Parent and Child: Aquatics Level 1

Ages: 6 months to 3 years

This course uses games, songs, and simple skills to familiarize children between the ages of 6 months and approximately 3 years with the water, and teach swimming readiness skills. Provide safety information for parents and teach techniques parents can use to orient their children to the water. A parent or guardian must be in the water with their child for his class.

Sundays @ 9:00a | 30mins

Parent and Child: Aquatics Level 2

Ages: 6 months to 3 years (Must have completed Level 1)

This course builds on the skills introduced in Level 1. Participants improve on these skills and learn more advanced skills in Level 2. We will use games, songs, and simple skills to familiarize children between the ages of 6 months and approximately 3 years, who have completed Level 1, with the water and teach swimming readiness skills. A parent or guardian must be in the water with their child for this class.

Sundays @ 9:30a | 30mins

Preschool Aquatics Level 1

Ages: 3 to 5 years

This class is designed to orient preschool-age children to the aquatic environment and to help them acquire rudimentary levels of basic aquatic skills. This class is for children between the ages of 3 and 5. They will learn to relax in the water and get used to putting their face in the water, along with learning the basics of floating on their front and back.

Sundays @10:00a & 10:30a | 30mins

Preschool Aquatics Level 2

Ages: 3 to 5 years (Must have completed Level 1)

The objectives of Level 2 are to further develop basic aquatic skills. Children begin to perform these skills at a slightly more advanced level than in Level 1. Level 2 marks the beginning of independent aquatic locomotion skills. Children continue to explore using simultaneous and alternating arm and leg preparation for performing strokes.

Sundays @ 10:30a & 11:00a | 30mins

Preschool Aquatics Level 3

Ages: 3 to 5 years (Must have completed Level 1 & 2)

The objective of Level 3 is to increase child’s proficiency in performing previously learned skills. This is accomplished by providing additional guided practice and increasing repetitions, distances, times or levels of refinement. The skills in Level 3 are performed independently. Children improve their coordination and control of combined simultaneous arm and leg actions and alternating arm and leg actions.

Sundays @ 11:00a or Wednesdays @ 4:30 | 30mins

Learn to Swim Level 1: Basic Water Skills

Ages: 6 to 12 years

This class is designed for children who have little to no experience with the water. Participants start developing positive attitudes, effective swimming habits and safe practices in and around the water. In this class children will learn to bob underwater, float on their front and back, jump into the water safely on their own, and other basic aquatic skills.

Mondays @ 5:00p | 30mins

Learn to Swim Level 2: Fundamental Aquatic Skills

Ages: 6 to 12 years (Must have completed Level 1)

The objective of Learn-to-Swim Level 2 is to give participants success with fundamental skills. Participants learn to glide and float without support and recover to a vertical position. Participants further develop simultaneous and alternating arm and leg actions on the front and back, laying the foundation for future strokes.

Sundays @ 11:30a or Mondays @ 4:30p | 30mins

Learn to Swim Level 3: Stroke Development

Ages: 6 to 12 years (Must have completed Level 1 & 2)

This class is designed to increase proficiency and build on the basic aquatic skills learned in Levels 1 and 2 by providing additional guided practice with increased distances and times. This class will focus on developing the front crawl, breast, and elementary backstroke.

Sundays @ 12:00p or Mondays @ 5:30p | 30mins

Learn to Swim Level 4: Stroke Improvement

Ages: 6 to 12 years (Must have completed Level 1-3)

This level takes place in the deep and shallow end of our pool, focusing on the improvement of front crawl, breaststroke, back crawl, sidestroke, and the basics of the butterfly stroke will be introduced. Participants will also learn head-first entries, treading water, survival swimming, and basic open turns at the wall.

Wednesdays @ 5:00p | 30mins

Learn to Swim Level 5: Stroke Refinement

Ages: 6 to 12 years (Must have completed Level 1-4)

In Level 5, participants refine their performance of all six strokes (i.e., front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sidestroke) and increase the distances that they swim. Participants also learn to perform flip turns on the front and back.

Adult Swim: Learning the Basics

Age: 13+ years

Learning the Basics introduces basic aquatic skills and swimming strokes, including the front crawl, breaststroke and elementary backstroke.

Sundays @ 12:30p | 30mins

Adult Swim: Improving Skills and Strokes

Age: 13+ years

This class will improve participants’ proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Teaches skills and concepts needed to stay safe in and around water and to help themselves or others in an aquatic emergency. Participants must be able to put face in water and swim at least 15 yards.

Sundays @ 1:00p | 30mins

Ages 5 to 13

There will be unique groups made of swimmers per skill-set/age/experience at the coach’s discretion. Intro classes will occur on Tuesdays 5:00-6:30pm and 8U classes from 5:30-7:00pm. On Thursdays swimmers over 8 years and/or with team experience will practice from 5:00p-7:00p. Routines will be assigned at the coaches discretion. Each practice will take two lanes on a wall and require the use of music above and below the water.

JCC Asst. Aquatics Director and Ohio Coralinas 12U coach Kellagh and staff will lead our 3rd rec season.

$150 Members | $210 Community

Summer Rec League: 6/9 – 8/6

Ages 5 to 13

Welcome to the second season of the JCC Sea Stars Pre-Competitive Swim Team. Prepare for competitive swim by mastering the core competitive strokes, starts, finishes, relays and more. Gain stamina, increase conditioning, and get ready for the world of competitive swim. We will offer practices for 8U swimmers and 12U swimmers on Tues/Thurs.

7:30 – 8:15a OR 8:00 – 8:45a | $150 Members | $210 Community

Summer Swim Team: 6/3 – 7/17