Swim Strokes 201 (4-6 years old)
Prerequisites Skills
In order to participate in the Swim Strokes 201 class, Coach Jim or Heather must have graduated your child from Swim 101, awarding them a medal for swimming across the pool, unassisted by the SwimWays Power Swimmer.
If your child is a new student coming from another program, he/she must be able to swim 15-20 feet, face in the water, and getting breaths as needed. The young swimmer also must be able to perform this skill unassisted by any type of vest or flotation device.
Description
In "Swim Strokes 201" your child will learn how to swim the formal strokes of freestyle with side breathing and backstroke. The Freestyle Side Breathing skill may be the most important skill one learns in the learn-to-swim process.
The class is limited to just four (4) students, and all classes taught by the most experienced Learn-to-Swim Professionals around in Coach Jim or Coach Heather!
- Flutter Kick (front & back)
- Advanced Breath Control
- Floating combined with Breath Holding & Breath Control
- Streamline Kicking
- Backstroke
- Freestyle with Side Breathing
Upon mastering the "Swim Strokes 201" skills, your child will advance to "Advances Swim Stroke 302," where he/she will learn to swim the Butterfly, Breaststroke, & Elementary Backstroke!