CLASS DESCRIPTIONS | Wave Swim School

Class Level Descriptions

Little Breakers

1. Bubbles

Bubbles is for beginners with no background in swimming, and not yet comfortable in the water. Students will learn how to submerge their face comfortably, how to perform basic pulling and kicking movements, and how to "monkey walk" along the edge of the pool. Students must be at least 3 years old to register for Bubbles.

2. Ripples

Ripples is for beginners who are comfortable submerging their face, kicking and pulling with teacher assistance, and hanging on to the side of the pool without assistance. Students will learn to glide along the surface of the water for 5 feet, swim a half-length of the pool using head bobs without assistance, and float and kick on their back with assistance.

3. Tides

Tides is for students who can glide 5 feet in a streamlined body position, swim a half-length of the pool with head bobs, and float and kick on their back one length of the pool with assistance. Students will learn to bob in head-high water, swim one length of the pool with freestyle arms, perform survival floats, and float and kick on their back one length of the pool without assistance.

4. Swells

Swells is for students who can swim one length of the pool using head bobs, perform survival floats, float and kick on their back one length of the pool, and perform 10 bobs in head-high water. Students will learn catch-up freestyle and breathing on their back, elementary backstroke, kicking on their side one length of the pool, and underwater swimming a half-length of the pool.

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5. Rogues

Rogues is for students who can swim catch-up freestyle with breathing on their back and elementary backstroke one length of the pool each, kick on their side one length of the pool, and swim underwater a half-length of the pool. Students will learn to swim freestyle with no catch-up arms and side breathing one length of the pool, backstroke one length of the pool, and transition from elementary backstroke to breaststroke kick.

6. Jaws

Jaws is for students who can swim proper freestyle with side breathing for one length of the pool, backstroke for one length of the pool, and a perform a basic breaststroke kick. Students will learn how to swim freestyle with bilateral breathing 2 lengths of the pool, backstroke 2 lengths of the pool, breaststroke 2 lengths of the pool.

7. Mavericks

Mavericks is for students who can swim freestyle with bilateral breathing 2 lengths of the pool, backstroke 2 lengths of the pool and breaststroke 2 lengths of the pool. Students will obtain mastery of freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke, and swim at least 4 lengths of the pool each stroke. They will also learn to swim the butterfly stroke 2 lengths of the pool.

Parent & Child I

This class is designed to familiarize students with water, and teach swimming readiness skills. This also provides safety information for parents, and teaches techniques that can be used to orient your children to the water.

Parent & Child II

This class improves on skills learned in Parent and Child I, and teaches more advanced skills. This also continues to build on water safety knowledge. The student must pass Parent and Child I before moving on to Parent and Child II.

1. Floating & Immersion

This class is designed for the very novice swimmer with little to no swimming experience, as well as anyone looking to conquer their fears of water. Floating & Immersion focuses on becoming comfortable in the water, water safety skills, and basic swimming posture.

This class is taught in shallow water 3ft-4.5ft

2. Momentum & Movement

This class is designed to help swimmers understand momentum in the water, via effective kicking and proper body position, as well as developing effective breath control and body awareness.

To register for Momentum & Movement, students should be comfortable floating and gliding a short distance on their front and back, alternating between a front float to a back float, submerging underwater, treading water with assistance, and flutter kicking on the wall or with a kick board.

This class is taught in shallow water 3ft-4.5ft

3. Skills & Strokes I

This class is designed to introduce proper Freestyle and Backstroke technique. Swimmers will be working to improve their body position, kick and stroke efficiency and also master air exchange while swimming.

To register for Skills & Strokes I, students should be able to scull one pool width on their front and back, glide and flutter kick on their front, side and back, and swim underwater to retrieve an object from 4 ft depth, 10 ft away.

This class is taught in shallow water 3ft-4.5ft

4. Skills & Strokes II

This class is designed to introduce proper swimming terminology, improve Freestyle and Backstroke technique and introduce Breaststroke and Butterfly technique.

To register for Skills & Strokes II, students should be able to tread water for 60 seconds, side flutter kick with breathing, swim freestyle two pool lengths with side breathing, swim backstroke two pool lengths, and glide in a streamline position underwater for 10 ft.

This class is taught in deep water 5ft-14ft

5. Conditioning & Workouts

This class is designed to introduce physical conditioning and swimming as a sport. Our focus will be in fine tuning all 4 competitive strokes (Free, Back, Breast and Fly) as well as introducing advanced swimming techniques such as: kickouts, breakouts, Breaststroke pull-outs, flip/open turns, and starts.

To register for conditioning & Workouts, students must be able to swim 50 yds freestyle with bi-lateral side-breathing, 50 yds backstroke, 50 yds breaststroke, and 25 yds dolphin kick with fins.

This class is taught in deep water 5ft-14ft

Class Level Descriptions

Little Breakers

1. Bubbles

2. Ripples

3. Tides

4. Swells

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5. Rogues

6. Jaws

7. Mavericks

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