Swim Lessons
Group Swim Lessons
Youth group swim lessons are more than just safety and skills: they are tailored to make swimming a lifelong enjoyment by mixing games, movement, and athletic challenge into the water experience.
Spring Group Lessons:
Wednesdays: April 3rd – May 22nd
Cost: Eight Lessons $100 (Advance Registration Required)
To register, click the lesson time to signup online or call the front desk (845) 586-6250.
Wednesday Lesson Times:
Saturdays: April 6th - May 25th
Cost: Eight Lessons $100 (Advance Registration Required)
To register, click the lesson time to signup online or call the front desk (845) 586-6250.
Saturday Lesson Times:
What are the Swimming Levels?
Are you unsure what class would be best for your child? Have no fear — this short summary can help you pick the right class. And if you have any questions, please give the front desk a call and we would be happy to guide you.
Children 5 and under
Parent and Child
What you’ll learn:
Familiarize children with the water and teach swimming readiness skills (how to enter/exit the water, not being afraid of getting wet, building blocks for floating and blowing bubbles).
Teach parents safety techniques for orienting their child in the water.
Prerequisites: Parents must be in the water with the child. Minimum age of 6 months old.
Preschool Levels 1 & 2
What you’ll learn:
Expands on Parent & Child skills including jumping into the water, breath control & submerging, frontward facing buoyancy (gliding and front float), buoyancy on the back, changing direction and learning to tread water, and starting to learn how to swim on the front and back.
Teach parents safety techniques for orienting their child in the water.
Prerequisites: Parents must be in the water with the child. Generally kids are 4 - 6 years old.
Children 6+ (age is a benchmark)
Learn to Swim Level 1 - Introduction to Aquatic Skills
What you’ll learn:
Orient participants to the aquatic environment and help them gain basic aquatic skills: learning to bob, open eyes underwater, front and back gliding, back float, rolling from front to back, learning components of treading water.
Help develop positive attitudes and safe practices around water.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites.
Learn to Swim Level 2 - Fundamental Aquatic Skills
What you’ll learn:
Orient participants to the aquatic environment and help them grow basic aquatic skills: expanding to extended bobbing, learning rotary breathing, face-down floating in 3 positions, extended back float and front floats, treading water for 15 seconds, and combined arm and leg actions on the front.
Prerequisites: Completing Level 1 skills.
Learn to Swim Level 3 - Stroke Development
What you’ll learn:
Expanding skills to include headfirst entry into the water from a seated position, bobbing while moving, rotary breathing, survival float, back float, learning the front crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke & scissors kick.
Build on water safety skills.
Prerequisites: Completing Level 2 skills.
Learn to Swim Level 4 - Stroke Improvement
What you’ll learn:
Expanding skills to include headfirst entry into the water from a compact position, swim underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front & back crawl open turns, tread water with different kicks, swimming for distance with the front crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke, butterfly, and backstroke.
Build on water safety skills.
Prerequisites: Completing Level 3 skills.
Private Swim Lessons
Days and times dependent on instructor availability.
Cost: $38 for a half-hour lesson. $76 for a full hour lesson.