Swim Lesson Class Descriptions
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Life Time Swim helps your child build confidence by earning stickers for every skill passed. With consistent practice and praise from you and our instructors, your child will be swimming laps in no time.

Splash: 4 MONTHS – 3 YEARS
Intro to Splash 1
Ages 4 Months – 2 Years; ratio 1:8
This class is a fun-filled parent participation course. Perfect for our youngest swimmers. Through songs and games, our ultimate goal is to help your baby learn to love the water and feel comfortable.
Splash 101
Age 2 years; ratio 1:3
Parents will learn to help their children adjust to the water and work on basic swimming skills, including:
- Floating
- Kicking
- Swimming with assistance

Ripple: 3 – 5 YEARS
Ripple 101
ratio 1:3
This class is designed for the beginning-level child who may have limited experience or comfort in the water. Children who are not comfortable jumping in and reaching to the side independently should start in this class. Children will work on adjusting to the water, and on the basic swim skills of floating, kicking and swimming with assistance.
Ripple 201
ratio 1:3
Ripple 201 is designed for the child who completed a 101 level class or is comfortable jumping in and reaching to the side independently. Children will work on independent kicking, alternating arm movement, back paddling and floating on their front and back without assistance.
Ripple 301
ratio: 1:4
Ripple 301 is designed for the child who completed a 201 level class or can paddle short distances independently on both their front and back. Children begin swimming longer distances and will work on swimming on their front with log rolls, and doing the backstroke, breaststroke arms, and dolphin kicks.
Ripple 401
ratio: 1:4
Ripple 401 is designed for the child who completed a 301 level class or can swim on their front with a side-to-side roll, do the backstroke, breaststroke arms, and dolphin kicks. Children will work on the freestyle with rotary breathing, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly arms and treading water.

Wave: 6 – 8 YEARS
Wave 201
ratio 1:3
Wave 201 is designed for the child who completed a 101 level class or is comfortable jumping in and reaching to the side independently. Children will work on independent kicking, alternating arm movement, back paddling and floating on their front and back without assistance.
Wave 301
ratio 1:4
Wave 301 is designed for the child who completed a 201 level class or can paddle short distances independently on both their front and back. Children begin swimming longer distances and will work on swimming on their front with log rolls, and doing the backstroke, breaststroke arms, and dolphin kicks.
Wave 401
ratio 1:4
Wave 401 is designed for the child who completed a 301 level class or can swim on their front with a side-to-side roll, do the backstroke, breaststroke arms and dolphin kicks. Children will work on the freestyle with rotary breathing, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly arms and treading water.
Wave 501
ratio 1:5
Wave 501 is designed for the child who completed a 401 level class or can swim the freestyle with rotary breathing 15 yards, backstroke and breaststroke. Children will work on developing their technique and endurance in all four competitive strokes, with an emphasis placed on the rhythm and proper timing involved in each stroke.
Wave 601
ratio 1:6
Wave 601 is designed for the child who completed a 501 level class or is able to swim all four competitive strokes. Students will prepare for swim team by fine-tuning their strokes and learning rhythmic breathing, flip turns and legal finishes.

Surf: 9 – 13 YEARS
Surf 201
ratio 1:3
Surf 201 is designed for the child who completed a 101 level class or is comfortable jumping in and reaching
to the side independently. Children will work on independent kicking, alternating arm movement, back paddling and floating on their front and back without assistance.
Surf 301
ratio 1:4
Surf 301 is designed for the child who completed a 201 level class or can paddle short distances independently on both their front and back. Children begin swimming longer distances and will work on swimming on their front with log rolls, and doing the backstroke, breaststroke arms, and dolphin kicks.
Surf 401
ratio 1:4
Surf 401 is designed for the child who completed a 301 level class or can swim on their front with a side-to-side roll, do the backstroke, breaststroke arms and dolphin kicks. Children will work on the freestyle with rotary breathing, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly arms and treading water.
Surf 501
ratio 1:5
Surf 501 is designed for the child who completed a 401 level class or can swim the freestyle with rotary breathing 15 yards, backstroke and breaststroke. Children will work on developing their technique and endurance in all four competitive strokes, with an emphasis placed on the rhythm and proper timing involved in each stroke.
Surf 601
ratio 1:6
Surf 601 is designed for the child who completed a 501 level class or is able to swim all four competitive strokes. Students will prepare for swim team by fine-tuning their strokes and learning rhythmic breathing, flip turns and legal finishes.