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Level 4: Strong Intermediate; Swim Stroke Improvement
By this time, our level 4 swimmers are considered strong intermediate swimmers starting to learn advanced skills. Usually they are between 9-11 yrs old if they have been coming to the Farnsworth Swim School since they were between 1-3 [...]
Level 3/Intermediate Swimming Lessons
When a swimmer reaches Level 3, they begin to work on their stroke development. These students will refine their freestyle and backstroke technique, as well as continue to work on elementary backstroke. They will also be introduced to breaststroke, [...]
Level 2/Intermediate Swimming Lessons
When a swimmer reaches level 2, they are no longer considered a beginner. They are considered an intermediate swimmer. This level focuses on fundamental aquatic skills, continuing to move towards freestyle and backstroke mastery. These swimmers will also begin [...]
Goldfish Level Swimming Lessons
There are 9 levels that make up the swim program at Farnsworth Swim School. Once a student has graduated from the beginning tadpole level, they are then considered a “goldfish.” The goldfish level continues to focus on water safety and [...]
Tadpole/Beginner Swimming Lessons
At Farnsworth Swim School, our program consists of 9 levels, ranging from absolute beginner to advanced. Our beginning level is the tadpole level and refers to swimmers who are not water safe and are often taking lessons for the very [...]
Crying is Normal
At the Farnsworth Swim School, we believe that the younger that children learn to swim, the better. We start as young as 1 yrs old. Swimming is like learning a language. The younger you learn, the easier it is [...]
Does my child still need to take lessons while they are on the swim team?
Yes! At the Farnsworth Swim School, we teach all levels of swimming and are highly skilled at coaching swim team members. Swimmers tend to believe that once on the swim team, they’ll get all their needs met and learn everything [...]