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ALPENA PLAZA POOL
SWIM LEVELS
swim level explanation
Nearly 2 million people learn to swim each year with American Red Cross programs. Here at the Alpena Plaza Pool we use the American Red Cross swim level criteria to ensure the best training and tips on how to be safe in, on, and around the water! The American Red Cross has been the leader in swimming and lifeguarding since 1914. Now the winning tradition continues with an exciting new collection of courses designed to make learning easier and to help you benefit from the latest research on instructional techniques.
lifeguarding
The American Red Cross trains more than 170,000 lifeguards each year. Lifeguard training and first aid certificates are valid for two years from completion date. If more time has passed or you cannot obtain your training records from the local chapter, it is best to take another class to get recertified. The new American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim classes provide instruction to help swimmers of all ages and abilities develop their swimming and water safety skills. It is designed to give students a positive learning experience. Learn-to-Swim teaches aquatic and safety skills in a logical progression. The objective is to teach people to swim and to be safe in, on and around the water. Skills are categorized in the following way:
•Water Entry and Exit
•Breath Control and Underwater Swimming
•Buoyancy
•Changing Direction and Position
•Treading
•Swimming on Front, Back and Side
•General and Personal Water Safety
•Helping Others
*Starbabies: Parents or caregivers are required in the water. (We accept two parents or caregivers). This is a time to introduce the swimmer and parent to the water and feel more comfortable. We will start integrating water safety for the caregiver. This is not a survival skill, but an introduction to survival skills. Instructors will be learning new nursery rhymes and games.
**Ags 3-6/7-13: Instructors will start with survival skills like the floats and introduce swimming. Water safety will be taught at every class. Swimmers will advance at their own pace and instructors will be learning new techniques to teach and help encourage advancement of each swimmer.
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