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| 2009 SWIM LESSON INFORMATION
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SIGN-UPS BEGIN April 1st
Registration for both pools is held at the Gandy Pool until Simpson opens for the summer season on June 6th
Pool phone numbers:
Gandy Pool 834-3157; Simpson Pool 603-6286
Registration made in person must be paid for by cash or check only; or online by credit/debit.
Registration forms can be downloaded ahead of time
(link at the bottom)
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| GANDY POOL SUMMER SWIM LESSON SCHEDULE
Lessons run Monday - Thursday
MORNING 
Session I June 8 - June 18 8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am
Session II June 22 - July 2 8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am
Session III July 6 - July 16 8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am
Session IV July 20 - July 30 8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am
Session V August 3 - August 13 8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am
Session VI August 17 - August 27 8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am
Session VII August 31 - Sept. 10 8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am
vSession VIII Sept. 14 - Sept. 24 8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am
EVENING
All Evening Lessons run Monday - Thursday starting 1st Monday of each month at 6 p.m. During summer months May, June, July, and August at 6 pm and 7 pm
SIMPSON POOL SUMMER SWIM LESSON SCHEDULE
DUE TO CONSTRUCTION START DATES MAY BE POSTPONED
CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION (863) 834-3157
Lessons run Monday - Thursday
MORNING
Session I June 8 - June 18 9 am 10 am
Session II June 22 - July 2 9 am 10 am
Session III July 6 - July 16 9 am 10 am
Session IV July 20 - July 30 9 am 10 am
EVENING
Evening classes will start June 8th
*Classes may be combined or canceled based on the number or registrants
SWIM LESSON DESCRIPTIONS
PARENT & TOT (Ages 3 & 4)
The purpose of the Parent & Tot class is to help young children become comfortable in and around the water so they are ready to learn to swim. Parents will participate in water activities as well as get information and skill techniques to help orient their children to the water and to supervise water activities in a safe manner.
LEVEL I - INTRODUCTION TO WATER SKILLS
The purpose of Level I is to help students feel comfortable in the water. Participants will work on skills including entering and exiting the water safely, opening eyes underwater, exhaling underwater through mouth and nose, floating on front and back, exploring arm and hand movements, swimming on front and back using arm and leg actions, following basic water safety rules, and use of a lifejacket.
LEVEL II - FUNDAMENTAL AQUATIC SKILLS
The purpose of Level II is to give students success with fundamental skills. Participants will work on skills including entering the water by stepping or jumping from the side, exiting the water safely using a ladder or the side, submerging their entire head, performing front and back glide, rolling over from front to back and then back to front, swimming on their side, swimming on front and back using combined strokes, treading water using arm and leg motions, moving in the water while wearing a life jacket.
LEVEL III - STROKE DEVELOPMENT
The purpose of Level III is to build on the skills in Level II through additional guided practice. Participants will work on skills including jumping into deep water from the side, diving from a kneeling or standing position, submerging and retrieving an object, bobbing with the head fully submerged, using rotary breathing in horizontal position, performing a survival float, performing the front and back crawl, performing butterfly kick and body motion, performing the HELP and Huddle position, performing a reaching assist, using Check-Call-Care in an emergency, changing from horizontal to vertical position on front and back.
LEVEL IV - STROKE IMPROVEMENT
The purpose of Level IV is to build confidence in the skills learned and improves other aquatic skills. Participants will work on skills including performing a shallow dive or dive from the stride position, swimming underwater, performing a feet-first surface dive, performing open turns on front and back using any stroke, treading water using sculling arms motion and kick, performing the front and back crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, elementary backstroke, and swimming on side using scissors-like kick, using safe diving rules, performing a compact jump into water from a height while wearing a life jacket, performing a throwing assist, and caring for a conscious choking person.
LEVEL V - STROKE REFINEMENT
The purpose of Level V is to provide further coordination and refinement of strokes. Participants will work on skills including treading water with two
different kicks, learning survival swimming, performing rescue breathing. They will work on performing a standing dive, a shallow dive, glide two body lengths and begin any front stroke, a tuck surface dive, a pike surface dive, a front flip turn, a backstroke flip turn, a front and back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, and sidestroke. The purpose of the Parent & Tot class is to help young children become comfortable in and around the water so they are ready to learn to swim. Parents will participate in water activities as well as get information and skill techniques to help orient their children to the water and to supervise water activities in a safe manner.
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