Jill’s Swim School

021 214 5737

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2 Cobham Place

Masterton 5810

New Zealand

Jill’s Swim School

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021 214 5737

Teaching life skills

school-age classes (5+ years)

Pupils will be taught the correct skills so swimming will be safe, relaxed and enjoyable for life. An arm band is used to assist while learning the freestyle breathing basics.

Pupils in learn to swim are taught to roll on their backs to breathe. The transition from learner to advanced breathing to the side begins at the Aquajets Swim Club level.

Classes are 20 minutes in duration.

Maximum number of pupils in class group: 4

Class Groups

Objective of Class

Beginner:

Gaining confidence and developing floating skills.

Breather:

Improving their freestyle arm stroking and back floats. Introduced to freestyle breathing and diving.

Mini-Improver:

Swimming lengths (10m) of backstroke and freestyle - progressing from large arm band, to small, to no arm band. Introduced to breaststroke and butterfly. Diving.

Learner Improver Introduction:

With the aid of flippers, pupils learn the skills required to swim freestyle with the 'bent arm' recovery and advance further their technique in backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.

Learner Improver:

Swimmers still count to 4 on their backs when swimming their freestyle. Basics of backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly also taught..

Improver 1:

Swimmers now only take 1 breath on their backs when swimming their freestyle breathing. Further basics of backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly also taught.

Improver 2:

Swimmers now introduced to freestyle breathing to the side. Once competent at this, swimmers are encouraged to join the Aquajets Swim Club where the emphasis is on advanced stroke technique, endurance, fitness and speed work.