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We offer a variety of levels from
Beginner to Swim Team Prep. The program is design for swimmers to roll
over from one level to another as they progress in their swimming
technique. If you should have any questions on what levels the child
should be placed feel free to call or email us.
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Beginner 1
Water Exploration
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Students are beginning to get comfortable in the water and ready to
learn how to submerge and to exhale in the water. Float prone and supine
without floats. Push and glide from the wall. Kicking frontcrawl and
backcrawl and holding a float.
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Course Content |
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- Introduction to an
aquatic environment
Create a solid foundation for aquatic and safety skills
Swimmers should be comfortable in the water and ready to
learn how to swim
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Skills Acquired |
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- Breath in and out
of the water
Float on front and back
without floats
Push off wall, glide,
flutter kick, on front and back
Submerge underwater
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Beginner 2
Primary Skills |
Swimmer should be able to propel on
front with out aid 4 – 6 feet. Continue to learn: floating and kicking
on front and back. Submerge with eyes open. Begin to develop rhythmic
breathing. Combined stroke on front and back (arms and legs
coordination. Push off wall, glide, kick and exhale 4 – 7 yards. Jumps
and sitting dives.
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Course Content |
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Skills Acquired |
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Continue to learn rhythmic breathing, gliding and kicking on
front and back to build up a tolerance for distance swimming
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Rolling over from front to back and vice versa
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Combined stroke on front and back (arms and legs
coordination)
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Jump and dive from sitting position
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Advanced 1
Stroke Readiness
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Students have passed beginner level and can swim unsupported. Will
learn: arm strokes, leg kicks and breathing coordination. Rotation,
treading water, floating, submerging and changing directions.
Fundamentals of backstroke and freestyle with rotary breathing.
Rudiments of breastroke and butterfly. Sitting and standing dives.
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Course Content |
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- Swimmers have passed the
Beginner levels and are able to swim in deep water
- Increase swimming skill
competency
- Practice safety and rescue
skills
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Skills Acquired |
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- Swim backstroke and
freestyle
- Stroke and breathing
coordination
- Fundamentals of elementary
backstroke
- Dive from sitting and
standing position
- Tread water and survival
floating
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Advanced 2
Stroke Development |
Students move confidently in deep water, perform sculling, continue
to improve stroke technique, refine details of breathing and arms
actions of front crawl and backstroke. Learn kicks and arms coordination
in breastroke and butterfly. Begin to develop starts and turns.
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Course Content |
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- Develop confidence and competency in strokes and safety
skills beyond preceding levels
- Introduction to butterfly and breaststroke
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Skills Acquired |
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- Continue to improve backstroke and freestyle
- Deep water bobbing and sculling
- Learn the stroke and breathing coordination for
butterfly and breaststroke
- Diving
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Swim Team Prep
Stroke Development/Skill Proficiency |
Students can demonstrate all of the four strokes. The course focuses in
refining technique and developing efficiency through water.
Hydrodynamics are emphasized. Starts and turns are improved. The level
develops the swimmer’s technique in order to move on to endurance
training.
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Course Content |
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- Continue to build up
distance swimming, develop maximum efficiency and endurance
for strokes
- Introduce surface dives
- Introduce different turns
- Continue to learn butterfly
and breaststroke
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Skills Acquired |
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- Refine freestyle,
backstroke and elementary backstroke
- Continue to learn butterfly
and breaststroke
- Learning different turns
- Learning the approach and
start from the blocks
- Diving Safety
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STPII is for competitive swimmers who are already on a swim team,
looking to join all year around/school swim teams or who want to build a
foundation for swimming as a fitness lifetime skill. Swim Team Prep II
conditions the swimmer by training twice a week for 1 hour each time.
The focus of STPII is to perfect technique in the water, conditioning
and training. The swimmer will build up fundamentals in development of
speed ability through timed work out sets. Hydrodynamics, starts and
turns are heavily emphasized through drills and repetition sets.
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Me & My Shadow
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Both the parent and child (under 3 years old) participate in class
together. The instructor directs the parents on how to hold their own
child in the water and getting them adjusted with the aquatic
environment. The class is taught through sing along songs. It is
suggested that parents may want to purchase a wet suit n case the child
is cold in the water.
A novice class for adults. The class focuses on learning how to control
the environment in the water through breathing exercises, floatation and
gliding. The instructor guides the swimmer in overcoming their fear of
the water. Development and improvement of freestyle and backstroke. The
class allows adults to progress at their own pace. The instructor
emphasizes on individual corrections and what the swimmer needs to work
on.
Physique is proud to offer this new class
in the heart of the Financial District. The swimmer will train, develop
stroke efficiency, and endurance. The class is offered twice a week in a
25-meter Olympic Size swimming pool at Claremont Preparatory School. It
does not matter what level you are from beginner to intermediate, the
experts at Physique Swim School will build up your personal goals
through structured works out sets.
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