Nomahegan Swim & Tennis Club - Westfield, New Jersey

Swim Lessons:

It's that time of the year again - time to pull out the flip-flops and count the days until Nomahegan opens for the summer. One of Nomahegan's greatest attributes is it's free swimming lessons. Half-hour swimming lessons are offered between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. We offer lessons for the very beginning swimmer to the experience swim team member. A brief description of the lessons is below:

a. Basic Beginner - for ages 3-5. A basic introductin to the water. Our youngest swimmers will work on kicking, putting their face in the water, rotary breathing, floating and work towards some independence in the water.

b. Beginner 1 - for children who are comfortable in the water and able to follow the instructor's directions. Beginner Ones will work on learning freestyle, with proper arm motion, rotary breathing and kicking. They will start learning backstroke and will work on jumping into the pool independently.

c. Beginner 2 - for children who can swim independently but need to work on their technique. Beginner Two's will work on endurance - working toward swimming proper freestyle for 50m, backstroke for 25m and will work on learning breaststroke and butterfly kick.

d. Advanced Beginner - for children who can swim freestyle with good technique. Advanced Beginners will continue to build endurance and perfect kicking techniques in all four strokes. They will work on increasing their confidence in the water wither treading water skills and survival floats.

e. Intermediate - for children who can swim freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. Intermediates should be able to swim several lengths of the lap pool and will work on learning butterfly and open turns. Intermediates will work toward a 5 min. continuous swim.

f. Swimmers - for children who know how to swim all four strokes and have the strength to do laps. Swimmers will work on perfecting technique in all four strokes and perfecting their dives.

The sign-up sheet will list the times each lesson is offered. If you are not sure which lesson is appropriate for your child, please e-mail Molly at nomocoach@gmail.com.