When you choose Chicago Blue Dolphins for your child, you’re choosing the most innovative children’s swimming program in Chicago.
We know that’s a bold statement, but we stand firmly behind it because we:
- Use gold-standard teaching methods.
- Conduct classes in our cutting-edge Swim Studio for faster, more precise learning.
- Incorporate a mix of smaller, Endless pools and full-size pools that build swimmer fitness and teach a full range of swimming and water safety skills.
- Use games, imagination and fun drill names like “Hot dog!” and “Superman arms” to keep learning fun yet effective.
- Apply technology, such as instant video playback, for faster learning.
We’re extremely proud of the fact that our methods; our positive, patient and fun delivery; and our technology builds better swimmers because the children clearly understand what they’re supposed to do and how to do it.
What Levels of Classes Do You Offer for Kids Ages 4 to 12?
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In these classes, your child will focus on:
- Becoming comfortable and relaxed in the water.
- Learning the basics of aquatic breathing (bubbling).
- Becoming self-sufficient with floating, gliding, kicking and doing elementary strokes on the front and back.
- Learning to float for longer times and with more control.
- Learning the basics of freestyle and backstroke, including body rotation, arm motion, and kicking.
- Rolling to get air without losing body position or momentum.
- Learning the basic body positions and leg action for breaststroke and butterfly.
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In these classes, your child will focus on:
- Becoming comfortable and relaxed in the water.
- Learning the basics of aquatic breathing (bubbling).
- Becoming self-sufficient with floating, gliding, kicking and doing elementary strokes on the front and back.
- Learning to float for longer times and with more control.
- Learning the basics of freestyle and backstroke, including body rotation, arm motion, and kicking.
- Rolling to get air without losing body position or momentum.
- Learning the basic body positions and leg action for breaststroke and butterfly.
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In these classes, we will work with your child to develop a rhythmic form of freestyle and backstroke. The classes focus on:
- Building up to at least 30 strokes of freestyle with rhythmic breathing and better mastery of fundamental positions.
- Building up to at least 30 strokes of backstroke with good balance, over-water recovery, side-to-side rotation and timing.
- Learning the foundations of the breaststroke by adding the arm stroke and learning basic timing.
- Building up to at least 10 strokes of breaststroke with good pull-breathe-kick-glide timing.
- Completing at least 5 strokes of rhythmic butterfly with at least 1 breath.
Once young swimmers graduate from Intermediate 2, they can join the Chicago Blue Dolphins Swim Team, where we continue to refine their swim strokes and also introduce key skills for racing, such as dives, turns and streamlining.
What Can You Expect from Our Kids Learn-to-Swim Classes?
