One-on-one to group lessons pending instructor availability

• Age: Adult (Active Duty) 
• Objective:  The purpose of the ADSI program is to help active duty personnel develop, improve, and refine basic aquatic skills and swimming strokes.
• Entry Requirement: Must be Active Duty
• Skills Covered: Vary based upon student needs.
• Note: MCCS Aquatics offers swim instruction to active duty personnel free of charge. To request ADSI sessions, please email aquatics@okinawa.usmc-mccs.org with the following information:

Title: Active Duty Swim Instruction Request

1. Full Name
2. Email Address
3. Cell Phone Number
4. Duty Phone
5. Branch of Service
6. Rank
7. Which Aquatic Center (Schwab, Hansen, Foster or another)
8. Preferred Time
9. What is your swimming background and experience?
10. What would you like to learn?
11. Remarks

Group Swimming Lessons are divided by age and by skill level. Due to the many skills required to graduate from each level, it is not uncommon for children to repeat a class. Our overall goal for swim lessons is to help your swimmer become more comfortable and safer in an aquatic environment. We work towards skill proficiency at each level. Swimmers can advance to the next level when they meet the objectives of their current level, which are the same as the entry requirements for the next level. On the first day of class, if a student is found to be in the wrong level, they will either be moved to the correct level if there are open slots or the registration fee will be refunded.

• Classes meet on weekdays and are 30-minutes long.
• Parent/Child classes are limited to 8 students. All other classes are limited to 5 students.
• Check the "Upcoming Courses" tab to see upcoming sessions. 
• You can use our Swim Lesson Level Guide to determine which level is the right starting point for your swimmer. Click here to download (pdf). 
• Below are descriptions of various levels of the group swimming lesson program. For a detailed description of each lesson level, please review the Swim Level Chart. Click here to download (pdf).  

• Age: 16 years old and older
• Objective: Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming strokes, teach skills and concepts needed to stay safe in and around water and to help themselves or others in an aquatic emergency, and improve proficiency in the six basic swimming strokes. 
• Entry Requirements: None
• Skills Covered: Vary based upon student needs. 

• Age: 6 months through approximately 3 years old. Parent must accompany child in the water at each class, one parent per child.
• Objective: Familiarize children between the ages of 6 months and approximately 3 years with the water and teach swimming readiness skills; Provide safety information for parents and teach techniques parents can use to orient their children to the water.
• Entry Requirements: None
• Skills Covered: Holding and support techniques demonstrated by the parent; water exploration with support; Water safety topics.

• Age: Approximately 4 to 6 years old
• Objective: To help students become comfortable in the water and learn very basic water safety.
• Entry Requirements: None
• Skills Covered: Enter the water using the pool steps; Blow bubbles; Put their mouth, nose and eyes underwater; Front glide; Back glide; Roll over from front to back and back to front; Use arm and hand treading action; Alternate leg action on front and back; Alternate arm action on front and back; Use combined arm action on front and back.

• Age: Approximately 4 to 6 years old
• Objective: To help students builds on the skills learned in Preschool 1.

1. Enter independently, using steps or side, travel at least 5 yards, submerge to mouth and blow bubbles for at least 3 seconds then safely exit the water (children can walk, move along the gutter or “swim/dog paddle”).
2. While in shallow water, glide on front at least 2 body lengths, then roll to back and float on back for 3 seconds, then recover to a vertical position.

• Age: Approximately 4 to 6 years old
• Objective: To help students builds on the skills learned in Preschool 1 and 2, and start to develop coordinated arm and leg movements.

1. Glide on front for at least 2 body lengths, roll to back, float on back for 15 seconds, then recover to a vertical position.
2. Glide on back for at least 2 body lengths, roll to front, then recover to a vertical position.
3. Swim using combined arm and leg actions on front for at least 3 body lengths, roll to back, float for 15 seconds, roll to front, then continue swimming on front for at least 3 body lengths.

• Age: Approximately 5 to 15 years old
• Objective: To help students feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy the water safely
• Entry Requirements: None
• Skills Covered: Entering and exiting the water safely, learning to submerge mouth, nose and eyes and breath control, front and back float and recovering to a stand, changing direction in the water, swimming 5 feet on front and back. 

• Age: Approximately 5 to 15 years old
• Objective: To give students success with fundamental skills

Entry Requirements: 

1. Enter independently, using either the ramp, steps or side, travel at least 5 yards, bob 5 times, then safely exit the water (participants can walk, move along the gutter or “swim/dog paddle”).
2. Glide on front at least 2 body lengths, roll to a back float for 5 seconds, then recover to a vertical position. 

Skills Covered: Entering water by stepping or jumping in from the side, submerging entire head, blowing bubbles, open eyes underwater, front and back glide, swim 15 feet on front and 10 feet on back, swim on side, life jacket use

• Age: Approximately 5 to 15 years old
• Objective: To build on skills in Level 2 through additional guided practice

1. Step from the side into chest-deep water, push off the bottom, move into a treading or floating position for at least 15 seconds, swim on front and/or back for 5 body lengths, then exit the water.
2. Move into a back float for 15 seconds, roll to front, then recover to a vertical position.
3. Push off and swim using combined arm and leg actions on front for 5 body lengths, roll to back, float for 15 seconds, roll to the front, then continue swimming for at least 5 body lengths.

• Age: Approximately 5 to 15 years old
• Objective: Coordination and refinement of strokes

1. Perform a feet first entry into deep water, swim front crawl for 25 yards, change direction and position as necessary and swim elementary backstroke for 25 yards.
2. Swim breaststroke for 15 yards, change direction and position as necessary and swim back crawl for 15 yards.
3. Submerge and swim a distance of 3 to 5 body lengths underwater without hyperventilating, return to the surface, then exit the water