• Level I: Water Exploration - Water introduction emphasizes basic floating skills that can be built on as they progress (i.e. water adjustment, submerging face, supported floating, & kicking). Student must meet the pools minimum height requirement

• Level II: Primary Skills - Designed for students who are adjusted to the water and can perform water movement skills including arm movement and leg kicks. Students will practice unsupported floating, flutter kicking, turning over and the combined stroke. Students must be able to perform Level I skills: float relaxed 10 seconds (front/back); glide 10 feet (front/back). Student must meet the pools minimum height requirement

• Level III: Stroke Readiness - Introduction of basic swim strokes. Students practice coordinating the components of the front and back crawl. The fundamentals of the elementary backstroke and treading water are reviewed. Students will be introduced to deep water. Students must be able to perform Level II skills: combined stroke on front and back, turning over back to front and front to back. Students must meet the pools minimum height requirement

• Level IV: Stroke Development - Emphasizes reinforcement of the basic swim strokes with an emphasis on confidence and competency in Level III skills. Students should be comfortable in deep water. Students will build endurance by swimming elementary backstroke, front crawl and back crawl at increased distances. Students will also learn the basics of breaststroke, sidestroke, and turning at the wall.

• Level V: Stroke Refinement - Students will work on the coordination, endurance and refinement of the key strokes presented in Level IV. The basic rules of diving will be reviewed. New skills to be introduced: feet first surface diving, dolphin kick and underwater swimming.

• Level VI: Skill Proficiency - Students will polish the strokes presented in previous Levels with greater ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. New skills to be introduced: the pike surface dive, tuck surface dive and additional turns.

• Adult/Child Participation Class - Designed for children under the height requirement (6 months to 7 years of age) to have fun in the water while developing swimming readiness. Course content includes Levels I - III as skills progress. All children must be accompanied by an adult in the water.

•Tot Class- Level I (Water Exploration) skills are taught to children between the ages of 3 to 5 who do not meet the height requirement.

Inclusion – The City of San Jose’s aquatics programs provides Inclusion Support Services at all of our pools. We encourage and support people of all ability levels to participate in our aquatics programs. Please provide any needs you may have on the registration form for successful participation and we will contact you directly.

Specialty Classes

• Adult Water Exercise - A stimulating exercise program using water resistance to tone the body and improve cardiovascular fitness. This class is limited to adults 18 years and over.

• Adult Swim Lessons - Open to adults ages 18 years and over at all skill levels.

• Junior Life guarding -Designed to prepare students for Lifeguard training, this class will teach you how to perform a rescue safely, use a backboard, and activate an Emergency Action Plan. Students must have passed Swim Level IV (Stroke Development), or higher in-order to enroll.

• Competitive Swimming - For those swimmers who are looking for a new challenge, this class will help students refine stroke technique and build endurance through coached workouts.