After having created, developed and coached the highly successful Olympic Way program, PCS coaches wanted to create a new program that allowed for improvements in how children are taught to swim. The outcome of this discussion is the Lightning Fast Swim Series!
Lightning Fast is based on a Swimming First Philosophy which introduces the techniques of competitive swimming right from the earliest levels, to develop improved levels of swimming efficiency and skills. It is designed primarily for 6 to 10 year olds who want to learn to swim with confidence, gain endurance and improve stroke technique. The series is designed by our award winning Pacific Coast Swimming coaches and is an innovative skills-based swimming program designed to be mastered quickly by young children.
Many children have already excelled in the Lightning Fast Swim Series, with the guaranteed small class of no more than six swimmers per instructor. The emphasis in this program is to learn to swim through actual swimming. If you are concerned about the small amount of swimming that takes place in a normal swim lesson, then this is the program for you.
Swimmers proudly receive their Lightning Fast T-Shirt and earn iron-on lightning bolts as they progress. Approximately once per month these swimmers may attend an optional swim meet to test their newly acquired skills.
PCS is offering this same series at Saanich Commonwealth Place, Gordon Head and the University of Victoria's swimming pools. The same exciting program, the same low student teacher ratio!!
If your child is aged 5 or older and is able to swim 15m on their front, or has completed AquaQuest Level 5, this is the program for you. Class size 4-6 per coach . Cap and t-shirt provided for each participant.
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September through June: For information and to register for week night classes please contact Pacific Coast Swimming. You can find Lightning Fast and Tykes swim times on page 2 of our practise schedules, visit our registration page for all our registration information, or call 727-9243 to discuss times and options with one of our coaches.
For families interested in Saturday only classes, listed below, please register through UVic RecPlus.
July - August: Check out the schedules for the Lightning Fast Swim Series at UVic's Ian Stewart Outdoor Pool. Please register through UVic RecPlus or Vikes On-line Registration.
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For more information regarding this program, contact Mark Lancaster , or phone 721-5845.
Tykes (Ages 5-6)
Designed for children comfortable in shallow water without a parent. The Tykes level aims at having the child learn all of the basic swimming movements including body position in the water leading to stroke development, kicking propulsion, submersion, exhalation under water, and safe comfortable movement in shallow water progressing to deep water.
Super-Tykes (Ages 5-7)
Designed for children with good listening skills and who are comfortable in deep water. All of the skills of treading water, basic dive entry, swimming 10m on front and back will be performed in deep water. This level prepares children for the pre-competitive levels and will quickly build confidence and their endurance in the water. It is designed to prepare the child for the "Lightning Fast Swim Series" OR entry into Red Cross Swim Kids Level 5.
Lightning Fast One - LF1
This first level of the LFSS introduces the skills of three of the competitive strokes as well as the beginnings of turns and dives. Swimmers will become proficient kickers and understand the feeling of efficient movement through the water.
Prerequisite: Super-Tykes or Swim Kids 4.
Lightning Fast Two - LF2
Level Two will see the swimmer improve their skills in all of the competitive strokes including breaststroke. Children will enjoy their increased kicking ability, learn many new stroke drills, as well as develop an improved endurance and skill level in swimming and turning.
Prerequisite:Lightning Fast One or Swim Kids 6.
Lightning Fast Three - LF3
Level Three LFSS introduces in-house competitions. Coaches will aim to have the swimmers complete an 'individual medley' distance using all four strokes. The children will have fun leaning to use the pace clock and challenge themselves at their level in he four strokes, turns, starts and relays. The one-hour lesson per week will introduce some dryland skills as well. Upon completion of Level Three swimmers will be comfortable swimming several hundred meters in a session.
Prerequisite: Lightning Fast Two or Swim Kids 8.
For registration and schedule information at other locations select the desired pool:
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