Great Harbors offers children as young as 3 years old the opportunity to learn how to independently swim. With levels one through six children learn the fundamental skills in order to swim confidently. Choosing a level that is appropriate for your child’s skill level is essential. If you are in need of help choosing what works best for your swimmer please reach out.
*Please note that all children must be potty trained in order to participate in swim lessons and use the big pool.
If you are interested in private/semi private lessons for your child please use the contact information below to reach out for more information.
Contact Information:
Madison Kelly: 774-313-6867 [email protected]
Level 1:Level one introduces the necessary skills for young swimmer to feel confident within a body of water. Through encouragement and practice young swimmers will learn how to retrieve items from shallow areas of the pool, float on their back, and begin swimming with support of a kickboard.
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Level 2: Level two introduces full stroke concepts with lessons directed toward correct breathing strategies and stroke techniques. Swimmers will be encouraged to jump into water on their own, retrieve items in deeper water, and begin to rely less on kickboard support when swimming.
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Level 3: Level three finalizes the back and front crawl and begins introducing butterfly and breaststroke as the four main strokes. Swimmers will learn how to tread water, swim underwater, and jump into the water to reach deeper sunken items.
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Level 4: Level four completes the understanding of four main strokes and begins to work on correct breathing and swimming techniques. Swimmers work to prepare for more difficult concepts in level 5 by clearly understanding each stroke throughly.
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Level 5: Level 5 introduces flip turns and competitive swimming skills allowing swimmer to obtain clear understanding of how to safely and correct swim throughout bodies of water. Swimmers will practice with drills directed toward certain areas that must be worked on in order to become a successfull swimmer.
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Level 6: Level six finishes swimmers skill practice by practicing previously taught skills and working on drills to create a safe and succesful swimmer. Swimmers will also prepare for our Junior Lifeguarding course (if they wish to sign up) by collecting dive rings from deep sections of the pool and increasing stamina through strokes and treading water.
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