Learn to Swim
DiamondSwim School offer ‘learn to swim’ classes that cater for every phase of your child’s swimming development. Swimmers progress through a variety of levels as they improve to ensure that they master the skills and technique required to get the most out of every session.
Stages of development
Pebbles
Our free classes take place twice a week for babies from 2 months up to 6 months.
- Parent education on water safety
- Water familiarisation
- Enhance parent/child bonding
- Nurture babies natural instinct in the water
- Comfort/balance in the water with kick time, mat play with toys
- Conditions baby for submersion/splash and play
- Water stimulation and assisted floating
- Instil verbal and manipulative pattern for kicking
- Develop independence
- Maintaining grasp and reflex developing grip
- Music and fun
Crystals 1
- 6 months to 18 months
- Parent/carer & child in the water groups up to 6
- Conditions baby for submersion using verbal trigger
- Water stimulation and back floating
- Developing independence in the water and water confidence
- Develop independence in shallow water
- Introduce pool side grip, pool side returns and exits
- Develop grasp/kick/paddle and breath control
- Execute trauma free submersion
- Retrievals
Crystals 2
- 18 months to 3 years
- Parent/carer & child in the water groups up to 6
- Continue to condition baby for submersion using verbal trigger with breath control
- Water stimulation and back floating
- Developing independence in the water and water confidence
- Develop independence in shallow water
- Introduce pool side grip, pool side returns and exits over distance
- Develop grasp/kick/paddle and breath control
- Execute trauma free submersion
- Fish Retrievals
Advanced Crystals
- Approx 3 years
- Independent breaths over distance
- Improve independent propulsion kick/paddle
- Extend unaided swimming with breath, kick and paddle
- Underwater swim over distance with arm pull and breath
- Develop turns to the side or ledge
- Fish retrievals with pool bottom vertical push
- Noodle balance
- Goggles off activity
- Kick board control on front/back
- Develop good kick alignment
Sapphire Level 1
- Approx 4 years
- Develop kick board skills
- Develop breathing skills
- Focus on stronger kick alignment
- Introduce arm stroke on board then independently
- Torpedo glide and kick independently
- Fish retrievals with breath control
- Goggles off activity
- Independent side entries and returns
Sapphire Level 2
- Strengthening all kicking skills
- Strengthening breathing skills
- Master bubble arm breath arm
- With good floatation and technique over 14mtrs
- Head positioning
- Introduce beginner backstroke
- Develop good floatation and technique over 14mtrs
- Continue independent float
Opals
- Strengthening level
- Unassisted Freestyle over 28 metres
- Unassisted Backstroke over 28 metres
- Introducing Breaststroke kick (separately)
- Introducing Breaststroke pull (separately)
Diamonds
- Consolidate all Opal skills
- Develop full stroke Breaststroke with good timing of 28 metres
- Master Backstroke over 28 metres (good floatation and technique)
- Master Freestyle over 28 metres (good floatation and technique)
- Introducing Butterfly
- Basic Freestyle tumble turns
Advanced Learn to Swim
25 Metre Pool / 45 minute session
- Strengthening all skills developed over distance
- Freestyle
- Backstroke
- Breaststroke
- Butterfly
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