What is SwimAmerica?

Delta Aquatics is proud to to be affiliated with SwimAmerica, the nation’s leading learn-to-swim school, since 2004. This program was created by America’s foremost experts on swimming and is the only program endorsed by the American Swim Coaches Association. SwimAmerica™ uses the station method to teach children how to swim quickly and efficiently. Its effective and logical teaching progression builds strong swimming by introducing new skills while constantly reviewing those previously mastered.

SwimAmerica™ is a nationwide Learn-to-Swim program with over 750 sites currently operating in the U.S. Each year many area youngsters aged 3 and older come to Delta Aquatics’ SwimAmerica™ program to learn to swim. A nationally certified staff, utilizing state-of-the-art instructional techniques will take your child through a progressive program. Each level is designed to offer swimmers a valuable and useful skill. 

The SwimAmerica™ program emphasizes two aspects: it is goal driven and technique oriented. Children are taught in small groups and move to higher skill groups as they achieve the advancement goals of their present group. Starting with the most basic skill, blowing bubbles in the pool, swimmers advance through 9 levels from "roll over and float" to advanced stroke mechanics.

Goal Driven

There are well-defined skills that are recognized at every step. In each of the 9 levels swimmers are rewarded for their efforts and accomplishments at every phase of the learn to swim progression which builds their self-confidence. Each swimmer is presented with a special certificate, which clearly shows their progress as they build swimming technique and ability.
A Graduation Certificate is awarded to each child at the end of his or her first session. Upon graduating from future levels, children receive special stickers to place on their certificate. In addition, they are given an Advancement Card that lists the skills for their next level, as also shown below in our level structures. Parents appreciate knowing what children will be mastering at each level in the program. You can follow your child's progress by checking the evaluation reports in Captyn, which outlines the advancement skills they have mastered as they move through the program. The Swim Lesson Supervisor does ongoing evaluations of each swimmer during the session and will advance a swimmer when they are ready for the next level.

Technique Oriented

Our program is concerned with teaching proper stroke mechanics from the beginning. Correcting errors is more difficult later in the developmental progression. The program director, site supervisors, and coaches emphasize correct swimming skills from the very first lesson and have been professionally trained to offer your child the latest in swimming technique.

Water Safety

Water safety is an important part of the program. Early on, children are taught to “roll over and float.” This is a necessary skill in case of a water emergency. “Roll over and float” will be reviewed at every lesson. And while SwimAmerica™ students receive only the highest quality instruction, it’s important to remember that no child is ever water safe unless supervised by an adult at the water's edge.

LEVELS

Level Skills & Goals

As the skills of each level are mastered, your child is rewarded and moved to the next level within the progression. This effective step by step method allows even the youngest swimmers to learn to swim SAFELY, while offering stronger swimmers the opportunity to develop all of the competitive strokes.

Note: Good breathing is the KEY to good swimming. If you do not breathe properly then you will not swim well, and you will tire more quickly. We spend a lot of time working on bobs and breathing properly at all SwimAmerica™ levels.