Teen & Adult Swimmers

Swimming is a lifelong skill and it's never too late to gain confidence in the water! Take a look at our session dates below, then choose your swimming level to sign up!

September Sessions

Registration opens August 1 at 12:00pm

 

Monday/Wednesday, September 8 — October 1

Tuesday/Thursdays, September 9 — October 2

Saturday, September 6 — September 27


Sunday, September 7 — September 28

 

October Sessions

Registration opens September 1 at 12:00pm

 

Monday/Wednesday, October 6 – October 29 (no class 10/13)

Tuesday/Thursday, October 7 – October 30

Saturday, October 4 – October 25


Sunday, October 5 – October 26

 

November Sessions

Registration opens October 1 at 12:00pm

 

Monday/Wednesday, November 3 – December 3 (no class 11/24 or 11/26)

Tuesday/Thursday, November 4 – December 4 (no class 11/25 or 11/27)

Saturday, November 1 – November 22

Sunday, November 2 – November 23

 

Teen / Adult Beginner 

Age 13+

No prior swim experience required

Level objectives: Water acclimation, breath control, front and back floats, into to flutter kicks, intro front crawl
 
 
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Teen / Adult Intermediate

 Age 13+

Prerequisites: Comfortable floating on front and back, submerging face and whole body, gliding on front and back, flutter kicking on front with kickboard, and swimming 15 meters of basic freestyle/front crawl.

Level objectives: Developing basic freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke technique, improving side breathing, endurance, and introducing the fundamentals of treading water.
 
 
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Teen / Adult Advanced

 Age 13+

Prerequisites: Comfortable swimming full lengths of the pool in freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke.

Level objectives: Focused on developing and refining techniques of the four competitive strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly.
 
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Private Lessons

Ages 3+ years

Four 30-minute individual lessons with a Y swim instructor focused on meeting the student where they are at and providing customized lessons based on student's needs and goals. Limited private lessons available — register similar to group lessons online. Financial assistance scholarships cannot be used towards private lessons and no makeups are provided.

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