Sharks Swimming Academy – Learn To Swim Programme
Learn To Swim Programme
Sharks Swimming Academy provides swimming lessons and coaching for a wide range of groups and individuals, from parent and babies to learn to swim, to pre club and right through club standard.
Parent and Baby
Our aim is to teach the parent how to have fun with their babies and to enjoy their experience of being in the water.
We teach the basics of water confidence in a friendly and happy environment.
Once confidence is gained we encourage the parent to take their babies swimming on their own and to use the skills learnt in the class, as well as have fun.
Beginners – ASA level 1 and 2
Non swimmers to 5 metres, 5 years and above. Our aim is to teach swimmers to be confident in the water. Swimmers will be able to put their face in the water and blow bubbles, pick an object up from the bottom of the pool and kick their legs with floats using Front Crawl and Backstroke technique, they will also have understanding of Breaststroke. Once they have gained confidence we then encourage them to take their feet off the bottom to swim a distance of 5 metres.
Confident Swimmer – ASA level 3 and 4
Swimmers, from 5 metres to 10 metres, 5 years and above. Our aim is to teach swimmers to swim Front Crawl with their head in the water and introduce breathing techniques. Full Backstroke and Breaststroke will be taught as well as Butterfly legs. Once swimmers improve on their stroke we then encourage them to swim a distance of 10m Front Crawl, with breathing technique, and 10m Backstroke.
Intermediate Swimmers – ASA level 5 and level 6
Swimmers, from 10 metres to 25 metres, 5 years and above. Our aim is to teach swimmers to swim Front Crawl with breathing, Backstroke, Breaststroke and introduce butterfly as well as diving and tumble turns. Once swimmers improve on their stroke we then encourage them to swim 25m Front Crawl and Breaststroke with a plunge dive and Backstroke with a Backstroke start. A good understanding of Butterfly will also be achieved.
Improver Swimmer – ASA level 7 and 8
Swimmers, from 25 metres to 100 metres 5 years and above. Our aim is to teach swimmers to swim Front Crawl with breathing, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly, dives and starts and turns to a good standard. Once they improve in all four strokes we then encourage them, from a dive or start, to swim 100m in good style with correct turns.
Advanced Swimmer – ASA level 9, 10 and above
Swimmers, from 100 metres to 1500 metres plus, 5 years and above. Our aim is to improve all four strokes, fitness and speed. Once swimmers improve on all four strokes we then encourage them to work from a clock on speed work and distances in good style and technique.
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