YMCA Youth Swimming Lessons & Clubs │ 6 – 12 years
YMCA Preschool and Youth Lessons & Clubs are only offered to YMCA members (included in active YMCA Membership).
Swimming lessons & leadership clubs are limited to one per child; child must have pre-requisites by the first lesson/session; child must be of age within 2 weeks of programming.
YMCA Learn to Swim Lessons│6 – 12 years old
The YMCA Learn to Swim Program is a series of four lessons that focuses on technique, stroke development and endurance.
Your beginner-level swimmer will learn foundational swimming skills that will be applied throughout their future aquatic activities. They will improve their body awareness and motor skills as they submerge, kick, roll and jump in the water.
Child can glide without assistance. Instruction covers skills such as submersion, unassisted front and back glide and jumps into chest deep water from a standing position.
Prerequisite: 6-12 years old.
Child is comfortable in deep water. Instruction covers skills such as deep water jumping and breath control. Participants continue to work on glides and glide 5m on their back.
Prerequisite: 6-12 years old & Otter (or an equivalent skill level).
Child spends more time in deep water and works to increase endurance and stamina. Instruction covers skills such as treading in deep water for 30 seconds, front glide with kick.
Prerequisite: 6-12 years old & Seal or Jumpers (or an equivalent skill level).
Child can recover an object in water 1.5m deep, tread water for 40 seconds, and front crawl for 15m distance. Instruction covers skills such as surface dives and deep water bobs.
Prerequisite: 6-12 years old & Dolphin (or an equivalent skill level).
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YMCA Star Lessons│6 – 12 years old
The YMCA Star Program is a series of four lessons for those who have mastered basic swimming skills focuses on technique, stroke development and endurance.
During the Star Program, your child will have the opportunity to build new relationships and explore other facets of aquatics, like competitive swimming, water sports, and Aquafit classes.
Participant works on endurance to complete a 75m swim. Instruction covers skills such as enhancing front crawl to initial standard and back crawl to initial standard, introduction of elementary breaststroke, swimming on back for 25m, and treading water for 2 minutes.
Prerequisite: 6-12 years old & Swimmer (or an equivalent skill level).
Participant continues to develop front and back crawl to intermediate standard. Instruction covers skills such as introduction of
breaststroke and endurance swim of 100m. Star 3 Participant continues to practice back crawl.
Prerequisite: 6-12 years old & Star 1 (or an equivalent skill level).
Participant continues to practice back crawl advanced standard 50m, elementary backstroke intermediate standard 25m, and breaststroke initial standard 50m. Instruction covers skills such as eggbeater surface support, 200m swim, and starting Lifesaving
Society’s Canadian Swim Patrol curriculum.
Prerequisite: 6-12 years old & Star 2 (or an equivalent skill level).
Participant builds further endurance to swim 100m within 3 minutes. Instruction covers skills such as drowning
prevention, Canadian Swim Patrol curriculum, dolphin kick 25m, eggbeater proficiency, elementary backstroke advanced standard 50m.
Prerequisite: 6-12 years old & Star 3 (or an equivalent skill level).
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YMCA Star Leadership Clubs│10 – 12 years old
The YMCA Star Leadership Program helps swimmers become leaders! Children 10 – 12 who are competent swimmers can take the YMCA Star Leadership Program to continue to nurture their love of swimming and work towards more advanced aquatics certifications.
Combining leadership opportunities with the Lifesaving Society’s Canadian Swim Patrol program, the YMCA Star Leadership Program consists of three levels that develop first aid, lifesaving, and advanced swimming skills.
Participant works on increasing endurance to complete a 500m swim, swims 200m in 6 minutes, as well as front and back crawl and breaststroke of 75m each. Instruction covers skills such as sidestroke intermediate standard 25m, breaststroke advanced
standard 25m, butterfly initial standard 15m, and surface dives. Rescue skills include demonstrating non-contact rescue using buoyant aid, and 5lb object support for 1 minute.
Prerequisite: 10 – 12 years old & Star 4 (or an equivalent skill level)
Participant continues to develop endurance completing a 600m swim, and swims 300m in 9 minutes. Instruction covers skills such as sidestroke advanced standard 25m, and butterfly intermediate standard 15m. Work on the Canadian Swim Patrol
curriculum includes carrying a 10lb object for 25m, tow rescue with an aid, and surface dive drills.
Prerequisite: 10 – 12 years old & Star 5 (or an equivalent skill level).
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