Pods Swimming teaches our students more than just swimming—we teach them a foundation for life. Our curriculum, teacher training, and evaluation system are all designed to provide a total “aquatic education.” Pods is proud to use the curriculum developed by J. Pascale, refined over 25 years of proven success teaching students of all ages.
Our goal for all programs is to teach water safety and instill a love for water in all students. Our technique to achieve water safety is to teach our students to “live in the water.” Many students begin our program as water-safe but will do what we call "panic swimming.” When a student learns to “live in the water,” the strokes come quickly. The more a child enjoys the lessons, the more successful the learning process is.
*OUR PROGRAM IS A CONTINUOUS PROGRAM. Therefore, once you have signed up for lessons, you will stay enrolled until you inform us that you are discontinuing lessons. Tuition for group lessons is $120 a month for a 30-minute lesson once a week. This is based on a four-week month and will be adjusted for extra days that fall on your swim day or for any holidays (for example, if there is a 5th week on the day you swim, you will be charged $150 instead of $120). There is also a $50 annual family membership fee.
Pods Parent Handbook For more information regarding our swim lesson program, policies, and procedures.
Cuttlefish
30 minutes 1x week:
Pricing: $30 per 30 minute class* Plus a $50 Annual Family Membership Fee
No Prerequisites
Parents accompany their child in the water. Instructions for different techniques are given to parents to help children become comfortable in the water.
GOAL OF CLASS: Establish underwater comfort, relaxed back float (assisted), introduce roll from front to back float.
Nautilus
30 minutes 1x week:
Pricing: $30 per 30 minute class* Plus a $50 Annual Family Membership Fee
No Prerequisites
Introduction to buoyancy, balance and breath control (comfort in the water)
GOAL OF CLASS: Swim 20 ft. with eyes in comfortably in the prone position with kicks on the surface and proper breath control, Back & Front Float independently
Octopus
30 minutes 1x week:
Pricing: $30 per 30 minute class* Plus a $50 Annual Family Membership Fee
Prerequisites:
Swim 25 yards freestyle, adding 4 strokes and breathing to side independently using correct head/body position in the deep end, kicking on back holding streamline independently.
Introduction to rhythmic breathing for freestyle, backstroke arms, diving off block and dolphin kick.
GOAL OF CLASS: Swim 50 yards of freestyle & backstroke independently.
Jr. Squid
30 minutes 1x week:
Pricing: $30 per 30 minute class* Plus a $50 Annual Family Membership Fee
Prerequisites:
Swim 50 yards of freestyle & backstroke independently.
Swimmers will learn to balance their bodies in freestyle & backstroke. They will learn the skill progression for push-offs, freestyle & backstroke flip-turns, backstroke starts, and learn to dive off starting block. Dolphin kick and breaststroke kick will be introduced.
GOAL OF CLASS: Swim 200 yards of freestyle & backstroke with flip-turns.
Giant Squid
1 Hour 1x week:
$34 per class* Plus a $50 Annual Family Membership Fee
Prerequisites:
Swim 200 yards of freestyle & backstroke independently. Treading water for 2 minutes, advanced freestyle and backstroke drills, breaststroke pull and kick and full stroke, breaststroke underwater pull, butterfly pull, kick and full stroke.
GOAL OF CLASS: Swimmer will be able to swim a 500 yards freestyle, a 100 yards backstroke, a 50 yards breaststroke & butterfly, and a 100 yard Individual Medley. Swimmer will be competent in freestyle & backstroke flip turns and open turns.