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Summer Swimming Lessons

Being able to swim is an important skill for every child to have. Swimming is great exercise and it's an fun activity that can occupy children all summer long.
Important 2013 Dates:

May 18 - Mass Swim Lesson registration for the summer outdoor pool season at the San Antonio Natatorium, 1430 Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
May 21 through June 14, register at the Natatorium during regular hours of operation.
June 15 - Register at the pool of your choice.

Session Dates: Sessions will run June 26 through July 5; July 10 through July 19, and July 24 through Aug. 2. The sessions are Wednesday through Friday for two weeks. The cost is $30.

All morning and noon classes are available at Dellview, Joe Ward, Heritage, Kingsborough, LBJ, New Territories, San Pedro, Spring Time, SS Lions, and Woodlawn. Evening classes are available only at Dellview, Heritage, LBJ and New Territories. For more information, call the Natatorium at 210-207-3299 or the Aquatics Office at 207-3113.

Choose the right level for your child according to age and ability:
Ages 4-7, 10:15 – 11 a.m./7 - 7:45 p.m. - No prerequisites. Little or no experience in the water. Level II – At the end of the course, they will be comfortable in the water, be able to float on their front and back, know the basic water safety rules and be introduced to arm strokes.

Ages 8-12, 11:15 a.m. –12 noon/ 7:45 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. – Starter class for older children to learn elementary skills including floating and basic water safety rules. Float on front and back, flutter kick and do arm strokes with breathing on their front and back for 10 yards.

Ages 7–12, 12:15 – 1 p.m. - Able to retrieve objects from the bottom of the pool, swim 25 yards of front and back crawl. Level IV – continue to develop their front and back crawl skills, learn alternative kicks for treading water and swim 50 yards in backstroke and front crawl.

World's Largest Swimming Lesson on tap

The San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department is offering youth ages 14 and under the opportunity to get head start on the basics of swimming for free while helping to attempt to set a Guinness World Record. The department is joining forces with the nation's top water safety and training organizations to present The World's Largest Swimming Lesson (WLSL) on Tuesday, June 18, at 10 a.m., at six pools.

The pools are: Dellview, 500 Basswood Dr.; Heritage, 1423 Ellison Dr.; Lady Bird Johnson, 10700 Nacogdoches; Lincoln, 2803 E. Commerce; South Side Lions, 3100 Hiawatha; and Woodlawn, 1100 Cincinnati.

Registration will be held June 11 through June 13 from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the San Antonio Natatorium, 1430 W. Cesar Chavez, and on June 12 and 13, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at all six participating pools. Participants are also welcome to register the day of the event.

On June 18, the Parks and Recreation Department, along with water parks, pools and other aquatic facilities around the globe, will host swimming lessons simultaneously in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record.

The event was created in an effort to build awareness about the vital importance of teaching children to swim. Swimming is a life-saving skill and a vital tool to prevent drowning, the second leading cause of unintended, injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14.