Group Swimming Lessons

  • Start date: June 3rd, 2024. Pricing is $65/week or $475/whole summer

Virginia Vale proudly offers swim lessons from the Swim America Program. This robust curriculum will teach your children how to swim skillfully and safely.

  • Lessons are held Mondays through Thursdays from 11–11:30 am and 11:30 –12 noon.
  • There are no lessons on Fridays. No make up classes or refunds due to weather or other absences.
  • We will offer eight week-long sessions beginning June 3, 2024.
  • The cost of each weeklong session is $65, or you can receive a discount by signing up for the whole summer for $475.
  • You must register and pay online. Payment by check or cash will NOT be accepted. Registration must be submitted by 5pm each Sunday.
  • You must be logged in as a Virginia Vale member to register.

Level 1: Bubbles

Skills To Be Learned

  • Gradual Water adaptation
  • Movement in the water
  • Breath holding and release
  • Submersion of the face
  • Opening eyes underwater
  • Blowing bubbles
  • Wall bobs with bubbles

Advancement Goals

  • 10 relaxed bobs

Level 2: Floats & Glides

Skills To Be Learned

  • Front float and recover
  • Front glide and recover
  • Back float and recover
  • Back glide and recover
  • Dumping bobs
  • Streamline bobs

Advancement Goals

  • Front glide and recover 5 seconds
  • Back glide and recover 5 seconds

Level 3: Kicking

Skills To Be Learned

  • Porpoising
  • Front kick, glide, and recover
  • Back kick, glide, and recover
  • Dolphin kick, glide, and recover
  • Seesaw body movement
  • Sitting on the kickboard

Advancement Goals

  • Front kick 15 feet
  • Back kick 15 feet

Level 4: Crawl Stroke

Skills To Be Learned

  • Rollover: Front to back, back to front
  • Finning and sculling
  • Side-glide-kick
  • Crawl arm stroke
  • Backwards bobs
  • Somersaults forward and back

Advancement Goals

  • Side-glide-kick, 20 feet
  • Crawl stroke, 20 feet (no breathing)

Level 5: Freestyle

Skills To Be Learned

  • Crawl stroke with breathing
  • Back crawl stroke
  • Double somersaults
  • Handstands
  • Horizontal head first sculling

Advancement Goals

  • Crawl stroke with breathing 30 feet

Level 6: Backstroke 

Skills To Be Learned

  • Extended freestyle swimming
  • Tread water
  • Jump in and tread water
  • Sitting dive
  • Kneeling dive
  • Standing dive

Advancement Goals

  • Swim freestyle 75 feet
  • Swim backstroke 30 feet
  • Tread water for 1 minute

Level 7: Breastroke & Butterfly 

Skills To Be Learned

  • Breaststroke kick
  • Breaststroke swim
  • Butterfly arms
  • Butterfly swim
  • Windshield wiper w/ seesaw

Advancement Goals

  • Swim freestyle 50 meters
  • Swim backstroke 25 meters
  • Kick breaststroke 20 feet

Level 8: Turns

Skills To Be Learned

  • Freestyle with bilateral breathing

Advancement Goals

  • Swim 100 meters with bilateral breathing
  • Swim 25 meters Breaststroke
  • Swim 10 meters Butterfly

Level 9/10: Lifetime Strokes & Individual Medley

Skills To Be Learned

  • Sidestroke kick
  • Sidestroke swim
  • Elementary backstroke
  • Extended swimming and technique refinement

Advancement Goals

  • Swim 200 meters Freestyle
  • Swim 25 meters Butterfly
  • Swim 50 meters Breaststroke
  • Swim 50 meters Elementary Backstroke
  • Swim 50 meters Sidestroke

Private Lessons

Private lessons are also available during regular club hours with coaches, lifeguards and swim instructors. Please contact them directly for scheduling.