Swimming Lessons at the Morony Natatorium

 

Fall 2011

Classes are for ages 5 and up from beginners to advanced and are taught byYMCA/American Red Cross certified lifeguards. Sessions 1-3 run Monday - Thursday for 2 weeks and cost $35. Saturday Session runs for 6 weeks and costs $25.

Fall Lesson Schedule

Session	Dates	Times
Session I	September 12 - 22	4:00-4:45 pm 5:00-5:45 pm
Session II	September 26 - October 6	4:00-4:45 pm 5:00-5:45 pm
Session III	October 10 - 20	4:00-4:45 pm 5:00-5:45 pm
Saturday Session	October 15 - November 19	9:00-9:45 am 10:00-10:45 am

Developmental and Student Centered Approach to Teaching Swimming Skills.

All swimming lessons are under the watchful eye of our YMCA Swimming Instructors

Each class offers five components

1. Personal Safety – Every student participating in our program needs to become safety conscious around water
2. Personal Growth – Our classes are structured and conducted so that each person improves his/her own self-esteem.
3. Stroke Development – Becoming a good swimmer takes time and practice. Students are encouraged to build endurance, perfect strokes and set goals to move on to the next level.
4. Water Games and Sports – Games can promote wonderful opportunities to use skills in new and different ways and create "teachable moments" for real-life situations.
5. Rescue – With proper training, even young children can perform basic, non-swimming rescues and perform simple aquatic emergency care.

Level Descriptions

1. Polliwog Orientates swimmers to the water teaching water safety and use of PFD's. Swimmer learns to float on front and back, recover, boating safety, front, back and side paddle, submersion skills, ball dribbling and danger recognition.
2. Guppy Students learn about diving safety, treading, increase knowledge of PFD's, front & back alternating paddle stroke, rudimentary breathing, front & back somersault, swim to the surface, equalize pressure, jump into pool from one meter board, dribble, pass, and shoot the ball, rescue techniques and rescue breathing.
3. Minnow Increase diving safety techniques, boating safety, treading water, endurance increased while swimming 25 yards (front crawl, backstroke, sidestroke, breaststroke), boat capsizes, swim with clothes on, shallow-water blackouts, self-discipline and goals, rotary breathing, synchronized skills, and Heimlich Maneuver.
4. Fish Skin diving safety, currents, increase endurance in swimming skills, sun safety, leg cramps, teamwork, advanced water sports, refine strokes, open turns, paired synchronized swim, wet ball, preventing accidents and basic First Aid.
5. Flying Fish Backyard pool safety, waterpark safety, healthy lifestyles, adventure & risk concepts, endurance and refining of all strokes, synchronized movements, increase endurance ball handling, rotary kick, flip turns and refine rescue breathing techniques.
6. Shark Safety for tubing & rafting, open water, rough water, starts and turns, learn inverted breast stroke, refine stroke for individual medley (IM), group routine for synchronized swim, 5 minute wet ball game in deep water, ice rescues, First Aid for heat/cold disorders, review rescue breathing.
7. Porpoise Increase leg strength, enter boat from deep water, disrobe and inflate clothing, leadership, problem-solving, increase speed of strokes, 200 IM, synchronized swim routine, hyperventilation, carry 10 object & swim 15 yards, perform stride entry and review the steps of rescue breathing and First Aid.

Our Philosophy

• Build a foundation for lifelong appreciation of aquatic sports and activities.
• Incorporate character development.
• Provide education for students and parents.
• Increase understanding of how and why we can swim.
• Increase safety awareness for participants and parents.
• Provide family activities that reinforce learning from class.
• Increase boating safety awareness.
• Ensure the students safety.
• Increase boating awareness.