The Oasis Sports & Leisure Centre
provides swimming lessons for all ages and abilities. So
whether you are a total beginner in armbands or are a
competent swimmer requiring stroke improvement, we have a class to
suit you.
Each lesson is 30 minutes in length. Broken down into 25
minutes of tuition and five minutes turn around time. We
run our lessons in line with the Norfolk school terms, so each
course may vary slightly in length.
We provide swimming tuition for both adults and children.
Detailed below are the criteria for each of the lessons.
This is the first stage of our swimming
lessons programme. This course is designed to develop water
confidence through informal play. During each lesson the child
must be accompanied in the pool by a responsible adult over the age
of 16 years old.
This is a class for nervous children who
have little or no experience of water or swimming. This class will
provide an introduction to the pool environment, aiming to build
water confidence through games and movement through water. Lessons
will progress to develop a leg kick and provide an introduction to
the arm stroke. Children on this course will be initially aiming to
swim five metres with the aid of armbands, looking to progress
to five metres without the use of armbands.
During this class children will develop an understanding of good
swimming techniques, principles of body position and
breathing. Swimmers will be introduced to breaststroke and
will be aiming to swim ten metres on their front and backs
before moving to the next stage.
Children's Advanced
Beginners
Suitable for: Children aged 5 years
old or above
Grade:
Water Skills 2 and 3 (25m to 50m)
Swimmers in this class should have a good
understanding of breathing and body position. New aquatic
skills such as sculling, treading water and swimming on and under
the water shall be developed. Swimmers will now be aiming to tread
water for 20 seconds, whilst also aiming to swim 25 metres on their
front and back.
Children's Improvers
Suitable for: Children aged 5 years
old or above
Grade:
Water Skills 3 and 4 (50m +)
This is a continuation from the advanced
beginner stage, further developing aquatic skills. Turning will be
introduced and swimmers will be aiming to swim 25 metres in all
three strokes. This class also offers continuous stroke
improvement.
Children's Advanced
Improvers
Suitable for: Children aged 5 years
old or above
Grade:
Water Skills 4, 5 and 6 (100m +)
This stage will offer further stroke
development over a variety of distances. Swimmers will be
encouraged to execute correct turns throughout the lessons.
Swimmers will also develop a greater awareness of personal water
safety and survival techniques. The aim of this class is for
swimmers to swim 50 meters in the three main strokes and develop a
good understanding of personal water safety.
Swimming lessons for adults
At the Oasis we also cater for adults who wish to increase their
confidence in the water and improve their existing swimming
techniques. Swimming lessons are held on Wednesday evenings
when the pool is closed to the public.
Adult Beginners
These sessions are for complete non-swimmers
and nervous adults. The lessons are held in shallow water and are
designed to help develop water confidence. Adults in this
group will be aiming to swim ten metres by the end of the
course.
Adult Improvers
This session is aimed at adults who are
confident and wish to work on stroke technique. Adults at this
stage will be aiming to swim 100 metres on their front and
back.
Lessons timetable
|
Day
|
Time
|
Class
|
Spaces/class
|
|
Tuesday
|
16.00
|
Non Swimmers
|
10
|
|
16.30
|
Beginners
|
10
|
|
17.00
|
Advanced Beginners
|
12
|
|
17.30
|
Improvers
|
12
|
|
Wednesday (adults only)
|
20.15
|
Adult Beginners
|
10
|
|
20.45
|
Adult Improvers
|
10
|
|
Friday
|
16.00
|
Non-Swimmers
|
10
|
|
16.30
|
Beginners
|
10
|
|
17.00
|
Advanced Beginners
|
10
|
|
17.30
|
Improvers
|
12
|
|
Saturday
|
09.00
|
Adult & Toddler
|
8
|
|
09.30
|
Non-Swimmers
|
10
|
|
10.00
|
Beginners
|
12
|
|
10.30
|
Advanced Beginners
|
12
|
|
11.00
|
Improvers
|
12
|
|
11.30
|
Advanced Improvers
|
12
|
The next course of lessons starting
in September 2010 will be 10 weeks in length, each of the
individual courses start and end dates are shown below:
|
Day
|
Start
Date
|
End
date
|
Weeks
|
Exclusion
Dates
|
|
Tues
|
07.09.10
|
16.11.10
|
10
|
26.10.10
|
|
Weds
|
08.09.10
|
17.11.10
|
10
|
27.10.10
|
|
Fri
|
10.09.10
|
19.11.10
|
10
|
29.10.10
|
|
Sat
|
11.09.10
|
20.11.10
|
10
|
30.10.10
|
We like to reward achievement, and here at the Oasis we do
this by the use of badges and certificates. Throughout the
course of lessons swimmers will develop technique, as well as work
towards completing water skills awards, and distance badges.
At the end of the course relevant badges achieved are available to
buy from reception for £2.00 (this includes both the badge and
certificate).
Class reservations / booking your place
If you wish to apply for swimming lessons please telephone our
reception directly on 01485 534227 to get your name on the
waiting list for a specific class. We will then contact you
once a space becomes available.
Important information