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Dolphin Swim Club – Swimming Lessons Levels

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Levels

At Dolphin Swim Club, students are enrolled into classes consistent with their skills, abilities, experience, and age. Starting at age 2, our nine-level skill set allows each student to learn the following skills.

Level A – Starfish

For very beginning swimmers, who may experience separation anxiety and are not fans of having water on their face.

  • Entering and exiting the water safely
  • Introduction to kicks
  • Bubble blowing
  • Coached safety jumps
  • General pool rules and safety
  • Breath control
  • Back float with assistance
  • Water comfort

Level B – Seahorse

For little swimmers who are comfortable in the water, do not mind water on their face, and are ready to learn the basic skills of swimming.

  • Self-submersion
  • Straight body position
  • Forward glide without assistance
  • Flutter kicks
  • Back float
  • Assisted rollovers with assistance
  • Coached and uncoached safety jumps
  • General pool rules and safety
  • Confidence

Level C – Jellyfish

For swimmers who are comfortable in the water, have learned the basic skills of swimming, and can glide out to the instructor on their own.

  • Forward glide
  • Forward glide with kicks
  • Front crawl arms
  • Back float unassisted
  • Rollover unassisted
  • Kicks on back unassisted
  • Introduction to backstroke arms
  • Coached and uncoached safety jumps

Level 2 – Whale

For swimmers who are swimming completely on their own and ready to learn strokes such as the backstroke, freestyle, and breaststroke.

  • Front crawl
  • Front crawl with side breathing
  • Backstroke
  • Whip kicks
  • Breaststroke pulls
  • Introduction to pop-up breathing
  • Endurance
  • Coached and uncoached safety jumps

Level 3 – Dolphin

For swimmers who are familiar with the three basic strokes, can swim a half length of the pool, and need to learn stroke refinement and breathing skills.

  • Freestyle with side breathing
  • Backstroke
  • Coordinate breaststroke with pop-up breathing
  • Endurance
  • Introduction to treading water

Level 4 – Blowfish

For swimmers who are familiar with the three basic strokes, can swim 25 yards, and need to learn flip turns and the butterfly stroke.

  • Endurance
  • Dolphin kicks
  • Butterfly arms
  • Introduction to flip and open turns
  • Introduction to the Individual Medley
  • Average length of drills is 50 yards
  • Increased endurance of treading water
  • Stroke mechanics

Level 5 – Stingray

For swimmers who are familiar with the backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke, and butterfly stroke, can swim 50 yards, and need to improve stroke mechanics and endurance.

  • Freestyle with alternate breathing
  • Backstroke with flip turns
  • Coordinate butterfly
  • Master flip and open turns
  • 100 yard Individual Medley
  • Average length of drills is 100 yards
  • Stroke Mechanics

Level 6 – Turtle

For swimmers who are familiar with backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke, and butterfly stroke, can swim 100 yards, and need to improve stroke mechanics and endurance.

  • Treading water
  • 200 yard Individual Medley
  • Refine stroke mechanics
  • Average length of drills is 200 yards

Level 7 – Shark

For swimmers who are familiar with the backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke, and butterfly stroke, can swim 200 yards, and need to improve stroke mechanics and endurance. Similar to a swim team practice.

  • Perfection of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly strokes
  • Racing Starts
  • Endurance up to 500 yards
  • Increasing speed