Swim Lessons

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(757) 975-SWIM (7946)

Please contact Swim@cbdiving.com for our current program.

Safety, Comfort, and Skills for Life.

Swimming lessons are an essential part of a child's education. Being able to swim properly increases confidence which makes time in the water an enjoyable and safe experience. In addition, swimming is a healthy, total fitness activity that lasts a lifetime. Our Learn to Swim programs are taught by certified American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors with an enthusiasm and dedication to helping children and adults achieve their swimming goals. To determine proper class placement please review the level descriptions below and contact the Virginia Beach Location (757) 975-7946 (757) 975-SWIM with any questions.

Learn To Swim

Age Groups

Ages 3-6

All Pre-School Aquatics classes are intended for children 3-6 years old.

This program uses Levels 1-3 of the American Red Cross Learn to Swim Program in a lower student to instructor ratio environment. Participants must be 3 years old before the first class and willing to separate from their guardian and able to use the rest room independently.

(PSA 1) Pre-school Aquatics 1: This class teaches children the most elementary aquatic skills. They continue to develop safe practices around the water. This level is for the non-swimmer who does not submerge head or body.

(PSA 2) Pre-school Aquatics 2: This class teaches independent aquatic locomotion skills. Children continue to explore simultaneous and alternating arm and leg actions on the front and back to gain more proficiency for future strokes. Requires successful completion of Level 1 or ability to fully submerge float on front and back with support for 5 seconds and recover.

(PSA 3) Pre-school Aquatics 3: This class teaches children to perform their skills independently. They are taught to improve coordination of combined arm and leg actions and alternating arm and leg actions. Requires successful completion of Level 2 or ability to swim 5 body lengths using a combination of arm and leg actions as well as float or tread for 15 seconds.

Ages 6-14

All Learn-To-Swim aquatics classes are intended for children 6-14 years old.

(LTS 1) Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills- Children learn breath control, buoyancy on the front and back, alternating arm and leg action and general water safety rules. Help participants begin to develop positive attitudes and safe practices. No skill prerequisites. Children must be a minimum of 6 years old to start this course.

(LTS 2) Level 2: Fundamental Aquatic Skills- Underwater swimming, treading water, swimming in different positions and general water safety are the main focus.

(LTS 3) Level 3: Stroke Development- Head first entries, rotary breathing, changing directions and different kicks are taught.

(LTS 4) Level 4: Stroke Improvement- Diving, surface diving, turns, breaststroke kick, elementary backstroke and scissor kicks are introduced.

(LTS 5) Level 5: Stroke Refinement- Butterfly, Breaststroke, flip turns and survival swimming are taught. All other skills are refined.

(LTS 6) Level 6: There are two different sections:

Personal Water Safety- Focuses on endurance and safety in and around the water in addition to the core skills.
Fitness Swimmer- Focuses on endurance as it pertains to using the water as a medium for exercise in addition to the core skills.

Swim Lessons For Special Needs

Every child is unique, and swimming lessons for those with special needs helps children learn new skills, learn to relax, and build muscle and stamina, all while increasing self-esteem and confidence. Skills are adapted based on American Red Cross Learn to Swim Standards, or individualized support for water exercise or modified swimming. Participants will be provided physical support and behavior intervention, as appropriate, to ensure a safe aquatic environment.

Swimming lessons teach water entry and exit, water submersion, floating, swimming to the edge of the pool, and swim-float-swim technique. An individual assessment will be done by a certified instructor in order to determine the child’s placement in swim lessons. Upon completion of assessment, an individualized lesson plan will be created for each swimmer.

Skills Needed: Participants must have a desire to participate in Swim Lessons.

Options and Pricing

Group Lessons

We offer small group lessons. It is year-round instruction and in small group class size. Preschool Aquatics levels 1-3 (ages 3-5) maximum enrollment 4 children per class. Learn to swim Levels 1-6 (ages 6-15) Maximum enrollment is 5 children per class. We do not have sessions so you may enroll your children anytime we have an opening that fits your schedule. We will not hold a spot more than 2 weeks out., Please contact swim@cbdiving.com

Contact us for our current Pricing schedule
Preschool (ages 3-5)
Learn-to-Swim (ages 6-14)

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Family Plan Lessons

For families who want a guaranteed time slot for siblings to swim together at the same time. Up to 3 siblings can be enrolled together.

Cost:

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Private Lessons

Private instruction is great for those families who would like a more accelerated learning experience, a more flexible schedule, lessons that are catered to their child’s specific needs or for those who may have a child that is fearful of the water. Have a certain technique you want to work on? This is a great way to focus one on one on strengthening your swim stroke. The individual attention is a powerful tool. Our team of swim coaches are up for any challenge and dedicated to the success of each swimmer!

All private lessons are 30 minutes long. We schedule them throughout the week and on Sat mornings.

Open to swimmers from age 3 to adult with any level of swimming skill.

Cost:

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Please note:

When Registering, please use the account name as the customer name. When choosing a swim lesson there will be a place to put child's name.

Location:

We are located in Hilltop Plaza Shopping Center just down from Trader Joe's

1725 Laskin Rd
Hilltop Plaza
Virginia Beach, VA 23454

Booking Details- Please Read

A credit card for each family will be kept on file and will be automatically charged on the 1^st of each month the child is enrolled in lessons. The facilities fee will be automatically withdrawn each year on the anniversary month of enrollment.

Due to the nature of our enrollment, a family may sign up at any time and will be charged on the 1^st day of lessons. You will be pro-rated if need be, then after will be charged on the 1st day of every month.

A 30 day written notice is needed in order to cancel lessons. We do have a two-month minimum commitment.

Your child will be able to advance as quickly as they are able to successfully demonstrate the exit skills needed to move on. All participants will receive regular progress updates from their instructors and will be given a diploma for each level they successfully complete. Each child is different and will progress at their own pace, we cannot give you a timeline as to when they may or may not complete a swim level or be able to swim. When the child is ready to move to the next level they will be placed in an available class on the day and time that best accommodates their family’s schedule.

Please choose your lessons schedule CAREFULLY to avoid any time conflicts with other family activities, we do not make-up classes.

No class is guaranteed until you receive an email confirming that you have enrolled in a class.

To give everyone a fair chance of lesson availability, we must limit advance enrollment to 2 weeks- you cannot sign up for a class more than 2 weeks ahead of time. Please feel free to email us anytime, we will try to work with your schedule as best as we can.

Swim Lessons

Age Groups

Ages 3-6

All Pre-School Aquatics classes are intended for children 3-6 years old.

Ages 6-14

All Learn-To-Swim aquatics classes are intended for children 6-14 years old.

Swim Lessons For Special Needs

Options and Pricing

Group Lessons

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Family Plan Lessons

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Private Lessons

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