The Powell Community Center offers swim lessons for all ages. For proper swim level placement, participant must be able to master each skill within level before moving up.
If participant is uncertain of which level to be enrolled in, call 913-722-8209 to schedule a complimentary swim assessment.
Starfish (ages 6mo-3yrs, ratio 10:1)
- Parent Participation required
- Exploration of entry and exit
- Parent holds/positions
- Blowing bubbles
- Bobbing
- Front and back float
- Basic arm movement and kicking
- Rolling from front to back
- Submerging underwater
- Safety skills
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Guppy (ages 3-5, ratio 3:1)
- Entering and exiting pool independently
- Blowing bubbles
- Submerges 3 seconds
- Front floats w/ assistance
- Back floats w/ assistance
- Basic arm movement on front
- Kicks on front w/ assistance
- Kicks on back w/ assistance
- Rolling from front to back w/ assistance
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Jellyfish (ages 4-6, ratio 4:1)
- Front float independently
- Back float independently
- Glides on front 4 yd
- Glides on back 4 yd
- Swim on front w/ face submerged
- Streamline kicks on front 4 yd
- Streamline kicks on back 4 yd
- Rolling front to back independently
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Clownfish (ages 5+, ratio 5:1)
- Streamline kicks on front 7 yd.
- Streamline kicks on back 7 yd.
- Roll breathing w/ equipment 7 yd.
- Whip kicks 7 yd.
- Elementary backstroke 7 yd.
- Backstroke 7 yd.
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Turtle (ages 5+, ratio 6:1)
- Streamline kicks on front 10 yd
- Streamline kicks on back 10 yd
- Freestyle w/ rotary breathing 10 yd
- Backstroke 10 yd
- Elementary backstroke 10 yd
- Breaststroke 7 yd
- Dolphin kicks 3 yd
- Butterfly arms w/o kick
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Dolphin (ages 6+, ratio 6:1)
- Freestyle w/ rotary breathing 17 yd
- Backstroke 17 yd
- Breaststroke 17 yd
- Elementary backstroke 17 yd
- Butterfly 7 yd
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Shark (ages 6+, ratio 6:1)
- Freestyle with rotary breathing 25 yd
- Backstroke 50 yd
- Breaststroke 25 yd
- Butterfly 15 yd
- Open turns
- Flip turns
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Adult Beginner/Intermediate (ages 13+, ratio 5:1)
Beginning to intermediate swimming instruction includes: basic stroke skills for front crawl, elementary backstroke, back crawl, breaststroke, side stroke, & underwater swimming.
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