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 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.
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.
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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.
Your 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.
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 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 get from the middle of deep water to the edge, swimming or floating, and climb out alone. It brings together everything they know about staying calm and getting out.
Your child tries floating, treading and swimming in light clothes, with the instructor close by. Feeling heavy, wet clothes once in a safe lesson takes away the shock if it ever happens for real.
Kids · Teens · AdultsYour child learns to raise an arm, wave and call out for help while staying afloat in deep water. They also learn to signal early, while they still have energy.
Kids · Teens · Adults · Seniors