The Water Wings Swim Experience

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Thank you for your interest in our swim program!

Water Wings Swim offers two programs: Learn-to-Swim and Skilled-Swimmer. Our program is designed to cater to swimmers at various levels, ensuring comprehensive and dynamic, yet playful instruction.

Here’s a brief overview of our program:

Program Details

  • Learn to Swim: Beginner to intermediate levels focusing on foundational swimming skills.

  • Skilled Swimmer: Advanced levels focusing on refining techniques and specialized skills such as diving.

Our Learn to Swim program offers a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to developing essential swimming skills for children of all ages.

  • Starting with Wing Buddies for ages 6 months to 3 years, this introductory class allows adults and infants/toddlers to explore water comfort through songs and play while learning basic safety practices. Adult must participate in the water with their swimmer.

  • Next, Swallowtails (ages 2.5+) provides independent water exploration, teaching young swimmers to float, blow bubbles, and begin developing streamline and jumping skills.

  • Skippers focuses on fundamental swimming skills such as flutter-kicking, floating, and object retrieval for children aged four and up, building on the Swallowtails' foundation.

  • Finally, Birdwings (ages 5+) prepares swimmers for more advanced aquatic skills and stroke readiness, emphasizing rhythmic breathing, gliding, and combined strokes on both the front and back. Each class builds upon the previous, ensuring a smooth progression and a thorough understanding of water safety and swimming techniques.

    • Learn-to-Swim classes maintain a 1:2 instructor-to-swimmer ratio, ensuring personalized attention and a thorough learning experience.

For those in the Skilled Swimmer program, we offer specialized classes designed to enhance aquatic skills and stroke development.

  • The Admirals class (ages 6+) focuses on primary aquatic skills and stroke coordination, including treading water, intermediate rhythmic breathing, and swimming the width of the pool with combined arm and leg actions—activities at this level support snorkeling, open water swimming, and exploring a Caribbean cenote.

  • For advanced swimmers, the Apollos class (ages 7+) emphasizes comprehensive stroke improvement, teaching breaststroke, elementary backstroke, turns, and diving from the poolside. Swimmers also learn to coordinate front crawl with rhythmic breathing and back crawl across the pool. Activities for this level include bodyboarding, synchronized swimming, scuba diving, surf lessons, cliff jumping, and water sports like water polo and volleyball.

    • Skilled Swimmer classes maintain a 1:3 instructor-to-swimmer ratio, ensuring personalized attention and a thorough learning experience.

Session Example

Classes run on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays for two consecutive weeks. All classes begin after 5:00 pm. 

Why Choose Water Wings?

  • Structured yet Playful

  • Actively monitor and communicate swimmer progress

  • Community Oriented

  • Convenient locations in southeast intown neighborhoods

  • Class times adapted for modern families

  • Delightful atmosphere for swimmers and parents

  • Run entirely at outdoor pools

  • Heated pools at all of our locations

  • Premium swimmer-to-instructor ratio

  • Low-risk outdoor activity