Swim Lessons

Session 3 Swim Lessons (March 18 - April 20)

Members can register on Monday, March 4
Nonmembers can register on Tuesday, March 5

Swim Lesson Schedule

Ages: 6-36 months (both parent and child in water)

Days: Mondays 
Times: 5:30PM - 6:00PM

or

Days: Wednesdays
Times: 5:30PM - 6:00PM

Rates
Y member: $24/child
Non member: $40/child

Ages: 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 Years (both parent and child in water)

Days: Wednesdays
Times: 6:00PM - 6:30PM

Rates
Y member: $24/child
Non member: $40/child

Ages: 3-5 Years (both parent and child in water)

Days: Mondays
Times: 6:00PM - 6:30PM

Rates
Y member: $24/child
Non member: $40/child

Ages: 3 & up 

Days: Mondays & Wednesdays
Times: 5:20PM - 5:50PM

or

Days: Tuesdays & Thursdays
Times: 5:20PM - 5:50PM

Rates
Y youth/teen membership: $54/child
Y household member: $46/child
Non member: $81/child

Ages: 3 & up 

Days: Mondays & Wednesdays
Times: 5:50PM - 6:30PM

or

Days: Tuesdays & Thursdays
Times: 5:50PM - 6:30PM

Rates
Y youth/teen membership: $62/child
Y household member: $54/child
Non member: $89/child

Ages: 3 & up 

Days: Tuesdays & Thursdays
Times: 5:50PM - 6:30PM

Rates
Y youth/teen membership: $62/child
Y household member: $54/child
Non member: $89/child

Ages: 13 & older

Days: Fridays 
Times: 9:00AM - 9:45AM

Rates
Y teen/adult membership: $24/child
Y household member: $20/child
Non member: $38/child

For individuals with developmental disabilities will learn water safety and the foundation of swimming. 

Days: Fridays
Time: 10:00AM - 10:30AM

Rates
Y member rate: $18/person
Y household member rate: $15/person
Non member rate: $30/person

30-minute private lessons are available through request. Please contact Erica Rundquist for more information: 717-263-8508 ex 105 | erundquist@chbgy.org 

Member rate: $18/ 30-minutes

Non member rate: $30/ 30-minutes

SWIM STARTERS

Accompanied by a parent, infants and toddlers learn to be comfortable in the water and develop swim readiness skills through fun and confidence building experiences, while parents learn about water safety, drowning prevention, and the importance of supervision.

Parents accompany children in stage A, which introduces infants and toddlers to the aquatic environment through exploration and encourages them to enjoy themselves while learning about the water.

In stage B, parents work with their children to explore body positions, floating, blowing bubbles, and fundamental safety and aquatic skills.

SWIM BASICS

Students learn personal water safety and achieve basic swimming competency by learning two benchmark skills:

  • Swim, float, swim—sequencing front glide, roll, back float, roll, front glide, and exit

  • Jump, push, turn, grab

Students develop comfort with underwater exploration and learn to safely exit in the event of falling into a body of water in stage 1. This stage lays the foundation that allows for a student’s future progress in swimming.

In stage 2, students focus on body position and control, directional change, and forward movement in the water while also continuing to practice how to safely exit in the event of falling into a body of water.

In stage 3, students learn how to swim to safety from a longer distance than in previous stages in the event of falling into a body of water. This stage also introduces rhythmic breathing and integrated arm and leg action.

SWIM STROKES

Having mastered the fundamentals, students learn additional water safety skills and build stroke technique, developing skills that prevent chronic disease, increase social-emotional and cognitive well-being, and foster a lifetime of physical activity.

Students in stage 4 develop stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and learn the breaststroke kick and butterfly kick. Water safety is reinforced through treading water and elementary backstroke.

Students in stage 5 work on stroke technique and learn all major competitive strokes. The emphasis on water safety continues through treading water and sidestroke.

In stage 6, students refine stroke technique on all major competitive strokes, learn about competitive swimming, and discover how to incorporate swimming into a healthy lifestyle.