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Swimming Program

At WES we believe it is never too late to learn to swim! We offer lessons to kids of all ages and adults too! Our lessons program is based on the Olympic Way program, this allows us to cater to the needs of any skill level.

White

Jump from the side, assisted
Swim 6m, forward swimming arms
Blow bubbles
Back float with head assistance

Yellow

Jump in, unassisted
Front and back glide
Swim 12m unassisted with face in water blowing bubbles
Front float and back float unassisted (5sec)

Green

Push off wall streamline with kick (6m)
Front crawl 12m:

Face in the water and arms out
Body flat at the surface

Endurance Swim:

24m continuously

Backstroke kick 12m:

Head back
Horizontal body position

Rolling floats

Front to back, back to front

Retrieve item from bottom of the pool
30 seconds treading water

Red

Submerged push off into streamline kick (front)
Front crawl 25m:

Steady body position
Breathing to the side
Full arm extension and finished pull

Backstroke 12m:

Horizontal body position
Straight arm recovery

1 minute treading water

Blue

Push off wall streamline position on back
Front crawl 50m:

Bilateral breathing
Continuous arm and leg movement
Introduce bent arm recovery

Backstroke 25m:

Continuous and alternating arms

Breastroke kick 25m:
Proper turnout of feet
2 minutes treading water

Bronze

Front crawl 50m:

Underwater arm action with catch-pull-finish

Backstroke 50m:

Shoulder Roll
Continuous kick

Breastroke 50m:

Coordination of pull-breath-kick-glide

Introduction to shallow dives
3 minutes treading water

Silver

Front crawl 75m
Backstroke 75m:
Underwater arm action with catch-pill-finish
Breastroke 75m:
Arm action with catch-pull-finish
Proper timing of movements
Butterfly Kick 50m:
Legs together
“Dolphin” body action
Intro to butterfly arms
Introduction to flip turns
4 minutes treading water

Gold

Front crawl 100m
Backstroke 100m
Breastroke 100m
Butterfly 50m
5 minutes treading water

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