Dolphin Academy Swim School

2013 Lesson Schedule and Fees

Session	Start Date
I	June 3
II	June 10
III	June 17
IV	June 24
V	July 8
VI	July 15
VII	July 22
VII	July 29

Sessions consist of 3-40 minute lessons, held on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Make-ups due to bad weather will be on Fridays.
Classes start at 3:30, 4:10 and 4:50 pm.
Bad weather make-ups are on Fridays.
Lessons cost $60 per session for PRC members and $65 for non-PRC members
Once a week lessons every Monday at 3:00, June 3-July 29 not July 1 ($120 for PRC members, $130 for non-members) available

Brochure

Swim School brochure

Registration

Call 803-341-2102 or email.

Instructors

Our instructors are former and current swimmers who have a love for children, swimming, and a strong desire to help children become proficient swimmers. Our instructors receive formal training in and out of the water using the Dolphin Academy curriculum. Instructors must shadow experienced instructors before teaching their own class.

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Background

The Dolphin Academy has been serving the CSRA for 10 years. The swim school offers swim instruction throughout the year at the Augusta Aquatic Center and utilizes two additional locations during the summer months. All instructors have been trained with the Dolphin Academy curriculum which was designed by company owners and instructors, Amy Ristroph and Lee Fuller. For more information, check out the Dolphin Academy website.

Curriculum

The Dolphin Academy’s curriculum is designed to produce strong, proficient swimmers. Most importantly, swimmers learn to love the water. The standardized curriculum ensures that a swimmer uses proper stroke technique and continues to learn over a period of time.

Classes are taught in a small group setting with no more than 4 swimmers per instructor with the exception of our Dolphin Babies and Orcas where the instructor swimmer ratio is 6:1.

Dolphin Babies

A parent and child class for babies and toddlers ages 6 to 35 months. Little ones will learn:

Comfort and body positioning
breath control
kicking technique and basic water safety
Songs and games are used to help babies feel comfortable in the water.
Student/parent teacher ratio is 6:1

Level 1 - Tadpoles

Swimmers will learn introductory swimming skills:

Breath control
Submersion
Destination swimming
Body positioning
Propulsion, floating and streamlining
Student teacher ratio is 4:1

Level 2 - Minnows

Minnows are comfortable in the water and are able to float. These classes teach:

Submersion and breath control
Destination swimming
Streamlining and kicking
Freestyle arms
Front breathing
Beginning roll-over breathing
Student teacher ratio is 4:1

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Level 3 - Dolphins

The Dolphin level uses drills to emphasize the important foundational skills of :

Floating and streamlining
Freestyle arms and kicking /rolling breath
Treading water
Streamlining on back
Swimming backstroke
Beginning dolphin kick
Student teacher ratio is 4:1Whales

Level 4 - Sharks

Sharks are taught:

Freestyle, backstroke and introduced to breaststroke and butterfly
Dolphin kick
The correct way to dive in a streamline
There is a concentration on treading water and strength building
Student teacher ratio is 4:1

Level 5 - Whales

This level refines:

Freestyle, backstroke
Butterfly and breaststroke are taught
Dive starts are reinforced
These advanced swimmers will learn endurance along side proper technique
Student Teacher ratio is 4:1

Level 6 - Orca

The Orca level refines all four competitive swimming strokes (freestyle, back-stroke, breaststroke and butterfly):
Racing starts for all four strokes are taught
Turns for all four competitive strokes are taught
Endurance will be a key element in this group
Student teacher ratio is 6:1.

Stroke and Turn Clinic

Advanced stroke instruction for competitive swimmers and high school swimmers.

Adult Swim Instruction

Adults learning to swim
Tri-athletes
Military and service-related swimming proficiency

Private Swim Instruction

Any Age by request

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