Learn to swim in
weeks, not years!
Survival swim lessons for infants and children (6 months-6 years) in Richmond, VA!
We go way beyond
parent-tot classes!
Within a few short weeks, our students are stronger swimmers than they would have been with years of traditional swim lessons. We gear our lessons to the unique needs of each child we teach, ensuring a safe, effective, and fun learning environment. All lessons are one-on-one with a highly qualified instructor to ensure an individualized learning environment for each child, every day. Kids who finish our program are not only safer in and around the water; they are able to really swim with their parents and have a good time!
With drowning as the leading cause of death in children ages 1-4, the earlier, the better!
Ages 6 months-6 Years
Your child will learn the skills they need to stay water-safe in weeks, rather than months or years with traditional swim lessons.
3-6 Week Sessions
Your child will learn self-rescue skills such as breath control, rolling to their back, and maintaining an independent back float while they wait for help to arrive.
Essential Survival Swim Skills
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Rollback-to-Float
6-12 MONTHS OLD
Kids as young as 6 months old will learn how to hold their breath underwater, roll onto their back and float unassisted until help arrives. Toward the end of their session, they will have opportunities to perform their survival skills fully clothed, helping them to become master aquatic problem solvers. Besides mastering critical survival skills, children who enroll early have the benefit of solidifying good swim postures to facilitate learning more complex swimming skills. Lessons for this age group last 4 weeks, assuming consistent 10-minute lessons 4 days/week attendance (M-Th).
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Swim-Float-Swim
1-4 YEARS OLD
Children in this age group are taught the basic rollback-to-float as well as independent swimming. Students learn to hold their breath underwater and swim with their face in the water. When they are tired and need to breathe, they will independently roll-to-float to rest, and then will flip over to resume swimming from the float when ready. They will continue this swim-float-swim sequence as many times as needed until they reach safety.
After completing this course, your child will have learned survival skills necessary to save themselves from a potential drowning situation along with the enjoyment of recreational swimming. A maintenance schedule is recommended to preserve and strengthen skills as your child grows. This skill set can be achieved in approximately 6 weeks of lessons, 4 days/week (M-Th).
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Swim-Float-Swim
5-6 YEARS OLD
These children learn the same swim-float-swim as the younger kids, but typically have more stamina and longer attention spans. They will usually learn to swim the length of the pool, building confidence and endurance in preparation for stroke lessons! These lessons are scheduled in 3-week sessions and 4 days/week (M-Th), but the lessons are 20 minutes in duration.
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Refresher and Maintenance Lessons
As kids grow, their survival swimming skills will need to grow with them. Like riding a bike or roller skating, swimming is a “sensorimotor” skill—one that is not forgotten, but one that needs practice and fine-tuning so that a child is as proficient and confident as they were when they originally mastered the skill.
To keep skills and confidence sharp, once weekly 1:1 maintenance lessons are recommended for all swim-float-swim and rollback-to-float graduates! Refreshers are scheduled in 3-week sessions (M-Th) for kids who have not been in lessons for >3 months.
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Returning Rollback-to-Float Students
Infants should return the following year to learn the full swim-float-swim sequence, which takes about 6 weeks (M-Th). They will need adjustments to their float due to growth, just like the older students. But this is the fun year—to most casual observers, they look too young to swim. But in reality, they are confident and ready to amaze everyone poolside!
Can young children really learn to swim?
Yes. Children as young as 6 months can learn essential survival skills in weeks!
Can they really learn all this in 10 minutes?
Yes. 10 minutes is actually the optimal time for lessons for children at this age!
Why teach them so early?
Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death in children under 5. The sooner your child is water safe, the better!
What if my child is a beginner?
These lessons are designed give beginners the skills they need to become proficient swimmers!
Will they learn to swim by themselves?
Yes! Though nothing replaces parent supervision, your child will learn to maintain a float and swim on their own.
