Swim School

Swim Lessons for Every Age and Ability

Whether you’re introducing your toddler to the water, helping your child build swimming skills, or learning to swim as an adult, Longmont Recreation offers lessons for a range of ages and abilities. Swim lesson registration is always open.

Indoor swim lessons are offered at both Centennial Pool and the Longmont Recreation Center.

Infants and Toddler Program

6 months – 3 1/2 years | Classes are 30 minutes

A parent, guardian, caregiver or older sibling/babysitter (age 15+) must be in the water with the child at all times. Please only register the swimmer.

AquaBaby and AquaTot 1
Adult and child will learn through fun, personalized games and activities designed to build water comfort and introduce swimming skills. Sessions can and should be repeated.

Register for AquaBaby: 6 – 18 months (or child walking)
Register for AquaTot 1: 18 months (or child walking) – 2 1/2 years

AquaTot 2
Builds on AquaTot 1 skills as child becomes more independent from adult.

Register for AquaTot 2: 2 years to 3.5 years

Preschool Program (Animals)

3 – 5 years | Classes are 30 minutes

Register for Starfish (NEW!): Designed for preschoolers who are just beginning to feel comfortable in the water. This class focuses on building confidence with going underwater in a fun, supportive environment.
Register for Turtle (Revised): For preschoolers who are comfortable putting their face in the water and are beginning to learn how to independently front float.
Register for Alligator (Revised): For preschoolers who can front float independently and are working toward floating on their back without assistance.
Register for Seal: For swimmers who can front float, roll onto their back, float independently, and stand up on their own.

BLAST! Accelerated Swim Lesson Program

5+ years | Classes are 30 minutes

BLAST! is the City of Longmont’s own accelerated swim lesson program designed to get kids ready for swim team. Kids ages 5 and up will develop swimming skills and techniques for the four competitive swim strokes: freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke.

Register for Beginning BLAST! (Revised):
For ages 5+ who can independently front and back float and swim five yards on their own in deep water.
Register for BLAST! 1 (Revised): Freestyle
Prerequisite: Ages 5+ who can swim the full length of the pool without stopping, are comfortable in deep water, and are ready to refine front crawl technique and rhythmic breathing.
Students will improve their freestyle skills by developing good body position, stroke, flutter kick and bilateral breathing technique. Students will continue to work on swimming basics, including rhythmic breathing, streamline glides and flutter kick, and begin learning backstroke.
Register for Blast 2: Backstroke
Prerequisite: 20 bobs; front and back streamline glides w/flutter kick 15 yards; swim 25 yards freestyle with good bilateral breathing and proper kicking.
Students will focus on developing backstroke technique, including body roll, strong, consistent flutter kick and stroke timing. They will continue to refine freestyle, developing catch and body roll, improving timing and bilateral breathing. Students will become accustomed to deep water and begin work on starts.
Register for Blast 3: Butterfly and Breaststroke
Prerequisite: swim 50 yards freestyle with proper technique; 25 yards backstroke; 25 yards breaststroke kick.
Students will learn breaststroke and butterfly; focusing on stroke breakdown and timing. They will continue refining freestyle and backstroke, improving stroke technique and endurance. Flip turns introduced.

American Red Cross Swim Lessons

6+ years | Classes are 30 minutes

The American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim level program teaches more strokes at earlier levels and emphasizes more safety skills and topics.

Register for Level 1: Water Introduction
Students will become comfortable putting their face in the water and learn to float independently on their front and back.
Register for Level 2: Skill Introduction
Students who can float independently will learn to swim 15 yards, on front and back, without stopping.
Register for Level 3: Stroke Development
Students who can swim on their front and back will learn breathing techniques, backstroke and kicks used in all swimming strokes.
Register for Level 4: Stroke Improvement
Students who have proper breathing and swim in deep water will improve backstroke and learn breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.

If you still have questions about which swim class is right for your child, call 303-774-4706, to talk with a Swim Lesson Guru or to arrange a free swim lesson evaluation.

