Child Learn to Swim
Child Learn
to Swim
Cost and Benefits:
We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to swim. Most of our members can register for swim lessons at no cost. See below for registration information.
City Swim Project Members Receive:
- Pool access
- Swim instruction or coaching
- Swimsuit
- Cap
- Goggles
- One team T-shirt annually
- Academic support
- Meet entry fees covered (competitive-level swimmers)
Questions?
Contact us at 716-768-1530 or rick@cityswimproject.org.
How our swim lessons work.
How our swim
lessons work.
Red Caps
- Submerge face
- Blow bubbles
- Head bobs 10x
- Retrieve and item from the bottom of the pool
- Front float and recover for 10 seconds
- Back float and recover for 10 seconds
- Rollovers front to back
- Rollovers back to front
- Streamline kick on front for 15 feet
- Streamline kic on back for 15 feet
- Swim freestyle 30 feet
- Swim backstroke 30 feet
Yellow Caps
- Sidestroke either on left side or right side
- Swim freestyle 25 yards
- Swim backstroke 25 yards
- Breastroke kick for 25 yards
- Dolphin kick for 15 feet
- Push off underwater for 3 seconds in streamline position
- Flutter kick for 25 yards
- Tread water for 2 minutes
Blue Caps
- Swim 50 yards freestyle
- Swim 50 yards backstroke
- Swim 25 yards breaststroke
- Starts in a progression: Sitting, kneeling, compact, stride, dive fro block
- Dolphin kick for 25 yards
- Freestyle flip turns: three stages
- Tread water for three minutes
- Climb out of the water with a tshirt and shorts
Water Competency Skills
Step/Jump into water over their head and return to the surface. (All levels)
Turn around and orientate to safety. (All levels)
Rollover and float/tread water. (All levels)
Combine breath control and forward movement in the water for at least 25 yards. (Yellows/blues)
Exit the water. (All levels)
Perform all the above skills while clothed. (Yellows and blues)
Gain a general understanding and respect for the water, and its hazards. (All levels)
Know how to recognize a person in trouble, safe ways to assist those in trouble, and how and when to call for help. (All levels)
Locations and schedules.
Locations and
schedules.
Cazenovia Pool
Cazenovia Pool
626 Abbott Rd, Buffalo, NY 14220
How to register your child.
How to register
your child.
- Click the Register Online button
- Click #1 Learn to Swim.
- Press Add to Cart
- Press the CheckOut Now button that dropped down from the top of the page.
- You will fill in all the areas and complete the registration.
- THIS WILL NEED TO BE DONE FOR EACH CHILD YOU ARE REGISTERING
- Please email our Executive Director a copy of your current 1040 Federal Tax Return with Social Security numbers removed or other Proof of Financial Assistance. His email is coachmike@cityswimproject.org.
- If your child has a report card already, please send us the latest copy.
- Once this is done, our Director of Aquatic Programming Coach Rick will email you with the next step of the registration process.
- Please reach out to us as often as you need with any questions.
To be eligible for free or reduced registration, please provide one of the following:
- A copy of your current 1040 Federal Tax Return with Social Security Numbers removed
- A photocopy of an approved application from an assistance program such as:
- Aid to Families with Dependent Children
- Social Security Disability Insurance
- Food Stamps
- Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
- Supplemental Security Income
- Women, Infant and Children’s Program
- Medicaid
- Children’s Health Insurance Plan
- Section 8 Public Housing
- Home Energy Assistance Program
- Direct Notification Letter for Free/Reduced Lunch
Additional information for Proof of Financial Assistance is available on the Niagara Swimming Outreach Application. If you do not qualify for any of the standards, you will be required to provide payment for each registered child. Cost per child is listed on the Niagara Swimming Athlete Registration Form.