Step 1 is to determine what level you child should be in.  From there we can find days and times that fit your schedule.  We know we have silly names for our levels.  We teach kids and we like goofy names.  We could have 4 and 5 year old beginners but we think it is a lot more fun to have a Rosie Red Fish class.  So take a look at this page, the age and ability levels of the classes increase as you go down the page. If you would like to see a flowchart of our level progression, click here.  Our levels have other skills that need to be accomplished to pass out of the level but these thumbnails give you an idea of where your child may be within our program.  If you read over the levels and still are not sure, give us a call at (704) 846-7946 or email us and we will be happy to help you.  We can also set up a free evaluation and let your child swim a little bit with one of our teachers so we can see their ability.  If you are unsure between two levels for your child, we always advice to place a child in a lower level.  We will promote children whenever they reach the goals of that level.  So, it is better for a child to be in a lower level and be confident with his or her ability than to be in a higher level and feel that he/she is overmatched.  After you identify the level your child should be give us a call and we can find openings that fit your schedule and start the registration process.

Otter Baby Parent and Child Classes 6 to 36 months

If your child is between 6 months and 18 months old, then child would be in the Otter Baby 1 class.  To learn more about this class  click here.

If your child is between 19 months and 36 months old, then your child would be in the Otter Baby 2 class. To learn more about this class  click here.

Our upper level classes for children under 36 months are by invitation.  If you feel your child is ready for this challenge give us a call so we can talk about it.  We like for children to be in our Otter Baby 1 or Otter Baby 2 classes first so the parents can learn how our classes operate and also so the children can get used to our facility and staff.  If you would like to read descriptions of the Otter Baby 3 class and the LIttle Otter class, click here.

3 Year Old Classes

If your child is 3 years old and is moving less than 5 feet on their own without flotation and not comfortable in a 10 count facefloat and a 10 count backfloat, then your child would be in the Shiny Starfish class. To learn more about this level click here.

If your 3 year old is swimming more than 5 feet without flotation and is comfortable in a 10 count facefloat and a 10 count backfloat, then your child would be in the Silver/Super Starfish which is normally taught as a combined class. To learn more about these levels  click here.

4 and 5 Year Old Classes

If your child is 4 or 5 years old and is moving less than 5 feet on their own without flotation and is not comfortable in a 10 count facefloat and a 10 count backfloat., then your child would be in the Rosie Red Fish class.  To learn more about this level click here.

If your child is 4 or 5 years old and swimming more than 5 feet on their own with no flotation and on top of the water and is comfortable in a 10 count facefloat and a 10 count backfloat, then your child would be in the Purple Parrotfish class.  This is a 2 level class that is normally taught as a combined class.  To learn more about this level click here.

6 Years and Older Classes

If your child is 6 years and older and is moving less than 10 feet on their own with no flotation and on the top of the water and not comfortable with a 10 count facefloat and a 10 count backfloat, then your child would be in a Yippy Yellow Tang class.  To learn more about this level click here.

If your child is 6 years and older and is moving more than 10 feet on their own with no flotation and on top of the water and is comfortable with a 10 count facefloat and a 10 count backfloat, then your child would be in a Golly Green Guppy class.  This is a 2 level class that is normally taught as a combined class.  To learn more about this level click here.

Advanced Classes

If your child can swim 15 feet roll to their back, get a breath and roll back to their stomach, but does not have a consistant side breath, then your child would be a Dashing Dolphin.  This level is also for children that need to improve their freestyle technique. To learn more about the Dashing Dolphin level click here,

If your child has a good command of freestyle including a 6 beat kick, then your child would be a Blazing Barracuda.  This level continues to refine freestyle and starts to inroduce elementary backstroke which leads to breast stroke. To learn more about this level click here.

If your child has a good freestyle stroke and needs to work on breaststroke, then your child would be a Mighty Mako.  To learn more about this level click here.

If your child can swim freestyle and breaststroke but needs to work on backstroke and butterfly, then your child would be a Speedy Stingray.  To learn more about this level click here.

If your child is pretty good at all four competitive strokes, freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly, but needs to clean up some and work on starts and turns then your child would be Super Otter.  To learn more about this level click here.

Step 2 After you have determined the level for your child, give us a call at 704-846-7946 or email us.  Once we know the level of you child(ren) it is easier to try to find classes that fit your schedule.  We have classes Monday through Wednesday from 9:30am to 7:00pm, Thursday from 3:00pm to 7:00pm, Friday from 3:00pm to 5:30pm and Saturday from 8:00am to 12:00pm.