Youth Swim

Parent / Child Swim Lessons

A parent/child water adjustment class for the very young. A six week program. Ages: 6 – 36 months

Tuesdays      6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Saturdays     9:00 am – 9:30 am

Family Memberships $30     Members    $53     Non-Members $85

 

Pikes & Eels (Pre-School Swim Lessons)

PIKES LEVEL 1 - This is a beginner level for children who are comfortable in the water but have no formal instruction. Children work on front and back floats, kicking with a kink board, front and back paddle strokes, jumps, water and boat safety. Ages 3 – 5 years (Class Ratio 1:5)

EELS LEVEL 2- This class will review Pike skills, swim without floatation device, practice rhythmic breathing, water games, somersaults, and treading water. Ages 3 – 5 years (Class Ratio 1:5)

RAYS/STARFISH  LEVEL 3  This class is for children who are 4-6 and can swim without a bubble on their front or back (comfortably) (Class Ratio 1:5)

Days:

Monday (Pikes only)                  4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Monday                                           4:45 pm – 5:15 pm
Tuesday (Pikes, Rays only)    6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Wednesday                                   4:45 pm – 5:15 pm
Thursday (Eels only)               5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Saturday                                         9:00 am- 9:30 am

Family Memberships $30     Members    $53     Non-Members $85

Polliwogs, Guppies, & Minnows (Youth Swim Lessons)

POLLYWOGS LEVEL 1 - This class is for beginning swimmers, who may or may not be comfortable in the water and may not have previous swim instruction. The class will focus on basic swim skills such as kicking, floating, stroke development and water safety. Ages 6 years & up (Class Ratio 1:7)

GUPPIES LEVEL 2- In this class, children will continue to build upon the basic skills they learned in Polliwog. They will work on swimming on their front and back 20 feet without assistance. The class will focus on stroke development, rhythmic breathing and rescue skills. Ages 6 years & up (Class Ratio 1:7)

MINNOWS LEVEL 3 & UP- This class is for intermediate swimmers who are able to swim 25 yards of front crawl with rhythmic breathing and back crawl. This class focuses on continued stroke development, introduction to Breast Stroke, Butterfly and elementary Backstroke, and continued emphasis on rescue skills. Ages 6 years & up (Class Ratio 1:10)

Days:                                              Times:

Monday                                        4:00 pm -  4:45 pm
Tuesday (Minnow only)        6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Wednesday                                 5:15 pm -  6:00 pm
Thursday (Minnow only)     5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Saturday                                      9:30 am – 10:15 am

Family Memberships $30     Members    $53     Non-Members $85

Pool Party

The YMCA offers birthday party rentals on Saturdays from 12:00-2:00 p.m. or 3:00-5:00 p.m. and Sundays 12:30-2:30 p.m. or 1:30-3:30 p.m.  The first hour is for cake, presents, games, etc. in our afterschool room and the second hour is in the pool.

The fees are as follows:  $125 for non-members/$90 for members for 20 swimmers in the pool. 
The fee is $140 for non-member/$105 for members if there are more than 20 swimmers in the pool.

The following is a list of rules for the rental:

The children are welcome to use the gymnasium for basketball if it is not scheduled for YMCA programs.

If you wish, you may come in one half hour before your party to decorate.  No silly string allowed.  We have a refrigerator on the premise for cake and ice cream.

 «  It is your responsibility to clean up (streamers, balloons, piñatas, etc.) after your party.  Your party will be responsible for sweeping and spot cleaning the floor and tables and any other disorder created during your party.

 «  Use of the afterschool/ Preschool equipment is prohibited. 
«  For children that are not potty trained, please make sure they wear a swimmers diaper (Swimmies) in the pool.