Beginner lessons are for non-swimmers just getting started learning how to swim. These lessons teach buoyancy, use of arms and legs for propulsion, and to independently take a breath in the water. Students also learn accidental pool immersion survival skills.

Beginning Aquatics Skills include:

• Entering and moving through the water unassisted.

• Safely exiting the water.

• Rolling on to back and floating.

• Alternating arm action.

• Simultaneous arm action.

• Alternating leg action.

• Simultaneous leg action.

• Combined stroke on front using arm and leg action.

NOTE: There is not necessarily a connection between our general level descriptions and the number of lessons a person takes. Everyone learns at different rates and the learning process depends upon the student’s willingness to participate in the process.