructors are knowledgeable and friendly and ready to help you and your child be prepared to have the most fun possible in the water.

Levels

Each participant will be evaluated and placed in a starting level upon entering the lessons. As participants improve they may progress in levels as well. Instructors will pay close attention in order to graduate participants through to the next level. Typically a level is achieved each lesson (set of 10 sessions).

Parent / Tot (6 months-3 years)

The objective of this class is to get both the parent and child comfortable in the water The child explores a new environment while the parent learns how to teach the child to be safer in and around the water. Classes are designed so the child has fun while the parent urges him or her to learn aquatic skills. The child will be exposed to games that use basic movements in the water, such as kicking, arm strokes and breath control.

Preschool (ages 3-5)

• Pike - Beginner level. Children must be able to paddle 10 feet unassisted. Children will learn to paddle 10 feet on back, 5 feet on side, blow bubbles and float. Generally they are still wearing swim belts when without the instructor.
• Eel - Advanced beginner. Children learn to paddle 15 feet on their front, back and side without a float belt; front and back float for 20 seconds.
• Ray - Intermediate. Children learn to swim front/back crawl and side-stroke 25 yards; front/back float and tread water for 30 seconds; elementary back stroke 20 feet.
• Starfish - Advanced. Children refine front/back crawl, sidestroke, breast stroke and elementary back stroke 25 yards; front back float one minute.

School Age (ages 6-12)

• Polliwog - Beginner. Children learn to paddle 25 yards with the float and 20 feet without on their front, back and side; front and back float.
• Guppy - Advanced Beginner. Children learn to swim 25 yards on front/back crawl; side and elementary backstroke; rhythmic breathing; front/back float one minute and tread water 30 seconds. Should feel comfortable in deep water.
• Minnow - Intermediate. Children refine front/back crawl, sidestroke, breaststroke and elementary back-stroke 25 yards; front/back float 3 minutes and tread water one minute; dive from side.
• Fish - Intermediate. Children learn to swim front/back crawl, sidestroke, breaststroke, elementary backstroke 50 yards; butterfly 15 yards; float 6 minutes; tread 3 minutes; feet/head first surface dives.
• Flying Fish - Advanced. Children learn to swim front/back crawl, sidestroke, breaststroke, elementary backstroke 100 yards with open turns; butterfly 25 yards; float 6 minutes with clothes on; tread 6 minutes.
• Shark - Most Advanced. Children refine all strokes and turns learned previously; butterfly and breaststroke 50 yards.

Typical Schedule of available lessons: 2013 Swim Lesson Flyer
MON | WED Lessons		TUE | THUR Lessons
Ages 3 – 14		Parent/Tot
6:30 PM & 7:20 PM		6:15 PM (30 minute lessons)
March 11 – April 10		March 12 – April 11
April 15 – May 15		April 16 – May 16
May 20 – June 19		May 21 – June 20
June 24 – July 24		June 25 – July 25
July 29 – August 28		July 30 – August 29
September 2 – October 2		September 3 – October 3
Friday Night Lessons		Saturday Morning Lessons
Ages 3 – 14 & Adult		Ages 3 - 14, 10:15 AM
Youth – 6:30 PM & 7:20 PM		January 12 – March 16
Adult – 8:05 PM		March 23 – May 25
January 11 – March 15		June 1 – August 3
March 22 – May 24		August 10 – October 12
May 31 – August 2		October 19 – December 21
August 9 – October 11
October 18 – December 20
Summer Morning Lessons (Monday-Friday)
Ages 3 – 14
9:15 AM & 10:00 AM
June 3 – June 14
June 17 – June 28
July 1 – July 12
July 15 – July 26
July 29 – August 9

Danville Family YMCA Swim Lessons Policies

* A minimum of 8 participants are required to have the session.
* Cancellations will be made at the discretion of YMCA staff.
* Sessions consist of 10 lessons, 2 more than recommended by YUSA.
This allows up to 2 sessions to be cancelled (due to weather or other reasons) without rescheduling.