Every swimmer starts somewhere. Explore the skills our certified instructors teach one-on-one at your home, condo, rented or community pool, from first floats to race-ready strokes.
Filter skills
Your child learns the dolphin kick, where both legs move together in a smooth wave, like a dolphin's tail. It is the butterfly kick, and it also adds speed after pushing off the wall.
Your child learns the breaststroke kick, where both legs move together and finish with a glide. It is the kick that powers breaststroke, a favourite stroke at every age.
Kids · Teens · Adults · SeniorsYour child learns the scissor kick, a calm kick done lying on the side, with a long glide after each one. It is the kick of sidestroke, a relaxed way to travel with the face out of the water.
Kids · Teens · Adults · SeniorsYour child learns to come back up calmly after going into deep water feet first, then settle and get their breath back. Feeling the water help bring them up takes a lot of the fear away.
After coming up in deep water, your child learns to stop, turn around and find the nearest safe place to get out. It stops them swimming off the wrong way, which is what most people do without practice.
Your child learns to keep the head above water with small, smooth sweeps of the hands. It is a calm, reassuring way to stay up, and it makes treading water much easier.
Your child learns to glide gently along using only small sweeps of the hands. It is a restful way to move while floating, and it builds a feel for the water that helps every stroke.
Your child practises the first moments after falling in by accident. They come up, calm their breathing, roll onto their back, then head for the nearest way out. It answers the question many parents worry about most.
Your child learns to stay upright in deep water with their head out, calmly and without going anywhere. It lets them look around, call for help and get their breath back until they are ready to move.
Kids · Teens · Adults · SeniorsYour child learns to swim a short way, roll onto their back to float and breathe, then roll back over and swim on. It turns a swim that would be too far into a few short, easy ones.
Kids · Teens · Adults · Seniors