Teen 1 & Teen 2 Swim Lessons

11 – 17 years | Classes are 30 minutes

Register for Teen 1: Learning the Basics
Teen 1 focuses on teaching teens the basic techniques of floating, water safety and stroke development. This class offers teens an environment where they can feel comfortable learning beginner to intermediate swim techniques.
Register for Teen 2: Endurance and Stroke Enhancement
Teen 2 focuses on providing workouts for teen swimmers who need more than just lessons. Instructor will include technique based drills to improve their strokes and improve skills and confidence.

Adult Swim Lesson Program

18+ years | Classes are 30 minutes

Longmont Recreation offers swim lessons for adults of all ages and swimming abilities. Both Adult 1 and Adult 2 classes can be tailored to the goals of the participants.

Register for Adult 1: Learning the Basics
Overcome the fear of the water and learn the basic skills to achieve a minimum level of water ability. Participants focus on breath control, submerging, floating and the basics of front crawl and elementary backstroke.
Register for Adult 2: Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes
Improve foundation skills and swimming strokes to gain an overall level of comfort in the water. Participants work on increasing technique and endurance in front crawl and elementary backstroke and are introduced to breaststroke and back crawl.
Register for Adult 3: Swimming for Fitness
Fine tune front crawl, back crawl and breaststroke. Learn how to do turns and build endurance.

Private swim and dive lessons offer a personalized one-on-one learning experience, tailored to meet the student’s specific goals and needs. Our instructors are selected for their exceptional teaching, coaching and instructional experience, ensuring that you receive the highest quality lessons.

Adult Lessons

Longmont Recreation is currently accepting requests for private adult (18+ years) swim lessons that are offered Monday through Friday, between 6:30 am and 2 pm.

Complete this form to request an adult private swim lesson.

We have a limited number of private swim lesson instructors and requests may not be able to be immediately filled. Submitting a request does not guarantee that an instructor is available for your lesson. Requests are added to a list and if an instructor has availability for the day and time you requested, that instructor will call you.

We appreciate your patience and understanding in this process of matching you with an instructor. Requests that are not matched with an instructor will be deleted after three months. Please do not purchase a private lesson package until an instructor reaches out and confirms a schedule with you.

Youth Lessons

We are not currently accepting new requests for youth private swim lessons. However, the City of Longmont offers pre-scheduled private swim lessons. Please refer to the current City of Longmont Recreation Brochure for available schedules. These pre-scheduled lessons are a great option, providing four lessons with an experienced instructor.

Cancellation Policies

An individual session or bulk purchase package (2-6 lessons) must be purchased before the first scheduled session. Please allow at least 10 minutes before your lesson to check in with the front desk to receive a receipt that shows you have checked in. This receipt is to be given to the swim instructor before each class starts.
Swim instructors cannot take session payments. Please pay for individual sessions or bulk purchase packages at the front desk or through Registration by calling 303-774-4700.
If you are late, the session will only last until the end of the scheduled 30- or 45-minute class time.
If you cannot make a class, you must reschedule it directly with the instructor at least 24 hours in advance or you will be charged.

Locations

Private Swim Lessons are taught at the following City of Longmont Recreation Facilities:

Longmont Recreation Center – 310 Quail Rd., Longmont, CO 80501
Centennial Pool – 1201 Alpine St., Longmont, CO 80504
Sunset Pool – 1900 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, CO 80501 (summer only – June through August)

Private Lesson Fees:

(1 participant only)

Number of Lessons	30 Minutes	45 Minutes
1 Lesson	$47.50 resident/ $59.25 non-resident	$58.75 resident/ $73.50 non-resident
2-6 Lessons, Bulk Purchase (cost per lesson)	$44 resident/ $56.50 non-resident	$56.50 resident/ $70 non-resident

Semi- Private Lesson Fees:

(maximum 3 participants)

Number of Lessons	30 Minutes	45 Minutes
1 Lesson	$58.75 resident/ $76 non-resident	$72.25 resident/ $90.25 non-resident
2-6 Lessons, Bulk Purchase (cost per lesson)	$60.75 resident/ $73.50 non-resident	$70.25 resident/ $87.75 non-resident

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