The four levels

Each level has a cap color. The instructor decides when a swimmer is ready to move up, and every swimmer moves at their own pace.

01
Water comfort
Yellow cap, ages 3 to 5
Skills
- Getting in and out of the pool by the steps
- Blowing bubbles
- Floating with support
- Walking along the wall
Moving up
The instructor suggests the next cap color when your swimmer follows cues in the water and moves along the wall without help.
02
Floating and kicking
Orange cap, ages 4 to 7
Skills
- Floating on the front and the back with support
- Kicking while holding a kickboard
- Face in the water, breathing out
- Reaching for the wall
Moving up
The instructor suggests the next cap color when your swimmer floats on the front and the back and kicks across the width.
03
Strokes
Green cap, ages 6 to 8
Skills
- Freestyle arms with a breath to the side
- Backstroke arms
- Kicking without a board
- Treading water near the wall
Moving up
The instructor suggests the next cap color when your swimmer puts arms, kicks and breathing together across the width.
04
Stroke combinations
Blue cap, ages 7 to 10
Skills
- Freestyle and backstroke across the pool
- A breaststroke kick
- Turning at the wall
- Swimming a length with rests at the wall
Moving up
Swimmers stay at this level and keep refining their strokes, with the instructor's notes after each session.

Where to startHow a placement visit works

Sample levels.

Every swimmer moves at their own pace.

What to bring

A swim cap
In the color of the swimmer's level. We tell you at the placement visit which one.
Goggles
If your swimmer likes them. Many swimmers swim without.
A swim shirt
Welcome in every class, in any level.
A towel
For the bench and the walk back to the car.

Not sure which level?

Book a placement visit and the instructor will suggest a level and a class time.

Book a placement visit See the schedule