Level 2 (ages 5 and up) - Fall Mondays at Black Hawk Middle School

If you are unable to find a class to meet your needs, please call us at 952-431-8777 as we can frequently make adjustments to accommodate your requests.

Participants, ages 5 and up, experience success with fundamental skills.

Skills:

• Jump into shoulder-deep water.
• Breath control, bobbing and rotary breathing.
• Float and glide on front and back.
• Roll over: front to back/back to front.
• Change direction while swimming.
• Tread water, 15 sec.
• Swim on front and back, 15 yds each.

Exit Skills:

• Jump into shoulder-deep water, tread water or float 15 sec, swim on back for 15 yd and exit the water.
• Move into a back float 15 sec, roll to front and recover to vertical.
• Swim on front 15 yd with 15 sec back float at mid pool.

Safety Topics: Basic water safety, healthy swimming, safe water entry, helping yourself and others in an emergency, use of lifejackets, safe weather conditions for swimming, and waterpark safety.

Course format:

• Group Classes: Run 45 minutes with 5 students per instructor.
• Semi-Private Classes: Run 30 minutes with 2 students per instructor.
• Private Classes: Run 30 minutes with 1 student per instructor.

Prerequisite: Students must have completed Preschool 2 or Level 1, or have equivalent skills.

Registration tips: When registering for multiple sessions in a row we highly recommend registering for the same level. Upon completion of required skills register for Level 3.