Group Swimming Lessons
YWCA Tulsa wants to help teach your children how to be safer around water. We offer group swim lessons for people as young as six months old. We work with you and your child to assess their skill level, and place them in the appropriate session.
Group Swim Lesson Classes
American Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics helps young children get ready to swim by emphasizing fun in the water. Guardians and children participate in several guided practice sessions that help kids learn elementary swimming skills, including water entry, bubble blowing, front kicking, back floating, underwater exploration and more.
- Location: Patti Johnson Wilson Center and East Community Center
- Age Range: 6 months – 3 years
- Class Length: 30 minutes
- 6 sessions
- Class meets 1 time/week
- Adult/child class
Cost: $60
Registration for January classes opens December 30th.
Level I participants learn to enter and exit the water safely, open eyes underwater, pick up submerged objects, swim on front and back using arm and leg actions, submerge mouth, nose, and eyes, float on front and back, follow basic water safety rules, exhale underwater through mouth and nose, explore arm and hand movements, and use a life jacket.
* Must be at least 4 years old and able to sit in a group setting while listening to instructions.
- Location: Patti Johnson Wilson Center and East Community Center
- Age Range: 3 years – 13 years
- Class Length: 45 minutes
- 8 sessions
- Class meets 2 times/week
Cost: $45 members/$75 non-members
Registration for March classes opens January 25th.
Level II participants learn to enter water by stepping or jumping from the side of the pool, open eyes underwater, pick up submerged objects, roll over from front to back and back to front, swim on side, exit water safely using ladder or side, float on front and back, tread water using arm and leg motions, move in the water while wearing a life jacket, submerge entire head, perform front and back glide, and swim 6-8 feet on front and back using dog paddle.
- Location: Patti Johnson Wilson Center and East Community Center
- Age Range: 5 years – 13 years
- Class Length: 45 minutes
- 8 sessions
- Class meets 2 times/week
Cost: $45 members/$75 non-members
Registration for March classes opens January 25th.
Level III participants learn to jump into deep water from one side, bob with head fully submerged, perform survival float, dive from kneeling or standing position, use rotary breathing in horizontal position, change from horizontal to vertical position on front and back, submerge and retrieve an object, perform front and back glide, perform front and back crawl, perform reaching assist, learn proper kicking techniques, learn elementary backstroke, and are introduced to breaststroke.
- Location: Patti Johnson Wilson Center and East Community Center
- Age Range: 7 years – 13 years
- Class Length: 45 minutes
- 8 sessions
- Class meets 2 times/week
Cost: $45 members/$75 non-members
Registration for March classes opens January 25th.
Level IV students learn to refine the strokes they begin learning in Level III, and work on building endurance and strength. This level can be a predecessor to swim team.
- Location: Patti Johnson Wilson Center
- Age Range: 9 years – 13 years
- Class Length: 45 minutes
- 8 sessions
- Class meets 2 times/week
Cost: $45 members/$75 non-members
Registration for March classes opens January 25th.
These classes are developed for adults with little to no swimming experience and for those who want to improve their swim strokes. The goal of these lessons is to make adults competent, confident, and successful swimmers.
- Location: East Community Center
- Age Range: 13+
- Class Length: 45 minutes
- 8 sessions
- Class meets 1 time/week
Cost: $45 members/$75 non-members