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Swimming
Programs Offered at Hillcrest Resort
Hillcrest Resort offers the American Red Cross Swimming and Water
Safety Program. The objective of the program is to teach people to
swim and to be safe in, on, and around the water. The skills taught
in the Learn-To-Swim program include water entry and exit, breath
control and underwater swimming, buoyancy, changing direction and
position, treading, swimming on front, back and side, general and
personal water safety, and helping others.
American Red Cross Class Descriptions (Please read the following
course descriptions thoroughly when deciding where to place your
child.)
Level 1: Introduction to water skills
(Must be 4 years old to enroll and be comfortable in the water)
Introduction to water skills
Purpose: To help students feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy
the water safely. The course includes: water adjustment, floating on
front and back supported, blowing bubbles, kicking, swim on front
and back while supported 2 yards, and safety skills.
Level 2: Fundamental Aquatic Skills
Purpose: To provide students with opportunities for success with
fundamental skills. The course includes: entering water
independently by jumping or stepping from the side, floating on
front and back 5 seconds, gliding on front and back 3 yards, swim on
front and back unsupported 5 yards, and safety skills.
Level 3: Stroke Development
Purpose: To build on the skills in Level 2 by providing additional
guided practice. The course includes: jumping into deep water,
demonstrate rotary breathing on front 5 times, front crawl 15 yards,
back crawl 15 yards, butterfly kick and body motion 5 yards,
treading water, and safety skills. Level 3 is taught in deep water.
The child must be comfortable in deep water.
Level 4: Introduction to Water Skills
Purpose: To build student confidence and performance of the strokes
learned in Level 3 by providing additional guided practice. This
course includes: diving, swimming underwater, front crawl 25 yards,
back crawl 25 yards, butterfly 15 yards, breaststroke 15 yards,
elementary backstroke 15 yards, treading water 1 minute, and safety
and rescue skills.
Level 5: Skill Refinement
Purpose: To build on the skill in Level 4 by providing additional
guided practice. The course includes: diving, front crawl 50 yards,
back crawl 50 yards, butterfly 25 yards, breaststroke 25 yards,
elementary backstroke 25 yards, sidestroke 25 yards, and safety and
rescue skills.
Level 6: Swimming and Skill Proficiency
Purpose: To refine strokes so that students swim with more ease,
efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. The course
includes: diving, front crawl 100 yards, back crawl 100 yards,
butterfly 50 yards, elementary backstroke 50 yards, breaststroke 50
yards, sidestroke 50 yards, turns for each stroke, and in depth
safety and rescue skills.
PRIVATE SWIMMING LESSONS
Private swimming lessons are offered to members who would like some
individual attention. Lessons run for 20-minutes. Sign-ups follow
the same procedure as swimming lessons registrations, on day one of
the session, one hour before the start of the lesson, on a first
come, first serve basis. Numbers are restricted. You can sign up
each child for one lesson per session. You may also check at 12 noon
each day, to see if there have been any cancellations or no shows.
Spare slots will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. A
limited number of lessons will be offered at 9 am.
TOT TIME
A time set aside for tots, aged 2 to 4 and their mom/dad/babysitter
to come together, meet tots of a similar age, read a story, play
games on the beach, and then have fun in the water learning basic
swimming readiness skills.. Tot Time will last 40 minutes. Sign-ups
required. Parent Participation is required. |
