Learn to Swim

Parent & Tot is the first group in our leisure pathway, before Familiarisation. Classes take place at NAS on Fridays, with one 30-minute session each week.

This is an introductory programme designed to help young children and complete beginners build confidence in the water, explore movement, and develop foundational skills in the pool.

This programme is designed for novice swimmers who can swim a few metres without assistance and are ready to begin refining fundamental movement skills into basic stroke patterns, while developing core abilities such as flotation, breathing control, propulsion in different body positions, basic pull and recovery patterns, treading water, coordination drills, and more.

The programme aims to build a solid foundation of technical skills to support future growth in the sport of swimming.

This programme is designed for novice swimmers who can swim a few metres without assistance and are ready to begin refining fundamental movement skills into basic stroke patterns, while developing core abilities such as flotation, breathing control, propulsion in different body positions, basic pull and recovery patterns, treading water, coordination drills, and more.

The programme aims to build a solid foundation of technical skills to support future growth in the sport of swimming.

In this programme, basic stroke patterns continue to be polished. The length of the sessions and the complexity of the different drills, tasks and teaching progressions that swimmers experience are designed to support further development.

Core abilities such as flotation, breathing control, propulsion in different body positions, basic pull and recovery patterns, treading water, coordination drills, starts, open and tumble turns are fundamental aspects of the lesson plans.

The programme aims to develop a solid foundation of technical abilities to support future growth within the sport of swimming.

This programme is part of the advanced stages of 4LSA’s leisure pathway. Upon joining, swimmers will have a solid foundation in all four competitive strokes. The programme aims to continue refining technical abilities in line with the physical growth and maturation of swimmers.

Concepts such as stroke efficiency, timing and stroke tempo are introduced, along with more attention to underwater skills, dives and turns, which are key technical skills in the sport of swimming.

This is the most advanced programme within 4LSA’s leisure pathway. It is designed to support continuous progression and the refinement of technical skills, as well as the development of physiological adaptations such as stroke and cardiovascular endurance, explosiveness, control of technical skills and overall athleticism.

Upon joining the programme, swimmers will already have a solid foundation in the four competitive strokes, as well as core skills such as flip and open turns, dives and underwater skills.

The programme also includes an element of dryland training, which aims to develop injury prevention, athletic motor competencies, mobility, flexibility, range of motion and core stability.