Summer Fun in the Sun
Summer’s almost here and it’s the perfect time to learn how to swim. The Habersham Rapids Swim Team is offering swimming lessons. Registration opens tomorrow.
The Habersham Rapids Progressive Swimming Lesson Program will prepare any child for open water swimming and teach them water safety.
Registration/Recommendation night is tomorrow, Monday, April 27 from 5-7 p.m. at the Ruby C. Fulbright Aquatic Center in Clarkesville. Please bring your children prepared to swim so that they can be placed appropriately. “Kids get in the water for a three to five minute assessment with one of our teachers. They lead the child through various games and skills and recommend an appropriate level based on his or her ability,” says Swimming Lessons Coordinator, Natalie Jorde.
A $65 registration fee is due at time of registration. The fee covers the first month of swim lessons. It’s $65 per month after that. Checks can be made payable to “Habersham Rapids Swim Team.” No sibling discounts.
Recommendation Levels and Outlines
- Level 1 – Swimmers will adjust to the water and learn: how to submerge their face and eyes in the water, float on their back with minimal assistance, use scooping arm motions and kicks.
- Level 2 – Swimmers will learn how to: flip from their front to their back while floating, independently scoop and kick with face submerged for 15 feet, kick on their back, and dive to the bottom for a submerged object.
- Level 3 – Swimmers will learn how to: swim full freestyle with a flip breath and full backstroke with proper technique.
- Level 4 – Swimmers will learn: the breast stroke kick, breast stroke arms, dolphin kick, butterfly arms, side breath for freestyle and will build endurance in all four competitive strokes.
- Level 5 – Swimmers will refine and build endurance in all four competitive strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breast stroke, and butterfly. Emphasis will be placed on timing of breast stroke and butterfly. At the completion of this level, swimmers will be prepared to successfully join swim team.
About Habersham Rapids Swim Team
The Habersham Rapids Swim Team has been producing competitive swimmers for the past 38 years and has been led by Coach Anthony Rabern for over 15 years.
For more information please visit the Habersham Rapids Progressive Swimming Lessons webpage: https://habershamswimlesso.wix.com/hrst-swim-lessons
