Swimming Lessons for Kids
Super Swim-Kids – 10 Level Swimming Techniques For 5-12 Years Old
10-Level Swimming Technique
Program for 5-12 Year Olds
Super Swim-Kids is our bestselling program for children between 5 and 12 years old. We start from scratch (no prior swimming experience required), building proper technique and skills to get kids up to competition level in all 4 strokes by the end of the program. Our aim is to nurture and teach effective swimming and water safety in a fun and inclusive environment.
The program is structured progressively in 10 levels, with different skills, strokes and techniques taught at each level. We teach through games, drills and age-appropriate challenges to ensure children enjoy learning while picking up proper swimming techniques.
Super Swim-Kids
Super Swim-Kids takes your children from a baseline of zero swimming experience, and work with them step-by-step to get them to:
- swim all 4 strokes and 2 lifesaving strokes
- experience both pool and open water swimming (Levels 4&5)
- train and compete in all 4 strokes (Level 4 onwards)
- learn valuable lifesaving skills to keep themselves and others safe in the water (Level 6)
- experience live swim events, meets and races (Level 7 onwards)
- discover and join Tri-Kids, our triathlon program for children (optional extra bonus)
WHO
- 5-12 y/o
- No prerequisites
*If your child is uncomfortable being underwater, we recommend they join our Starfish Explorer crash course first
WHAT
These are the details of what we teach in each level of the program. Kids go through the program at their own pace, with regular tests where they are assessed in order to go on to the next level. Tests are usually held every 4 months, or whenever the coach decides your child is ready. The test fee is $6 and includes a certificate of completion.
Basic Water Confidence
Super Starfish is aimed at building confidence and safety skills in the water. In this level, we use a fin float to assist with flotation while introducing basic propulsion techniques like flutter kick and breaststroke kick. The aim is for your child to gain confidence that they can move around in the water independently, and be inspired to swim more.
Advanced Water Confidence & Basic Kicking
Super Seahorse builds water confidence and water safety skills, including breath management (both with and without a swim snorkel), floating unassisted, and front, side and back flutter kicking. Upon completing this level, your child will be able to swim 10m on their own
Fishlike Breaststroke & Advanced Kicking
Super Frog focuses on basic balancing drills for all four swim strokes and kicking techniques for lifesaving strokes. This includes breaststroke, backstroke and lifesaving backstroke kicks, freestyle skate, body dolphin for butterfly, and scissors kick for sidestroke. In this level, children will learn how to use fins as they swim. We also introduce surface dives and treading water.
Fishlike Freestyle
Super Otter is uniquely designed using Fishlike teaching methodology to be the most effective way of learning freestyle. We teach advanced drills to get your child to swim a graceful yet powerful freestyle for at least 50m. We also revise and improve their breaststroke swim techniques, with the aim of getting your child comfortable swimming in the pool and in open water on their own. From this level onward, your child can begin competitive training alongside regular Super Swim-Kids classes.
*Some Level 4 sessions are held in the sea at Tanjong Beach, Sentosa
Fishlike Backstroke
Super Sea Lion teaches Fishlike backstroke by breaking down the essential components of the stroke into manageable steps. At the same time, we build on your child’s fitness and training of all previously learned strokes. At the end of this level, children will be able to swim 400m in open water in under 14 min.
*Some Level 5 sessions are held in the sea at Tanjong Beach, Sentosa
Lifesaving Strokes
Super Swordfish is designed to inculcate lifesaving techniques for lifesaving backstroke and sidestroke. Your child will also be trained in the basic skills of towing a victim with and without a flotation aid, being able to stay afloat by treading water for at least 4 min, and making a float with a long sleeve shirt or pants in open water.
Fishlike Butterfly
Super Dolphin is designed to refine your child’s swim skills and introduce them to advanced Fishlike Butterfly. By the end of Level 7, your child will be familiar and confident in swimming 50m butterfly, along with all the other swim techniques and strokes taught in previous levels.
Starts & Turns
Super Orca teaches specific techniques for starts and turns, including the survival plunge from a height of 4 m, and the respective competitive starts and turns for freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly. The aim is to incorporate these skills seamlessly into your child’s full swim.
Individual Medley & Lifesaving Individual Medley
Super Barracuda is designed to teach your child to maintain his or her fitness with all the Fishlike strokes learned in the previous modules. Passing criteria for this module are the ability to: (1) plunge in and swim 200m individual medley within 5.30mins according to FINA rules, and (2) plunge in and swim 200m lifesaving individual medley within 6.0mins.
Swim Active For Life
Super Tiger shark is the final level in the series and incorporates time and distance challenges. At this level we are aiming at getting your child to swim 750m Freestyle in under 22mins. We also work to enhance the efficiency of your child’s swim using the Swim Golf (or Swolf) measurement, a combination of timing and stroke counting. The goal is to achieve a Swim Golf score of under 105 for 50m Freestyle.
WHERE
- Republic of Singapore Yacht Club, Saturdays between 2PM to 6PM
- Singapore University of Technology and Design, Saturdays between 2PM to 6PM
WHEN
1 session per week, 45mins
1hr per session
(depending on level)
HOW MUCH
- $150/month for 1xweek sessions
- Sign-up is for one term (4 months) of sessions: $600
- 1 month refundable deposit upon sign-up + one-off registration fee of $50
- Interest-free installments available via Atome
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WHY JOIN
Small Class Size for Personalized Coaching
We always maintain a low student:coach ratio, usually 4-6 students to a coach so that your kids benefit from lots of personal attention, and get to learn and make friends at the same time.
Step-by-Step Approach to Building a Lifetime of Swimming
Our program is unique in that we build swimming skills from zero to competitive levels. Through this approach, your child will learn the value of regular training, building the right habits to swim well for a lifetime. They will also gain confidence and build character as they journey through the levels and overcome their challenges under our expert guidance.
All-Round Skill-Building
Our program focuses on all the necessary swim skills, strokes and techniques, including open water swimming, water safety and lifesaving, as well as training and competing in the 4 main strokes. We will give your kids everything that they need to swim in any environment, in any circumstance, for any reason, with nothing left out!
Learn to Swim Right from the Start
All our swim coaching is based on the principles of Total Immersion, an approach that optimizes hydrodynamics to make swimming smooth, effortless and graceful. Give your kids the gift of learning to swim well from the start, so they never have to unlearn bad habits or struggle in the water again.