April is Adult Learn to Swim Month – with Great Bay Masters
More than a third of adults in the United States can’t swim the length of a pool, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which puts them at risk of being one of the 10 people who drown every day in this country. U.S. Masters Swimming's Adult Learn-to-Swim initiative is on the front lines to change this statistic. With education, outreach, and financial support, USMS is making more adults safer around water.
Join us for Adult Learn-to-Swim, a program geared towards gaining comfort and independence in the water. Supported by volunteers from Great Bay Masters.
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Adult: Beginner
Adult Beginner class is designed for students with no swim experience to those working towards independent swimming. Swimmers start with learning the basic safety skills (breath control through the mouth and nose, front and back float, as well as the beginning arm and kicking movements for freestyle) and progress to independent freestyle and develop backstroke technique.
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Adult: Immediate
This level builds upon basic swimming skills, focusing on refining strokes and improving endurance. It's designed for those who can already swim freestyle unassisted and want to progress to more advanced techniques like rotary breathing, breaststroke, backstroke, and treading water. These lessons often include swimming longer distances and practicing drills to improve technique.
Swimmer should be Comfortable in deep water and be able to swim 25 meters of front crawl.
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