Instructor Courses for Swimming

Is your child looking for a new challenge after mastering the different swimming strokes? If your kid is interested in taking advanced swimming lessons, Zodiac Swim School has instructor and advanced courses that push their skills to the limit.

Why get instructor courses for swimming?

Instructor level courses are for kids who want to improve their skill and get certified as a water safety instructor and a lifeguard. The program will push your child’s body to its limit to determine, if he or she is fit to instruct and save the life of others.

The advanced courses are for kids who want to take swimming seriously, and consider being a lifeguard or water safety instructor as a career or part-time job while studying.

The program will test a child’s physical fitness and endurance. A part of the program will involve a test of a child’s ability to swim, rescue and bring back a supposed drowning swimmer.

The benefits of the advanced, instructor-level courses are not only physical, it will imbibe discipline and determination in your child. The skills learned will also allow them to save a life, if they are put in a life threatening position in a pool or beach.

Students for instructor-level programs also learn the basics of teaching. This is a great skill to acquire for anyone who plans to go into teaching or any instructor career in the future.

What are the requirements for the instructor level courses?

The requirements to join instructor level courses vary depending on the level the swimmer is applying for. In most cases, there is an age and a minimum swim level requirement. For instance, for the Assistant Instructor Level, the swimmer should be a minimum 14 years of age and must already have a Bronze Cross level.

Why choose Zodiac Swim for instructor level courses?

Aside from being one of the most reputable swim schools around, we have an extensive aquatic leadership program for different age and skill levels. We follow Canada’s professional lifesaving and lifeguard standard for our certification program include the Lifesaving Society’s National Lifeguard Certification and Red Cross Water Safety and Swim Programs.

Zodiac Swim School Offers Basic and Advanced Adult Swim Programs

Zodiac Swim School provides swim programs for adults who want to learn the basics of swimming. They also have other tiers for those who have experience swimming but are looking to improve their skills.

Toronto, Ontario (http://zodiacswim.on.ca/)/ May 2014/ -- Zodiac Swim School offers adult swim programs aside from its swimming programs for teenagers and toddlers. The program is designed to help adults who were unable to take swimming lessons when they were younger or for adults who want to improve their swimming skills.

The adult swim programs provided by Zodiac Swim School are divided into tiers for participants with no swimming background and for swimmers with little to more experience. Red Cross Swim Basics 1 lays the foundation for swimming and water safety. Participants are taught the basics of swimming such as comfort in the water, flotation, breathing techniques, movement, and learning how to front swim. The swimming techniques taught to beginners include back and front float, shallow water exits and entries, 10m front swim, and back and front glide with kicks. Once a participant is comfortable in the water and knows the basics, he or she can move on to a higher level.

More experienced swimmers can participate in the advanced adult swim programs offered by Zodiac Swim School. The advanced programs build on the swimming foundation that began in the beginner’s program. The program helps participants swim farther without stopping, improve the swimming techniques and movements they have learned, and increase comfort in deep water without assistance.

The Red Cross Swim Basics 2 teaches swimmers new strokes like back swim with shoulder roll, front and back crawl at 15m, sitting dive, kneeling dive, stride dive and front dive, treading water and swim a minimum of 25 metres. In Red Cross Swim Strokes 1 program, swimmers are introduced to breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sidestroke and continue developing the front crawl and back crawl. Participants must be able to swim a minimum of 25 metres of front crawl with side breathing. Red Cross Stroke Improvement will focus on stroke improvement drills, technical workouts and basic water safety.

Adults who want to learn how to swim can visit http://zodiacswim.on.ca/ to get more information about the programs provided by Zodiac Swim School.

About Zodiac Swim School and Day Camp

Zodiac Swim School first opened its doors to the community in 1978 and, since that time, has earned the confidence of thousands of families! Countless children and participants have gained aquatic skills, self-confidence and a love of the water through high-quality, low-ratio Zodiac programming. In addition to excellence in aquatics, the Zodiac name also stands for quality and caring in the summer camp industry. Zodiac Day Camp (formerly Zodiac Swim & Specialty Camp) opened in the summer of 1998. Zodiac programs provide an enjoyable, unique and challenging opportunity which strongly appeals to kids and parents alike! We offer age-appropriate programming that will build your child’s self-esteem and confidence and enhance his/her personal growth and development.

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