Swim Team

A summer swim team can be a fun and beneficial neighborhood activity both for young swimmers and families. The team can provide a great way for kids to learn how to compete or to decide if they want to pursue swimming year-round.

A&B will work with the neighborhood to either run the team or help folks interested in establishing a neighborhood team run it themselves. Our experience with the local swim community, including 20 years involved in year-roudn swimming, employees who have coached locally for many years, and extensive experience with both high school and competitive teams gains A&B access to top-notch summer team coaches. l– Summer swim team allows young athletes to learn about competition, being good teammates, while developing strong swimming fundamentals. The Horsetooth Summer League runs from early June through late July, with practices in the mornings and meets through the summer. Most clubs are required to host at least one meet per season, and parent volunteers are required to staff the home meets. Check our NEWS page or your neighborhood newsletter for details.

Swim Lessons

A&B offers group swim lessons for all the young swimmers in our clients’ neighborhoods. Our 7-level lesson program stresses swimming skills necessary to have fun and stay safe. The program is designed to enable young swimmers to develop from beginning swimmers to having skills that will enable them to compete, if interested, and to progress to the point where they can become strong swimmers for a healthful, lifelong sport.

A&B also offers private lessons by appointment. Swimmers of all abilities can develop very quickly with individual attention, or private teachers can provide some higher-level skills for the more advanced swimmer.

A&B hires qualified, positive, energetic lesson teachers for our summer lesson programs. A&B will coordinate the lesson program, offering multiple sessions at the seven ability levels.

Swim Lesson Programs

Which Lesson Group is Right for My Swimmer?

Swim Lesson Programs

Which Lesson Group is Right for My Swimmer?

Youth Lesson Level 1 – New to the Pool

Pre-requisites

• Age 3-5
• New to no parent in pool
• New to group setting
• Comfortable with parent nearby
• Not afraid of the water

Lesson Objectives

• Water acclimation and basic water play
• Assisted floats
• Kicking
• Face in water

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Youth Lesson Level 2 – Comfortable in the Water

Pre-requisites

• Age 3-5
• Comfortable in group setting without parent
• Follows rules
• Ready to listen and learn to swim

Lesson Objectives

• floating
• kicking
• Bobs
• Rolling over
• Freestyle and backstroke intro
• Elementary backstroke
• Safety information

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Youth Lesson Level 3 – Water Acclimation

Pre-requisites

• 5 years old
• Ready to listen and learn in a group setting

Goals

• Submerge
• Assisted front and back floats
• Confident in the water
• Jump from side, assisted

Practice Skills

• Change direction while walking
• Get in water up to neck
• Submerge ears
• Blow bubbles with nose
• Face in water
• Standing elementary backstroke movements

Safety

• Ask permission to get in
• Enter/exit the pool with ladder, wall
• Pool rules
• Jumping safety

Deep Water Acclimation

• Leave steps/wall with instructor
• Scooter bug

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Youth Lesson Level 4 – Preliminary Stroke Work

Pre-requisites

• 5 years old
• Ready to listen and learn in a group setting

Goals

• 10+ bobs
• float front and back
• kick front and back
• Confident in the water
• Jump from side, unassisted

Practice Skills

• Chin tuck
• Pick up rings from bottom/step while submerged
• Streamline position – front and back
• Sculling – front and back
• Elementary backstroke, assisted

Safety

• Leave steps/wall with instructor
• Roll front to back unassisted
• Jump in, roll to back, assisted
• Jump in return to wall, assisted

Deep Water Acclimation

• Scooter bug toward deep water and back
• Intro to treading water

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Youth Lesson Level 5 – Freestyle and Backstroke 1 and 2

Pre-requisites

• 5 years old
• Ready to listen and learn in a group setting

Goals – 1

• Freestyle with bilateral breathing
• Backstroke, 15 yards
• Surface dive to bottom, retrieve ring

Practice Skills – 1

• Surface dives 
• Swim, roll-over, breath, roll-over
• Wall push-offs, front and back
• Big arms

Goals – 2

• Freestyle with bilateral breathing, 25 yards
• Backstroke, up to 50 yards
• Somersaults on land and water

Practice Skills – 2

• Somersaults
• Wall push-offs, front, back, side
• Kickboard skills
• Goggle use
• Change direction while swimming
• Underwater frog swim
• Intro to circle swimming

Deep Water Acclimation

• Jump in, touch bottom with feet
• Treading water with flutter and elem. back kicks), 30 seconds (1), 60 seconds (2)
• Treading water no legs (2)
• Floating in deep water
• Deep water bobs (2)
• Jump in, return to wall
• Dolphin dives (2)

Safety

• Throwing/reaching assists
• Removal of extra clothing in water
• Jump in, roll to back, unassisted
• Jump in, roll to back, float, unassisted (2)
• Jump in, return to the wall, unassisted

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Youth Lesson Level 6 – Breaststroke and Butterfly

Pre-requisites

• Level 5

Goals

• breaststroke 10-15 yards
• butterfly 10 yards
• somersaults in water

Practice Skills

• Sculling
• Breaststroke kick with kickboard
• Breaststroke arms
• Putting it together – pull, breathe, kick, glide (timing)
• Dolphin dives
• Dolphin kick, front and back
• Intro to fins
• 2-hand touch on walls
• butterfly arms
• butterfly breathing and timing

Safety

• 25 free/back fully clothed, remove excess clothing while treading water
• jump in, surface, treat water 90 seconds
• tread water no hands, 30 seconds

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Youth Lesson Level 7 – Endurance and Pre-competition

Pre-requisites

• Levels 5, 6

Goals

• 50 free, 50 back, 25 breast, 25 fly (all without stopping, legal strokes)

Practice Skills

• Backstroke count
• Free flip turn
• Wall push-off and pull-out
• Intro to diving
• Stroke drills
• Backstroke turn
• Dive with pull-out