The ultimate swimming workout that helps students refine strokes to increase efficiency, endurance and swim distance. Students are taught how to adjust their personal workout to keep interest and gradually increase their workout to make it more challenging.

This course is for the person who wants to be a lifeguard at a community pool. Skills and knowledge necessary to respond to aquatic emergencies are covered, including first aid and CPR for the professional rescuer. Students must be at least 15 years old before course completion (no exceptions). Must be able to swim 300 yards continuously using front crawl or breaststroke; swim 20 yards, dive 7-10 feet, retrieve 10 pound brick, surface and then swim 20 yards back to starting point and exit the water without use of ladder or stairs; tread water two minutes. Students who pass the class receive a certificate valid for two years. Note: This program does not qualify you to be a lifeguard for the Park Authority. For information about becoming a Park Authority lifeguard call 703-324-8548.

(6 mos.-18 mos.) Register your baby for this class designed for babies and their parent(s), or other favorite adult who want to learn water adjustment and aquatic skills together. Learn how to enter and exit the water in a safe manner, feel comfortable in the water and explore submerging to the mouth, nose and eyes. Explore buoyancy on front and back, change body position and learn safety information. Two adults may participate with each child. Babies must wear tight-fitting swim diaper and plastic pants under bathing suit.

(7-18 yrs.) Prerequisite: Ability to swim 15 yards of butterfly and breaststroke with breathing technique. Clinic emphasizes refining butterfly and breaststroke to increase efficiency and swimming distances. Starts and turns for these stokes are reviewed.

Prerequisite: Ability to swim freestyle and backstroke 15 yards using arm and leg action. Class emphasizes developing backstroke elements using arm and leg actions while implementing breathing techniques. Starts and turns for these strokes are introduced.

Prerequisite: Ability to swim 25 yds. freestyle with side breathing and backstroke. Clinic emphasizes refining freestyle and backstrokes using drills to increase stroke proficiency. Starts and turns for these strokes are also reviewed.

(7-17 yrs) This course combines the learn-to-swim levels I & II and targets children who are homeschooled but is open to any child. Children work on basic swimming skills such as breathing, floating on front and back, and swimming on front and back.