Junior Swimming Lessons

 

Swimming lessons are available at Droitwich Spa, Evesham and Pershore Leisure Centres and are held on Saturday mornings and weekday evenings. They are programmed for 30 min duration and run continuously throughout the year in courses of 10 weeks. All equipment for the lessons e.g. arm bands, floats etc are provided

 

Wychavon Leisure swimming lesson programme follows the Amateur Swimming Association’s (ASA) “National Teaching Plan” to meet nationally recognised standards for performance. The teaching plan is designed to build up a child’s swimming skills with each level becoming progressively harder and is based on continuous assessment.

 

How to Join

If the child is a non-swimmer and 5 years of age or older - they need to be registered on a Stage One waiting list and the centre will contact the parent/guardian when a space becomes available. If a child can already swim without armbands they will need to be registered on an assessment waiting list. Assessments are free and each child will be issued with a green card stating the level that they should be in.

 

Developing their Swimming

To help parents/guardians track the progress of their child, swimming lesson plans are displayed on notice boards at each centre. These show course dates, times and teachers and they also display information about the content of each level and class tick sheets show each child’s progress through the course.

 

At the end of each course each child is given a yellow card, which shows the level they should attend for the next course. This card should be taken to reception to enable you to book in. Payment can be made using cash, cheque or debit/credit card. As part of the ASA National Plan once children have completed all the levels in our programme we advise them to continue to develop their skills and provide contact details for the swimming and lifesaving clubs that are at each leisure centre.

 

The ASA Swimming Award Structure

Stage 1  

Developing basic safety awareness, the ‘class’ scenario, basic movement skills and water confidence skills. Swimmers may use aids, e.g. arm bands, floats etc.

 

Stage 2

Developing safe entries to the water, including jumping in, basic floating, travel and rotation unaided to regain upright positions. Swimmers may use aids, e.g. arm bands, floats etc.

 

Stage 3

Developing safe entries including submersion, travel up to 10 metres on the front and back, progress rotation skills and water safety knowledge.

 

Stage 4

Developing the understanding of buoyancy through a range of skills, refining kicking technique for all strokes and swimming 10 metres to a given standard as directed by the ASA.

 

Stage 5

Developing ‘watermanship’ through sculling and treading water skills, and complete rotation, also performing all strokes to the given standard as directed by the ASA.

 

Stage 6

Developing effective swimming skills including coordinated breathing; developing the water safety aspects and understanding of preparation for exercise.

 

Stage 7

Developing quality stroke technique up to 100 metres, incorporating skills learnt and combining them to develop a linked routine and complete successfully an obstacle course that combines a variety of skills accomplished throughout stages 1 – 7.