Registration

Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) students register via the Fresno Unified registration portal, 6crickets.

• 1.Expect a text message with sign-up details when registration opens; click the link for camp options.
• 2.Choose and register for your preferred swim session.

If your child is not enrolled in Fresno Unified, lessons will be available at City of Fresno pools with two registration options.

1. Call 559-621-PLAY (7529)

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

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