Orono Community Education

Please note the following schedule change: weekday/after school lessons will take place on Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Stroke Improvement

Course Content: Develops confidence and improves skills.

Skills covered include: headfirst entries from side in compact and stride positions, swim under water, feet first surface dive, front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly, flutter and dolphin kicks on back and age-appropriate water safety topics.

Exit Skills: Perform a feet first entry into deep water, swim front crawl for 25 yards, change direction and position as necessary and swim elementary backstroke for 25 yards. Swim breaststroke for 15 yards, change direction and position as necessary and swim back crawl for 15 yards. 

Sign up for Level 4 if:
• Comfortable in deep water
• Swims at least 15 yards coordinated: front crawl, back crawl and knows dolphin kick and breaststroke kick.

Curriculum and levels are based on the Red Cross' Learn-to-Swim Program. For questions about what level your child should register for, refer to our descriptions.