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 stop the moment they see or hear a clear signal, and to go straight to a safe spot. It means an instructor, lifeguard or parent can keep them out of harm's way in an instant.
Before any dive, your child learns to check that the water is deep enough and that diving is allowed. If they can't be sure of both, they go in feet first.
Kids · Teens · AdultsYour child learns to choose the right size lifejacket with an adult and put it on so it stays in place. A lifejacket only does its job when it fits.
Kids · Teens · Adults · SeniorsYour child learns what trouble in the water really looks like, which is often quiet and easy to miss. They also learn that the right thing to do is tell a lifeguard or adult straight away.
Your child learns to shout for the supervising adult or lifeguard straight away, and to say clearly where they are and what happened. Older children and teens also practise a pretend call to emergency services.
Wearing a well-fitted lifejacket, your child learns to get in calmly, float, turn and move toward a way out. It turns the lifejacket from something they wear into something they know how to use.
Your teen learns how to stay afloat and hold in body heat in a lifejacket while waiting for help in cold water. They also learn when staying together with others is the safer choice.
Your child learns to help someone in the water without getting in, by reaching out with a pole or throwing something that floats. Shouting for an adult always comes first, and staying on the side keeps your child safe.
Your child learns to lie long and flat in the water, face down and hips up, instead of swimming uphill. It is the foundation that makes every other part of front crawl easier and less tiring.
Kids · Teens · Adults · SeniorsYour child learns to roll gently from side to side as they swim, the way good swimmers do. That small roll makes reaching, breathing and swinging the arms over the water much easier.
Kids · Teens · Adults · Seniors