School Holiday
Program
School Holiday
Learn-to-Swim Intensive
Bookings now open for October School Holidays
The learn to swim intensive program can dramatically improve your child’s chance of developing swimming ability through daily instruction. Best suited to primary school aged children, the program is ideal for those who wish to enhance and build upon their term program learning or for those who are not currently enrolled in our term Swim School.
Each 30 minute session has a maximum number of 5 students (or less) per class so that each child has the opportunity for one on one coaching and close supervision. Multiple classes are available, catering for different levels of ability.
October 2024 Program Dates:
Week 1: September 30th - October 4th
Week 2: October 7th - 11th
*Sessions run between 8.30am and 11am
Pricing:
1 Week: $105
Both Weeks: $185
Private Lessons: $45 pp
To reserve your place, please complete the registration form, or for more information please contact YMCA Swim School on swimschooltas@ymca.org.au
Level Guide:
Beginner
Our beginner level is for students roughly 4-8 years old and are new to the water. This class focuses on water familiarisation, independence in the water, body position, and efficient kicking.
Activities in this level include but are not limited to:
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Front floats
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Back floats
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Torpedoes
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Back kicking
For current students, this level corresponds with our Tadpole, Octopus
Intermediate
Our intermediate level is for students roughly 6-10 years old that are learning freestyle and backstroke arms. This class focuses on the basic freestyle and backstroke movement patterns while keeping the swimming foundations of good body position and efficient kicking.
Activities in this level include but are not limited to:
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Torpedoes
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Supermans
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Freestyle
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Backstroke
For current students, this level corresponds with our Goldfish level.
Advanced
Our advanced class is for students roughly 7-11 years old that are comfortable swimming independently for 10-25m. In this class students will work on efficient freestyle breathing, correct hand entry for freestyle and backstroke, survival backstroke, and breaststroke kick.
Activities in this level include but are not limited to:
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Freestyle breathing
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Backstroke rotation
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Survival Backstroke
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Breaststroke kick
For current students, this level corresponds with our Sardine and Flying Fish levels.
Stroke Correction
Our Stroke Correction class is for students roughly 9 years and older that are comfortable swimming 25-50m repetitively while holding good technique. This class focuses on fine-tuning technique in Freestyle, Backstroke, and Breaststroke to be prepared for squad swimming.
Activities in this level include but are not limited to:
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Freestyle and Backstroke rotation
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Efficient Freestyle and Backstroke pull
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Breaststroke pull & timing
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Race skills
For current students, this level corresponds with our Salmon and Tuna levels.