Otsego Aquatic Center

Must be at least 3 years old, independent of parents and be able to take directions.

This level is designed to make swimmers feel comfortable without their parents. Here, students will build confidence, good attitudes, and safe practices around the water. By the end of this level, swimmers will be able to put their faces in the water for at least 3 seconds and be able to float on their front and back.

Within this level, swimmers will be learning to swim alone without support on their stomachs, swimming front crawl. They will also start learning other strokes such as backstroke and elementary backstroke. They will also have a brief introduction to breaststroke kick.

Children should already have grasped the basic concept of how to swim by this level but aren’t strong enough yet to swim without a life jacket.

In this level, swimmers will perfect the strokes that they learned in level 2. They will also be introduced to breaststroke and sidestroke.

Students should be able to  perform the strokes that they learned in level 2 by themselves, but we will work on making them stronger and more efficient.

In level 4, swimmers will begin to learn the butterfly technique along with perfecting all the other strokes.

Swimmers will also begin to start learning other skills, such as dives and treading water.

The objective of this level is for students to be coordinated in all of the keystrokes. They will also
perfect their dives and begin to learn flip turns.

Within this level, divers will learn the fundamentals of diving. The students will build confidence
on the board, learn how to do a hurdle, front and back dives.