Here at Lucky Fins Swim Company we focus on providing your child with a fun, educational experience. We want your child to learn to love the water, but also learn the rules of the water. We will not only teach your child skills to improve their swimming abilities, but will also teach your child the dangers that can come with swimming alone, running around water, horseplay, and more.
Lucky Fins Swim Company will provide group swim lessons for the levels described below. In addition, Lucky Fins Swim Company will provide private and semi-private swim lessons for various levels throughout different sessions.
Our sessions include 6 total classes. Each session length can vary in week total because no classes will be held on Easter (including weekend), Memorial Day (including weekend), Independence Day (including weekend), Labor Day (including weekend), Halloween*, Thanksgiving (including weekend), Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Day After Christmas, New Years Eve, New Years Day.
*classes may be held if time appropriate such as morning classes on Halloween
Summer Lessons are drop-in style. You pick and choose each individual day throughout the summer- NO SESSIONS, just individual classes.
To view our current class offerings, please visit our registration page!
Parent & Tot (6 months- 2.5 years)
Parent must be in the water with child.
Skills:
- Proper holds (for parents) – try to stay horizontal most of class
- Blowing Bubbles
- Water acclimation (water on head/face)
- Reaching & Scooping (depending on age)
- Kicks- babies need general leg motion, toddler need to learn proper kicking
- Standing/balancing in water
- Wall holds
- Wall Crawl
- Jumps
- Rolls- roll from belly to back
*If child is comfortable under water, start swimming skills with swim and roll
Guppies (2.5 year-3.5 years) 20 Minutes
MUST ATTEND THIS CLASS TO PROCEED TO NEXT LEVEL IF 2.5-3.5 YEARS OLD
Skills:
- Face submersion
- Bubbles
- Will lay back without sitting up (assisted)
- Proper kicking position
- Scoops (with face in water)
Level 1 Beginner (3.5 to 5 years old)
Must complete skills to move to next level:
- Front Float/glide unassisted
- Bubbles/Hold breath under water
- Back Float (unassisted)
- Scoop or arm circles motion (with face in water)
Level 2 Beginner Plus (3.5 to 7 years old)
Must complete skills to move to the next level:
- Front Float/Glide (5 yards)
- Scoop and arm circle (5 yards)
- Back float unassisted
- Back glide (5 yards)
- Arm circle motion with face in water for 5 yards
- Freestyle to backstroke kicking
- Confidence in jumping from side of pool
Level 3 Little Fins (4 to 8 years old)
Must complete skills to move to next level:
- Freestyle swim half width of pool (approx. 10-12 yards)
- Backstroke with arms 5 yards
- Freestyle to Backstroke roll
- Backstroke to freestyle roll
- Jump from side of pool, tread, and swim back to wall
- Tread water for 10 seconds
- Retrieve object from 4ft of water
Level 4 Big Fins (5 years old and up)
Must complete skills to move to next level:
- Swim width of pool with side breathing
- Swim width of pool backstroke without stopping
- Tread for 30 seconds
- Retrieve object from 5ft of water
Level 5 Strong Fins (5 years old and up)
Must complete skills to move to next level:
- 25 yards Freestyle with side breathing
- 25 yards backstroke
- Width of pool breaststroke kick
- Width of pool dolphin kick
- Tread 60 seconds
- Retrieve from 6ft of water
- Kneel dive
Level 6 Swimmer (5 years old and up)
Must complete skills to move to next level:
- 25 yards freestyle
- 25 yards backstroke
- 25 yards breaststroke
- 25 yards butterfly
- Standing dive
Dolphins Competition (6 years old and up)
Highest level. Will work on all strokes and build endurance to compete at swim team level. (60 minute cass)
- All 4 strokes legally
- Dives
- Flip Turns (Free/Back)
If you child does not fit into a class listed, we recommend private lessons until they fit into a described class (example: 7 year old who will not go under water). Additional offerings will include private and semi-private special needs classes for the blind, deaf, autistic, down syndrome, etc. These are conducted on an as-needed basis and you must contact Tara to request date/time availability.