Junior
The Irvington Club offers swim lessons for all levels and ages of swimmers. Youth lessons are divided into 5 levels, with 5 sessions offered, and 12 classes per session. We are sure you will find a class for your swimmer. Private lessons are a good choice for children as well as adults who have specific swimming skills that they would like to master. The Lesson schedule below was for 2011. The 2012 Lesson Schedule will be posted in May 2012.
Junior Group
Pre-Swim Team
Junior LIfeguard
Sea Monkeys
Private Lessons
To sign up for any of the above lessons, go to: www.irvingtonclubcourts.com (on the calendar, find the start date of the specific lesson that you would like to register for. After clicking on the date, all lesson levels that our offered will appear in the pool section of the daily calendar. Click on the lesson name, that will take you to the signup page. Fill in the name of the participant, then scroll down the page and click on the SIGN UP tab. You will get a confirmation message that you have successfully signed up).
Junior Group Swim Lesson
Group lessons are on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Session 1: 6/20-7/1
Session 2: 7/5-7/15
Session 3: 7/18-7/29
Session 4: 8/1-8/12
Session 5: 8/15-8/26
Cost: $55/members. $60/non-members
Swimmers must be able to complete all advancement skills in accordance with Irvington Club Performance Standards in order to move up to the next level.
Jellyfish (11:15, 11:50): An introductory level swim class for the non-swimmer focuses on basic water adjustment and beginning swimming skills. Skills needed to advance include bobs with bubbles & breathing, blowing bubbles, and assisted floats on side, back, and stomach.
Tadpole (10:40, 11:50): Skills needed for advancement from Tadpole include floats on front, back and side for 5 seconds, glides on front and back with kick for 5 feet, and an unassisted shallow water jump with recovery.
Lobster (10:40, 11:15): A class for children who are floating, gliding, and kicking on their own. Skills required for advancement include streamlined front glide with kick for 15 feet, back kick for 15 feet, side-glide kick for 10 feet, and dolphin body with kick for 10 feet.
Stingray (11:15, 11:50): Necessary skills for advancement include freestyle without breathing for 1 width, 6-kick switch front crawl for 1 width, side-glide kick for 1 width, and back kick for 1 width.
Beluga (10:40, 11:50): Swimmers will take skills learned in Stingray to progress to side-kick freestyle with bilateral breathing for 2 widths. Other advancement skills include backstroke for 2 widths, elementary backstroke for 2 widths, and breaststroke kick for 1 width.
Orca (11:15)
Level 1— Swimmers must be able to swim 25 yards of side-kick freestyle with bilateral breathing, 25 yards of backstroke with shoulder rotation, breaststroke for 25 yards, elementary backstroke for 25 yards and tread water for 30 seconds.
Level 2—To complete this final level, swimmers must swim 50 yards of side-kick freestyle with bilateral breathing and a turn, 50 yards of backstroke with shoulder rotation and a turn, breaststroke with a turn for 50 yards, butterfly for 25 yards, sidestroke for 25 yards, and 2 minutes of treading water.
Pre-Swim Team
Pre Swim Team is geared to intermediate level swimmers who are not quite ready for the beginner swim team group. Pre Swimmers may advance to the Beginning Swim Team group with Coach’s approval. Pre Swim Team swimmers may be able to participate in Swim Meets, with coach’s approval. (Max 8 swimmers).
Dates: June 19-August 14 (M, Tu, Th, F only)
Time: 10:40am - 11:10am
Cost: $175/members/ 200.00 non-members
Junior Lifeguard
Junior Lifeguards will learn lifeguarding skills, pool safety, First Aid, CPR, rescue techniques, and improving their swim skills. The Junior Lifeguard Class will prepare students for the Lifeguard Certification Class and Future Employment. Class includes a Junior Lifeguard T-Shirt.
Time: 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Cost: $100/members, $110/non-members
Prerequisite: Must be able to swim 2 laps of freestyle and be ages 11-14.
Sea Monkeys—Parent and Child
This class is for infants and toddlers ages 6 months to 3 years. Children are introduced to the water while accompanied by a parent. Sea monkeys will learn introductory water skills such as blowing bubbles, floating, and kicking while becoming more comfortable in the water.
Drop In Class
Time: Wednesdays 10:40am - 11:10am
Cost: $8/members, $10/non-members
Private Swim Lessons
30 minute lessons available Wednesdays 10:40-11:10, 11:15-11:45, 11:50-12:20 and Saturday/ Sunday 9:30-12:00
Swim Team Private Lessons Available Mon, Tues, Thurs or Fri from 11:50-12:20
Cost: $30/members. $35/non-members
All lessons are held rain or shine!
Refund Policy: No refunds or credits will be given when a group swim or tennis class is canceled later than the Wednesday prior to the start of the session.
