Swimming Lessons
Rocky Mountain College provides swimming lessons for individuals of all ages and abilities. From Parent-and-Child to Adult Swim Lessons we have a class for you or your child. Our staff are highly trained and dedicated to creating a safe and comfortable learning experience for all participants. Register online today!
- Please note that all times are subject to change.
- NO REFUNDS will be given after first day of each session.
- Each session includes all levels (1-6).
- Limited space available.
- Children must be 4 years of age - Level 1 starts at age four.
- Parent & Child Aquatics age range from 6 months through 3 years.
- Adult only swim lesson classes available.
American Red Cross Learn to Swim Program
Rocky Mountain College Skills Sheet
Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills
Purpose:
- Help students feel comfortable in the water
- Basic water safety rules
- Swimming on front and back using arm and leg actions
- Submerging entire head
- Exhaling water
- Picking up submerged object
- Floating on front and back
Level 2: Fundamental Aquatic Skills
Purpose:
- Blowing bubbles through nose
- Front and back glide
- Treading water using arm and leg motions
- Bobbing in water
- Submerging entire head
- Jellyfish float and turtle float
- Swimming using combined stroke on front and back without assistance
Level 3: Stroke Development
Purpose:
- Build on the skills in Level 2 by providing guided practice
- Submerging and retrieving an object
- Front and back crawl
- Sitting, kneeling, and standing dive
- Rotary breathing in horizontal position
- Survival float, back float
- Butterfly-kick and body motion
- Swimming across the pool and back without assistance
Level 4: Stroke Improvement
Purpose:
- Provide further coordination and refinement of strokes
- Survival float, back float
- Elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly
- Feet-first surface dive
- Front and back crawl
Level 5: Stroke Refinement
Purpose:
- Provide further coordination and refinement of strokes
- Standing dive (diving progression)
- Open turns on front and back
- Front and back crawl
- Front flip turn and back flip turn
- Elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly
Level 6: Swimming and Skill Proficiency
Purpose:
- Refine all the strokes so students swim with ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness over greater distances.
- Track starts
- Open turns and flip turns
- Prepare the skills to advance into the swim team or Billings Aquatics Club (BAC)
Billings Aquatic Club
Learn more about The Billings Aquatic Club, a non-profit organization, has excelled at training competitive swimmers in Billings for over 25 years.