Youth Swim Lessons
The Harrisburg Area YMCA offers youth swim lessons for children ages 6-12 years. For our older swimmers, we focus on endurance, pool and personal safety, skill development, and lifesaving techniques. Did you know 37% of adult Americans can’t swim? Starting swim lessons young can lower this percentage. Swimming for ages 6-12 lowers the risk of drowning, builds whole-body strength, and can even help their school grades! Swimming is something your child can do at any age; swim lessons at the Y can start them off right, whether in a team or individual environment.
Our skill levels have recently changed; please refer to the chart below.
| CLASS NAME | SKILLS DEVELOPED | PREVIOUS LEVEL NAME |
|---|---|---|
| Water Acclimation | Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self-rescue skills performed with assistance | POLLIWOG |
| Water Movement | Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently | GUPPY |
| Water Stamina | Develops intermediate self-rescue skills performed at longer distances than in previous stages | MINNOW |
| Stroke Introduction | Introduces basic stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke | FISH |
| Stroke Development | Introduces breaststroke and butterfly and reinforces water safety through treading water and sidestroke | FLYING FISH |
| Stroke Mechanics | Refines stroke technique on all major competitive strokes and encourages swimming as part of a healthy lifestyle | SHARK |
