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Mirror Lake offers
the opportunity to learn swimming techniques during the
summer months from qualified, American Red Cross swim
instructors. If you would like to sign up, you should
first contact our Waterfront Director, Annie, and
confirm that there is space by either calling her at
617-755-0392 or emailing her at
swim@magicmirrorlake.com. You may then
download the enrollment form
in PDF format and mail it to us with your check.
Although we have a general schedule, we can also build
classes around
YOUR availability or that of your
children's. For many parents with more than one child,
it is extraordinarily convenient if both children can
have their lessons at the same time. If we have three
children at the same level and available at the same
time, then we can get a class off of the ground. The
basic schedule of classes is as follows:
2011 SCHEDULE
Session I: July 4 to July 22 (3 weeks)
Session II: July 25 to August 13 (3 weeks)
Monday, Wednesday and Friday:
Level I: 10 to
10:45 AM
Level II: 11 to 11:45 AM
Cost: $99
for 9 lessons
Tuesday and Thursday:
Preschool I: 10 to 10:30 AM
Preschool II: 11 to 11:30
AM
Cost: $69 for 6 lessons
*
Minimum of 3 kids to run a class.
* Maximum of 10 per
class.
* 5:1 ratio (swimmer to instructor ratio)
*
For schedule of level III classes and higher, please
call or email.
Private Lessons
1 person - 1/2 hour: $20, 45 min: $30, 1 hour: $40
2 person - 1/2 hour: $40, 45 min: $55, 1 hour: $65
American Red Cross Swim Level
Objectives
Preschool
Lessons (3 years to 5 years)
This
program provides children opportunity to learn to swim
without parental assistance.
Preschool
I
Children learn the basic swim
skills with extra assistance from our staff. Preschool I
participants learn to:
- Enter and exit the water
safely
- Basic body positions, including arm and hand
movements
- Float on front and back
- Follow basic
water rules
- Blowing bubbles
- Kicking
- Use
of a life jacket
Preschool II
Children continue to reinforce basic skills with little
or no assistance. Preschool II participants learn to:
- Enter and exit the water safely
- Basic body
positions, including arm and hand movements
- Float
on front and back
- Follow basic water rules
-
Blowing bubbles
- Kicking
- Submerge of mouth,
nose and eyes
- Introduction to rotary breathing
-
Use of a life jacket
Level I:
Introduction to Water Skills
- Enter
and exit the water safely
- Basic body positions,
including arm and hand movements
- Float on front and
back
- Exhale underwater through mouth and nose
-
Introduction to breath control
- Follow basic water
rules
- Blowing bubbles
- Kicking
- Submerge of
mouth, nose and eyes
- Open eyes underwater; pick up
an object
- Introduction to rotary breathing
- Use
of a life jacket
In order to pass Level I
student/camper must be able to:
1. Enter
unassisted, move 5 yards, bob 5 times to chin level and
exit water
2. Float on front with support for 3
seconds, roll to back and float on back for 3 seconds
with assistance.
Level II: Fundamental
Aquatic Skills
- Enter water by
stepping or jumping from the side/dock
- Submerge
entire head
- Float on front and back
- Roll over
from front to back, back to front
- Swim on front and
back while using combined strokes, rhythmic breathing
(bobbing)
- Move in the water using a life jacket
- Exit water safely
- Open eyes underwater, pick up
object
- Perform front and back glide
- Swim on
side
- Tread water using arm and leg motion
In
order to pass Level II, student/camper must be able to:
1. Step into chest deep water, move into a front float
for 5 seconds, roll over to back float, stand up, then
back float for 5 seconds and stand up.
2. Push
off and swim combined front stroke 15 feet and do the
same for the backstroke.
Level III:
Stroke Development
- Jump into deep
water from the side/dock
- Submerge and retrieve an
object
- Use rotary breathing
- Perform survival
float
- Butterfly-kick and body motion
- Perform a
reaching assist
- Change from horizontal to vertical
position on front and back
- Dive from kneeling or
standing position
- Bob with the head fully submerged
- Perform front and back glide
- Perform front and
back crawl
- Perform the HELP and huddle position
- Use Check-Call-Care in an emergency
- Charge from
horizontal to vertical position on front and back
In order to pass Level III, student/camper must be able
to:
1. Jump into chest deep water from the dock,
swim front crawl for 15 yards with face in the water and
rhythmic breathing, maintain position by treading or
floating for 30 seconds and swim back crawl for 15
yards.
Level IV: Stroke Improvement
- Perform shallow dive or dive from stride position
-
Perform feet-first surface dive
- Tread water using
sculling arm motions and kick
- Swim underwater
-
Perform open turns on front and back
- Use safe
diving rules
- Perform the following:
a.
Front and back crawl
b. Breaststroke
c.
Butterfly
d. Elementary backstroke
e. Swim
on side using scissors-like kick
In order to pass
Level VI the student/camper must be able to:
1.
Perform a feet first entry in chest deep water, swim
front crawl 25 yards, back float 1 minute in deep water
and swim elementary backstroke for 15 yards.
2.
Swim breaststroke for 15 yards, tread water 1 minute and
swim back crawl 25 yards.
Level V:
Stroke Refinement
- Tread water with
2 different kicks
- Perform rescue breathing
-
Learn survival swimming
- Standing and shallow dive
- Tuck and pike surface dive
- Front and back flip
turn
In order to pass Level V the student/camper
must be able to:
1. Perform a shallow dive into
deep water, swim front crawl for 50 yards, back float
for 2 minutes, swim elementary backstroke for 25 yards.
2. Swim breaststroke for 25 yards, tread water for 2
minutes and swim back crawl for 50 yards.
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