Advanced fitness swimming builds upon skills and training learned previously, with emphasis on continued improvement of fitness swimmer's cardiovascular endurance. Students will learn how to administer swimming fitness assessments and build skills to train and participate in distance swimming events.
An introduction to more advanced endurance and speed techniques to enable swimming greater distances. Additional flexibility work and core strengthening will be introduced, as well as ways to avoid common swimming injuries.
A review of swimming form, cardiovascular basics and general principles of exercise, as well as an introduction to the next level of fitness swimming and the use of heart rate measurement to determine high and low aerobic zones. The course will also emphasize range of motion, body alignment, and strength building.
Designed to engage students in comprehensive cardiovascular exercise through the activity of lap swimming. Emphasizes the physiological value of swimming to obtain cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, and overall wellness.
Instruction, analysis and practice in mastery level of competitive swimming skills and techniques, leading to high level of stroke proficiency in four competitive swimming strokes. Competitive swimming events and racing strategies will be emphasized.
An advanced level stroke development course emphasizing short axis strokes (breaststroke and butterfly) leading to increased stroke proficiency. It refines aquatic posture line and balance and improves coordination of parts of a stroke into whole strokes and racing turns and finishes.
In-depth instruction in long axis competitive swimming strokes (freestyle and backstroke). Current practices and development of competitive swimming, biomechanics of long axis swimming strokes, turns, and water safety will be covered.
A course designed to support students in improving fundamental aquatic skills and provide instruction in swimming stroke development. Deep water swimming and survival techniques will be emphasized.
A course designed for the non-swimmer, providing instruction in fundamental swimming and personal water safety skills.
A course designed for the non-swimmer, introducing water safety and basic swimming skills, including physical and mental adjustments to water, floating and basic strokes.