Swim Lessons
Learn To Swim All Year Long!
ENROLL TODAY: Lessons Happening Now Through March 2025*
*3-month advance enrollment (April Opens End of December)
FOUR GROUP LESSON TYPES
Patterson Park Community Center
Happening Now:
Supplemental Swim Team Practice
- One hour on-deck coaching to support the athletes during High School Swim Season. Improve and excel!
- Every Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:25 pm.
- Only $10. Drop-ins welcome with cash or Venmo.
- For ages 10 to 18.
- Must know competitive back and side breath freestyle.
- November 18, 2024 – February 12, 2025
- You don’t need to be on a team to participate.
Coach Dana's Swim School
- City of Murfreesboro and Swim with Coach Dana are teaming up to provide water safety & skills education to our community through “Coach Dana’s Swim School”.
- Move from no knowledge to swimmer with 3 strokes.
- Four “classrooms” open during swim school, each teaching a different skill level. (May combine if enrollment is low.)
- Student to teacher ratio no more than 6:1.
- Great time saver! Perfect for families with kids who are at different skill levels. They can be taught at the same time!
- Anyone ages 3-99 years old.
- A four-week session includes four 30-minute (25 min water time) classes on Mondays OR Wednesdays at 5:30 pm for $120 per student (prorated for holidays).
- Can choose classes Mondays AND Wednesdays for an additional $120 per student.
- Enroll now for January classes. This is a 10-month program offered January through October.
- Look at skill levels to help you decide which level is best for your student. It’s easier to move up than to move down.
Uncomfortable in water? Unbalanced? Nervous swimming without floaties?
Great for those who are timid or fearful of water. Introduces basic safety rules, body buoyancy, conditions to hold breath, water in face, and wall safety. Best for ages 3 to 5.
Student advances when they can jump in, reach for the wall with limited assistance and the fear factor has turned to fun factor.
No fear? Loves water?
Building foundational skills to swimming: improving, correcting, strengthening proper form in kicks, arm pulls, breath control, and sealing those front and back floats. If you can float, then you can swim. Best for ages 3 to 6 (sometimes older).
Student advances when they can hold a back float, do a front float, jump in, get to the wall, and climb out without assistance.
I float really well… now what?
With foundational skills like breath control, solid floats, and straight leg kicks, it’s time to build strokes. We start with a competitive backstroke then elementary backstroke. The beginnings of freestyle with tummy floating in streamline position with kick and arm pull comes next. Best for ages 5 to 99.
Student advances when they can swim the length of the pool with both strokes and go down the slide by themselves.
Am I considered water safe? I get so tired while swimming… why? How do I prepare to join a team?
By the end of this course you will know the proper techniques for three different strokes and beyond. The main focus is rotary side breathing and proper rhythm for freestyle. Build stamina, strength, confidence and skills. Best for ages 8 and older (sometimes younger).
Student graduates with a Water Safe Certificate when they can jump into deep water, tread water for 60 seconds, swim 100 yards without touching the wall or bottom then float for a minute and climb out plus passes a written safety exam. The water test takes place at SportsCom. This is the ULTIMATE goal for all!
Parent & Pal
What do I do? I feel so clumsy and scared with my baby in the water. Learn how to make water fun and eliminate the fear. Learn how to safely and confidently handle your child in the water and help them learn the basic skills and how to be independently safer in water.
- For ages 0 to 3, with adult.
- The best teachers of water safety and skills are exposure, repetition and being with confident parents.
- A four-week session includes eight 30-minute classes on Mondays and Wednesdays at 5 pm for $220.
- Enroll now for March classes.
- Invite a friend, learn together and meet more friends!
- Patterson has zero depth entry.
Can advance to “Just for Twos” at age 2 and comfortable without parent!
NEW in January 2025
JUST FOR TWOS
I have a toddler that needs some water time without me. Can you help? This is a great option for the little ones who are asserting independence from parents. Your two year old will learn buoyancy in water, safety at the wall, holding breath, & getting back on feet if they tip over.
- For 2 years old only.
- No parent participation in water.
- Every Monday & Wednesday at 5pm.
- Classes twice a week for the month for $220. (Prorated with holidays)
- Must wear swim diaper.
- Student to teacher ratio max is 3:1.
- Enroll today for January class.
Student advances when they turn 3 years old.
GROUP LESSON
Availability by Class Type, Days, and Times
Patterson Park Community Center
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TWO PRIVATE LESSON TYPES
Patterson Community Center Pool
Private One on One Lessons
- Learn one-on-one with your instructor!
- Classes are 30 minutes long (25 min water time).
- You customize the schedule and we customize the lessons for you.
- You choose day and time and frequency based on our availability. The sooner you enroll, the more options.
- Great for all ages. The best for adults and babies.
- Quick progress from non-swimmer to swimmer.
- Cost: $50 per lesson (minimum three lessons to start).
PRIVATE ONE ON ONE LESSON
Availability by Days and Times
Some are grouped for the month for easier enrollment.
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Family Private Lessons
- Unique to “Swim with Coach Dana” and created with a busy family life in mind.
- Simplify your life. All siblings learn together. So fun. Parents can join too!
- Instructor will customize your lesson time to the skill level of each child.
- Lessons are 30-minute or enroll back to back for an hour lesson. You customize the schedule.
- Available for any age (but parents might need to help with toddlers).
- Cost: $60 per family per lesson (minimum three lessons to start).
- For all ages and all levels.
