Departments / Parks & Recreation / The Colony Pool Club
Swim Lessons
Important Information:
- The group session fee is $80 per swimmer. Fees are not pro-rated based on attendance.
- Our group lessons program runs three two-week sessions, with daily lessons Monday – Thursday:
- Session 1: June 16 – June 26
- Session 2: June 30 – July 10
- Session 3: July 14 – July 24
- Each session has multiple lesson timeslots:
- 11:30 – 12:00PM
- 12:00 PM – 12:30PM
- 12:30PM – 1:00PM
- For safety reasons, members must be four years of age or older and toilet trained to participate.
Lesson Plan
| Lesson Level | Lesson Name | Lesson Description |
| Beginner 1 | Introduction to Water Skills | Teaches familiarity with water, bobbing, retrieving submerged objects and water safety. Introduces floating, glides, and alternating arm and leg action on front and back. |
| Beginner 2 | Fundamental Aquatic Skills | Teaches full submersion, floats, glides, and treading water. Combines alternating arm and leg action for Front Crawl and Backstroke. |
| Advanced Beginner 1 | Stroke Development | Teaches rotary breathing, treading water, Front Crawl, and Backstroke. Introduces streamline position, the Butterfly kick, and Elementary Backstroke. Proficiency at this skill level prepares the swimmer to pass the Deep Water Test, a description of which can be found at the bottom of the page. Exit assessment: Pass The Deep Water Test. |
| Advanced Beginner 2 | Stroke Improvement | Introduces Breaststroke, Sidestroke, Butterfly, open turns, and surface diving. Exit assessment: Swim 50 meters without resting. |
| Intermediate 1 | Stroke Refinement | Introduces shallow angle dive, sculling, and treading water for 5 minutes. Focuses on increasing swim distances. Exit assessment: Swim 75 meters without resting. |
| Intermediate 2 | Skill Proficiency | Teaches advanced turns and long-distance swimming. Refines all skills and strokes. Exit assessment: Swim 100 meters without resting. |
The Colony Pool Club facilitates private swimming lessons between Club lifeguards and coaches who are certified instructors and members according to the following terms:
- Lesson time and the fee is to be arranged directly with the swim coach or lifeguard/instructor.
- A list of instructors can be provided by the current on duty manager at the Club.
- Lessons are given when the Club is open only.
- Lessons are typically 30 minutes each.
Deep Water Test
All members & guests ages 15 and under must pass the test each summer.
- For safety reasons, all members & guests under the age of 15 must pass the Deep Water Test every summer to prove to Club Management that they can swim well enough to be permitted in water over their heads.
- Swimmers using the slides, diving board and teen dock are in depths over 10 feet. Only members who have passed the Deep Water Test are permitted to use these features.
- The Deep Water Test is given periodically throughout the day and will be announced over the public address system by a manager on duty.
- The test is administered in the swim lanes and requires the individual to swim freestyle two full lengths of lane and tread water for a set amount of time without touching the side, grabbing the lane line or ladder, and without the chin, mouth or nose going below the surface for one minute.
- In the event of a lost deep water badge, replacement badges can be purchased at the manager’s office for a fee of $5.
