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.