Town of Chapel Hill, NC
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Please see our current program brochure or our online registration portal for more detail information about our programs.
We offer a variety of swim programs, ranging from learn to swim lessons for all ages to our non-competitive recreation swim team to our competitive summer swim team.
Swim Lessons
Our swim lessons are offered year-round for swimmers of all ages and include all skill levels. Our lessons emphasize water safety, skill and stroke development.
We offer lessons in a once a week, 8-lesson format.
Cost:
$75 per session for Residents $90 per session for Non-Residents
Guppies:
Ages 6mo.- 3 years
Learn safe behaviors around the water and develop swimming readiness by leading parents and their children in water exploration activities with the objective of having fun and becoming comfortable in, on and around water. Parent accompaniment in the water is required.
Starfish:
Ages 3-5 years
Level 1. Introduction to Water Skills. Learn to feel comfortable in the water and basic water skills. For children with little or no previous water experience and can separate from their parents without crying.
Turtles:
Ages 3-5 years
Level 2. Fundamentals of Aquatic Skills: Learn basic swimming skills. Must be able to fully submerge their head and blow bubbles from their mouth and nose. Participants will build on the skills learned in Preschool 1 and begin developing independent aquatic locomotion skills.
Eels:
Ages 3-5 years
Level 3. Stroke Development: Guided practice to improve skills. Must be confident in the water, able to submerge and blow bubbles, retrieve objects from bottom, glide and float without assistance, and swim 3 body lengths on their own.
Manta Rays:
Ages 3-5 years
Level 4. Stroke Improvement: Gain confidence, improve their stroke and gain additional aquatic skills. Must be able fully submerge and blow bubbles, glide and float without assistance, and swim 5 body lengths freestyle and backstroke on their own.
Sea Horses:
Ages 6-12 years
Level 1. Introduction to Water Skills: Learn to feel comfortable in the water and introducing basic water skills: submerging faces, blowing bubbles, and floating with assistance. For children who have little or no previous water experience and can separate from their parents without crying.
Jellyfish:
Ages 6-12 years
Level 2. Fundamentals of Aquatic Skills: Children will learn basic swimming skills. Must be able to submerge completely, retrieve objects from the bottom, and float without assistance.
Seals:
Ages 6-12 years
Level 3. Stroke Development: Guided practice will help students improve their skills. Must be able to float independently, fully submerge and blow bubbles from mouth and nose, and swim 3 body lengths independently.
Dolphins:
Ages 6-12 years
Level 4. Stroke Improvement: Gain confidence, improve their stroke and gain additional aquatic skills. Must be able to tread water for 1 minute, do a kneeling dive, and swim 15 yards freestyle (with rotary breathing) and backstroke.
Sharks:
Ages 6-12 years
Level 5. Refinement: Guidance allows kids to refine their strokes and become more efficient swimmers. Must be able to swim 50 yards of the pool freestyle and backstroke, swim 15 yards breaststroke and butterfly, and do a standing dive.
Adults (13+) - Learning the Basics
Focus on floating, kicking, basic arm movement for freestyle/front crawl, breathing, treading water and gaining confidence in the water.
Adults (13+)- Learning and Refining Swim Strokes
Adult Intermediate lessons will focus on refining technique, learning additional strokes, diving, flip turns and increasing endurance.
Fins Recreational Swim Team
To join the swim team, you must have passed Level 4 swim skills. No previous swim team experience is required to join our team as we will work with students on learning lane etiquette, using a pace clock, and all the other skills that come along with being on a swim team. The team is a great way to meet other youth in the area while exercising. Focus is placed on improving technique, endurance and speed.
Cost:
$160 for Residents $192 for Non-Residents
Penguins:
This group is designed to work on endurance and some skill technique. Practicing with this group will develop swimmers into the next level of our program. Skill requirement: Tread water for 1-minute, do a kneeling dive, and swim 15 yards freestyle (with rotary breathing) and backstroke.
Otters:
This group is designed to have basic endurance already and focuses on skill technique and refinement while naturally building endurance. This is a great group for anyone looking to join a league swim team. Skill requirement: Legally swim 25 yards of 3 out of the 4 strokes. Standing dive. 1-minute tread.
Practice Times:
Monday and Wednesday evenings. Times vary between 5:15pm and 8:15pm depending on level. Check out our brochure here for more information.