Registration

3 Ways to Register

1. Call 559-621-PLAY (7529)

2. In-Person at: Dickey Youth Center 1515 E. Divisadero St. 93721 (Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm)

3. Online by clicking the button below.

Swim Lesson Levels

Starfish:

• Parent/guardian enters water with child.
• Swim instructor guides both guardian and child through lesson.
• No swim experience.
• Builds water comfortability.
• Designed for people who are afraid of getting in the water.

Tadpole:

• Exposed to basic swimming skills.
• Breath control, paddling, kicking, and floating.
• Little to no experience in water.
• Builds water confidence and comfortability.
• Learn to open eyes underwater and swim to surface.

Goldfish:

• Improves on tadpole skills.
• Introduces buoyancy, body position, propulsion, and coordinated strokes.
• Teaches beginning foundations of swimming.
• How to approach turns and beginner strokes.
• Participants must be comfortable in water.
• Must be able to open eyes underwater with face fully submerged underwater.

Shark:

• Increases swimmers endurance and water safety skills.
• Introduces swimmer to additional coordinated strokes and breathing techniques.
• Participant must have a foundation in swimming.
• Student should be able to front crawl/ freestyle for one lap (25 yds) to begin Shark level.

Dolphin:

• Coordination of movements in order to swim more smoothly and efficiently.
• Endurance building.
• Must be proficient in swimming front stroke/ back stroke, floating, breathing, streamline, flipturns, and able to tread water.
• Must be able to swim 25 yds, (one lap).
• Will learn breaststroke and butterfly.
• Goggles are strongly recommended.

Orca:

• Refine and advance stroke technique for all competitive strokes
• Build greater speed, stamina, and overall endurance in the water
• Learn and practice race-specific skills, including starts, turns, and finishes
• Develop consistent, efficient swimming habits that support competitive success
• Gain confidence and readiness for the structure and expectations of swim team training

Stingray:

• Emphasizes personalized instruction.
• Builds foundational skills enhancing water confidence.
• Supports development or refinement of existing techniques.
• Suited for adults at any level.

Swim Lesson Schedule