Programs

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ages 4-12

Youth Program

The Youth program is for children between the ages of 4 and 12 years old. There are 8 levels of classes within the program which will take a new swimmer from blowing bubbles and basic water safety to learning the 4 competitive strokes of swimming. The program uses a self paced mastery model, so each student progresses at their own speed through the class levels.

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Weekly

perpetual model

Students are enrolled once and continue through the class levels until you decide to take a break

30

minutes

Classes meet once per week for 30 minutes

$32/WK-New Haven

$35/WK-Orange

Families are billed monthly based on number of classes

4

students

Each class has a maximum of 4 students

You can register for classes at any time

Youth Lessons:

Pink

level 1

This is the novice level at the Bulldog Swim Academy. Students have little to no lesson experience and work on the basics:

Putting their face in the water and blowing bubbles

Getting out of the pool

Floating on their back, with support

Rainbow

level 2

In Rainbow, the student builds on the skills they learned in Pink and learns:

Forward Breathing with Support

Short swims of 5-10 feet

Floating on their back without support for a short time

Green

level 3

Green students can complete the skills from Rainbow and learn:

Forward Breathing without Support

How to safely jump in the pool feet first

How to be comfortable when water goes in their mouth or nose

Blue

level 4

Blue students are getting stronger and by the time they are done, they can swim without fins. Blue students will learn:

Floating on their back without support indefinitely

Rolling on their back to their front while swimming and breathing

How to swim underwater for a short distance

Red

level 5

Red is the first level without fins. Red students will learn:

An introduction to swimming freestyle

How to tread water indefinitely

How to safely dive in the water

White

level 6

The White class is usually in the deep end. Students in the White level will learn:

Freestyle with side breathing

Backstroke

An introduction to Backstroke (Monkey-Airplane-Soldier)

Purple

level 7

Students in the Purple level will learn:

Freestyle with bi-lateral breathing

Dolphin kick

Elementary Backstroke without support (Monkey-Airplane-Soldier)

Orange

level 8

Students in the Orange level are almost ready for swim team. They will learn:

How to complete multiple lengths of Freestyle and Backstroke

Butterfly

Breaststroke

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