Breath Control & Skill Progression

We are thrilled that you have chosen FINS as your swim school! FINS is a locally owned, family-run business with a big passion for teaching water safety and developing a love for swimming. By giving the gift of swim lessons to your child, you have taken an amazing step forward in the fight against the drowning statistics. Did you know that drowning is the leading cause of accidental death in children ages 1-4, and the 2nd leading cause in children ages 5-14? Drowning is preventable. 

FINS has been around for over 20 years. Throughout that time, we have taught thousands of children (and adults) to learn to swim. Our goals remain the same while our methods vary over time since we are constantly finding ways to advance our techniques while providing a safe and fun environment for you and your child. 

Read on and learn a bit more about what you and your child have to look forward to while swimming with FINS!

SAFETY-INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION-FUN!

These are the foundational elements of our unique  Intro to Swim and Safety program. This program includes levels: Baby FINS 3, Red FINS, Aqua FINS and Yellow FINS. We are excited to tell you more about each of those words as they apply to our Intro to Swim and Safety program.

So let’s talk a little more about those words and how we use them in our Baby FINS 3, Red FINS, Aqua FINS, and Yellow FINS classes!

So let’s talk a little more about those words and how we use them in our Baby FINS 3, Red FINS, Aqua FINS, and Yellow FINS classes!

• SAFETY – We mentioned at the beginning of this email that drowning is the LEADING cause of accidental death in children ages 1-4, and the second leading cause in children ages 5-14. FINS is on a mission to reduce and even eliminate that statistic! Throughout their lessons, we will practice many safety skills and continue to build on them week after week. Skills include: breath control, back floating, various self-rescue techniques, and learning and memorizing safety rules!

• INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION – We are excited to offer a unique approach to swim lessons where ALL students enrolled in levels in our Intro to Swim and Safety levels will be in Private Lessons! Private lessons offer individualized attention and personalized instruction, which results in rapid water safety skill progression. After reading the section on the importance of water safety skills, I think you will agree, helping kiddos to master these skills faster is of utmost importance!

• FUN – Did you know that FINS in an acronym for Fun IN Swimming? Our passion is for swimming AND for kids. We want all kiddos to leave each lesson talking about how much fun they have had! We find creative ways to incorporate fun into all of our swim levels and in our facility. We know kids learn best when they are having fun and we hope they want to come back week after week. So, expect some fun to happen each time you come to FINS!

Be on the lookout next week for an email where we dive deeper into the FINS water safety techniques students will be learning in our Intro to Swim and Safety Program!