We are thrilled that you have chosen FINS as your swim school! FINS is a locally owned, family-run business with a big passion for teaching water safety and developing a love for swimming. By giving the gift of swim lessons to your child, you have taken an amazing step forward joining us in the fight against the drowning statistics. Did you know that drowning is the leading cause of accidental death in children ages 1-4 and the 2nd leading cause in children ages 5-14? Drowning is preventable.
FINS has been around for over 20 years. Throughout that time, we have taught thousands of babies to learn to swim. Our goals remain the same while our methods vary over time since we are constantly finding ways to advance our techniques while providing a safe and fun environment for you and your little one.
Read on and learn a bit more about what you and your child have to look forward to while swimming with FINS!
SAFETY-SWIM ENDURANCE-FUN!
These are the foundational elements of our unique Advanced Swim and Safety program. So let’s talk a little more about those words and how we use them in our White FINS, Blue FINS, Bronze FINS, Silver FINS, and Gold FINS classes!
SAFETY-
We mentioned at the beginning of this email that drowning is the LEADING cause of accidental death in children ages 1-4, and the 2nd leading cause in children ages 5-14. FINS is on a mission to reduce and even eliminate that statistic! Throughout their lessons we will practice many advanced safety techniques and continue to build on; swim endurance, stroke technique, various self-rescue skills and learning and memorizing safety rules!
SWIM ENDURANCE-
Learning self-rescue techniques are very important for young kids in case they fall in the water near a wall or ledge. As kids get older, however, their swimming skills become more advanced and they become more and more brave which means they may play in the pool for hours with friends. Possibly even going out on boats into open waters at a lake or ocean. Swimming uses muscles throughout your entire body AND requires unique breathing techniques (since we aren’t fish and we can’t breathe underwater). These are the things we mean when we say ‘swim endurance.’ During our Advanced Swim and Safety levels students will continue to build on their swim endurance until they can easily swim the length of a pool, independently and with confidence. In addition, we will teach them how to tread water for those times when they can’t quite touch the bottom!
FUN-
Did you know that FINS in an acronym for Fun INSwimming? Our passion is for swimming AND for kids. We want all kiddos to leave each lesson talking about how much fun they have had! We find creative ways to incorporate fun into all of our swim levels and in our facility. We know kids learn best when they are having fun and we hope they want to come back week after week. So expect some fun to happen each time you come to FINS!
Be on the lookout next week for an email where we dive in deeper about FINS water safety techniques that students will be learning in our Advanced Swim and Safety Program!
