swim lessons
Year Round Swim Lessons in our 90 Degree Warm Teaching Pool
Group Swim Lessons: 8 lessons $150, 4 lessons $75
Parent & Tot: $15/class
Private Swim Lessons: $50/lesson
All Sessions are 30 minutes in our 90 degree warm teaching pool, prior registration is required. To register please click here
Parent & Tot Class
Infants and toddlers, starting at 3 months, learn to be comfortable in the water and develop swim readiness skills through fun and confidence building activities. Parent learn about water safety, drowning prevention and the importance of supervision.
Activities
- Blowing bubbles on surface of water
- Kicking
- Arms
- Songs
- Ways to hold your child in the water
Level 1
Level 1 classes are introductory classes designed for children without additional parent/guardian assistance. Children learn personal water safety and achieve the basic swimming competency by learning benchmark skills.
skills and activities
- Bob to submerge in the water
- Front and back float with glide with help
- Kicks
- Arms
- Elementary back
- Front Crawl
- Jumps
Level 2
Children will continue to work on bubbles, kicking, arms front and back, rolling from back to front and front to back with help, and treading water. Level 2 focuses on body position and control, directional change, and forward movement in the water.
skills and activities
All of Level 1 skills plus
- Rollover from back to front and front to back
- Tread for 5-10 seconds
- Retrieve an object underwater
Level 3
Level 3 classes focus on better breath control and gaining more independence and endurance in the water. Students will learn additional water-safety skills and build stroke technique.
skills and activities
All of Level 2 skills plus
- Streamline off the wall
- Sidebreathing freestyle
- Back Crawl (backstroke, 15 yards)
- Breaststroke kick
- Dolphin kick
- Dive from sitting, kneeling and compact positions
- Tread water for 10-15 seconds
Level 4
Level 4 focuses on stroke technique while teaching all competitive strokes, standing dives, and flip turns.
skills and activities
All of Level 3 skills plus
- Swim freestyle, 25 yards
- Swim backstroke, 25 yards
- Swim breaststroke, 25 yards
- Swim butterfly, 25 yards
- Swim sidestroke or elementary backstroke, 25 yards
- Swim any combination of strokes, 50 yards
- Dive from standing position
- Tread water, 1 minute
Private LEssons
One on One, 30-minute swim lesson customized to individual needs and goals.
Swimmers must be at least 3 years old.
ADULT LEssons
It’s a great time to learn to swim!
Adult swim lessons emphasize water safety skills and teach basic swimming strokes.
skills and activities
- Back/front float with recovery
- Back to front/front to back rolling
- Breathing
- Basic swimming strokes include:
- Front crawl
- Back crawl
- Side stroke
- Elementary backstroke
Meet our Swim Lesson Coordinator Sarah!
Sarah Brady was born and raised here in Sonoma. Her love for the water started at a really young age; growing up swimming on the Sea Dragons swim team and the SVHS swim team, as well as playing water polo in high school.
Sarah has been teaching swim lessons to the kids in this valley for the last 25 years, and she’ll tell you “I can honestly say that I love my job. I am honored to be the Swim Lesson Coordinator and an Instructor for Sonoma Splash and to have this opportunity to continue working with the community in these beautiful pools.”
Year Round Swim Lessons in our 90 Degree Warm Teaching Pool
