Water Exercise Class – Weekly (14 years and older) Shallow water and deep water classes are each 50 minutes. Aqua Zumba – 13 weeks (Ages 13 and up) Have fun in the pool while toning muscles and burning calories with low impact on your joints. Starbabies & Me – 4 weeks (Ages 6 mos. to 3) This class introduces infants and toddlers to the water in a fun and loving environment. Adults who accompany participants will be taught safety and drowning prevention. Parents or caregivers are taught the proper techniques to teach their infants and toddlers how to float, submerge, move in water and rollover. Classes incorporate songs and activities to meet the swim skill benchmarks. Safety skill benchmarks are designed to educate parents or caregivers. Preschool Starfish – 4 weeks (Ages 3 to 5) Preschool children will focus on developing a high comfort level in the water and a readiness to swim. Children will be introduced to functional swim skills like trust and submersion, body positions, air recovery, rotary movement, forward movement, direction change, and age-appropriate safety skills. Starfish Swim School – 4 weeks (Ages 6 to 16) This class is designed to improve comfort and skill in the water, regardless of past swimming experience. Topics covered in this class include breathing control, floating, prone glide, back float, arm strokes, kicking, and other elementary skills. Starfish Stroke School – 4 weeks (Ages 6 to 16) This class will review previous level swimming skills and benchmarks. Students will develop endurance and refine freestyle. Students will learn flip turns, surface dives, and stroke techniques for backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke. Pre-Competitive Swim Class – 4 weeks (Ages 6 to 16) Participants will improve swimming skills by refining the competitive strokes learned in previous classes. Participants will also be prepared for competitive swimming. Flip turns, competitive starts, and dives will be taught. Semi-Private Swim Class – 4 weeks (Ages 3 to 16) With three students per instructor, this class offers small group instruction for beginner and competitive swimmers of all ages and levels. This class is designed to offer a more individualized approach to learning how to swim. Private Swim Class – 4 weeks (Ages 6 mos. and up) This individual class is designed to teach swimming skills depending on the skill level of the participant. Participants will begin with fundamentals and work up to competitive skills. Special Flex Plan Lessons Offered Starbabies and Me, Preschool Starfish, Private, and Semi-Private classes are offered on a special flexible schedule plan. Board Diving – 4 weeks (Ages 6 to 16) This class is designed to teach the basics of one-meter and three-meter board diving. Participants will be taught the fundamentals of basic board diving through safe teaching techniques. Adult Beginning Swimming – 4 weeks (Ages 16 and up) This class is a basic swim course for adults learning to swim. Participants will be taught floating and basic stroke techniques. This class will introduce front crawl and elementary backstroke skills. Adult Intermediate Swimming – 4 weeks (Ages 16 and up) Participants will be taught how to improve the front crawl stroke and be introduced to breaststroke and sidestroke. Depending on the skill level, adults will be introduced to treading water, diving and flip turns. The majority of class time will be spent in deep water. Adaptive Swim Class – 4 weeks (Ages 4 to 18) This class is designed for students who can function in a 3 to 1 student to instructor ratio. Students who need additional assistance are welcome to attend with an accompanying adult. Private classes available. Home School Education Swim Class – 4 weeks (Ages 6 to 16) This class is designed to meet the physical education needs of the home-schooled student. Participants will improve their basic skills and physical fitness. The course will cover basic skills and knowledge in swimming, water polo, diving, and basic water safety. Polo Buddies – 4 weeks (Ages 8 to 15) Polo Buddies is a beginning level water polo class. All students interested in the water polo programs at Splash! must begin with Polo Buddies. With smaller class sizes, students receive more individual instruction. In a Polo Buddies class, no student gets left behind. This class is perfect for any child and is also an inclusive class for kids with ADHD (ADD), Asperger’s, anxiety, or muscle coordination issues. Students must be able to follow verbal directions, work in groups of 3 to 4 and must be safe in deep water. Polo Buddies is a group class and not designed for students who may need individual instruction. For those with severe autism, or students who require private lessons, please check out the adaptive swim classes at Splash!. Fundamentals of Water Polo – 4 weeks (Ages 10 to 15) Fundamentals of Water Polo is a water polo class for boys and girls ages 10-15. Only those students who have been invited up from the Polo Buddies class will be allowed to take the Fundamentals of Water Polo Class. This course will build on the skills learned in the Polo Buddies class, namely eggbeater (treading water), head up and head down freestyle, backstroke, ball handling skills, and passing technique. This class will encourage teamwork, good character, and having fun learning a great sport. Click here to register for Splash! La Mirada wintertime fun programs. Source: Splash! La Mirada [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]]]>
Wintertime Fun at Splash! La Mirada