Swim Lessons

Group Swim Lessons

Youth group swim lessons are more than just safety and skills: they are tailored to make swimming a lifelong enjoyment by mixing games, movement, and athletic challenge into the water experience.

Fall Group Lessons

Wednesdays: September 25th – November 13th

Cost: Eight Lessons $100 (Advance Registration Required) 

To register, click the lesson time to signup online or call the front desk (845) 586-6250

Wednesday Lesson Times

• Parent and Child (6mo - 2years, with parent): 3:15pm - 3:45pm

• Preschool Levels 1-2 (with parent): 4:00pm - 4:30pm

• Learn to Swim Level 1: 4:45pm – 5:15pm

• Learn to Swim Level 2: 5:30pm – 6:00pm

• Learn to Swim Level 3: 4:45pm - 5:15pm

• Adult Group: 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Saturdays: September 28th - November 16th

Cost: Eight Lessons $100 (Advance Registration Required) 

To register, click the lesson time to signup online or call the front desk (845) 586-6250

Saturday Lesson Times

• Learn to Swim Levels 1: 9:00am -9:30am

• Learn to Swim Levels 2: 9:45am -10:15am

• Level 3 : 10:30am -11am

• Pre-School levels 1 and 2 : 11:15am - 11:45am

• Parent Child (6mo - 2years, with parent): 12pm - 12:30pm

Swim Club:

Wednesday’s and Friday’s September 25th - December 6th:

Cost Ten Lessons $230 (Advanced Registration Required)

To register, click the time below or call the front desk (845)586-6250

• Swim Club Session: 5:30pm - 6:30pm

What are the Swimming Levels?

Are you unsure what class would be best for your child? Have no fear — this short summary can help you pick the right class. And if you have any questions, please give the front desk a call and we would be happy to guide you.

Children 5 and under

Parent and Child

• What you’ll learn:

  • Familiarize children with the water and teach swimming readiness skills (how to enter/exit the water, not being afraid of getting wet, building blocks for floating and blowing bubbles).

  • Teach parents safety techniques for orienting their child in the water.

Prerequisites: Parents must be in the water with the child. Minimum age of 6 months old.

Preschool Levels 1 & 2

• What you’ll learn:

  • Expands on Parent & Child skills including jumping into the water, breath control & submerging, frontward facing buoyancy (gliding and front float), buoyancy on the back, changing direction and learning to tread water, and starting to learn how to swim on the front and back.

  • Teach parents safety techniques for orienting their child in the water.

• Prerequisites: Parents must be in the water with the child. Generally kids are 4 - 6 years old.

Children 6+ (age is a benchmark)

Learn to Swim Level 1 - Introduction to Aquatic Skills

• What you’ll learn:

  • Orient participants to the aquatic environment and help them gain basic aquatic skills: learning to bob, open eyes underwater, front and back gliding, back float, rolling from front to back, learning components of treading water.

  • Help develop positive attitudes and safe practices around water.

• Prerequisites: No prerequisites.

Learn to Swim Level 2 - Fundamental Aquatic Skills

• What you’ll learn:

  • Orient participants to the aquatic environment and help them grow basic aquatic skills: expanding to extended bobbing, learning rotary breathing, face-down floating in 3 positions, extended back float and front floats, treading water for 15 seconds, and combined arm and leg actions on the front.

• Prerequisites: Completing Level 1 skills.

Learn to Swim Level 3 - Stroke Development

• What you’ll learn:

  • Expanding skills to include headfirst entry into the water from a seated position, bobbing while moving, rotary breathing, survival float, back float, learning the front crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke & scissors kick.

  • Build on water safety skills.

• Prerequisites: Completing Level 2 skills.

Learn to Swim Level 4 - Stroke Improvement

• What you’ll learn:

  • Expanding skills to include headfirst entry into the water from a compact position, swim underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front & back crawl open turns, tread water with different kicks, swimming for distance with the front crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke, butterfly, and backstroke.

  • Build on water safety skills.

• Prerequisites: Completing Level 3 skills.

Private Swim Lessons

• Days and times dependent on instructor availability.

• Cost: $38 for a half-hour lesson. $76 for a full hour lesson.

Pool Parties and Rentals

Contact us to schedule your upcoming pool parties or pool rentals.

Contact us to schedule water safety talks for your organization or school this school year.

Contact us to rent lanes for your club or organization!

Click here to download our Room Rental Agreement (PDF, opens in new window)

Call (845) 586-6250 or email info@catskillrecreationcenter.org for questions and to register for swim lessons.