One Week Swim Camp, Gold's Location (Advanced Swimmers, Levels 4 and 5) 6/09/2025 through 6/13/2025

One Week Swim Camp (Advanced Swimmers, Level 4 and 5)

This one week Swim Camp takes place at Gold's Gym in Jackson in an outdoor, unheated, 25 yard swimming pool with depth of water up to 8 feet.  Please consider the size of the pool and depth of the water before enrolling your child in this camp.  Before enrolling, each swimmer in the camp must be able to independently swim in water over their head and independently swim 25 yards without rest while being safely supervised.  If you need help deciding if this is the best fit for your child, please call Chris at 731-431-0528.  This camp will combine Level 4 and Level 5 swim stroke instruction with an emphasis on fitness swimming each day to build endurance by the end of the week.  The final class of the week will be a swim meet in which participants compete against one another to win the events in the meet.  This class is designed to teach your child proper swimming technique for freestyle, backstroke, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke, and butterfly.  Additionally, treading water and survival floating are emphasized.  This class will improve your child's proper swimming technique, endurance, and length of swimming.  This class also emphasizes water safety.  

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:  Prior skill in swimming IS REQUIRED to enroll in this class.  Please carefully read the following before enrolling. Children should NOT enroll in this course if they are unable to meet the prerequisites. This class WILL require your child to independently swim in water up to 8 feet in depth while being supervised by the instructor.  Before enrolling in this course, your child should already be able to perform an endurance swim of freestyle for 30 yards, swimming on their back for 15 yards, survival floating for 60 seconds, and treading water for 30 seconds.  Students who passed Good Beginner with us have demonstrated these abilities and are ready.  If you have not seen your child perform these skills, please do not assume that they are capable because it will be unsafe and difficult for them to progress in this class without appropriate skill prior to beginning.  If you need help in deciding if this class is appropriate for your child, please call Chris at 731-431-0528 to gain assistance in deciding. 

Swim Camp Information

When participating in this class, your child will be in the pool with the instructor and other children.  The goals for students by the fourth day of camp are:

Level 4 swimmers:  individually and independently swimming a length of 25 yards freestyle immediately followed by swimming 25 yards backstroke or elementary backstroke, resting for a few minutes, survival floating for 120 seconds, resting for a few minutes, and then treading water for 60 seconds with swimming to safety at the side of the pool or to shallow water.  Additionally, demonstrating basic technique for breaststroke and sidestroke for 15 yards each is evaluated. Students who make appropriate progress in this class will be recommended to take Level 5 swimming next season. Due to the physical and endurance requirements of this class, it is not unusual for students to spend more than one season in Level 4.  Again, call Chris at 731-431-0528 if you need assistance in deciding which course to select.

Level 5 swimmers:  individually and independently swimming without rest AND with refined stroke technique a length of 50 yards freestyle, followed by 25 yards backstroke and 25 yards of elementary backstroke, resting for a few minutes, survival floating for 180 seconds, resting for a few minutes, and then treading water for 120 seconds with swimming to safety at the side of the pool or to shallow water.  Additionally, demonstrating refined technique for breaststroke and sidestroke for 15 yards each is evaluated. Students who make appropriate progress in this class will be recommended to take Level 6 swimming next season. Due to the physical and endurance requirements of this class, it is not unusual for students to spend more than one season in Level 5.  Again, call Chris at 731-431-0528 if you need assistance in deciding which course to select.