Learn to Swim

Learn to Swim

Learn-to-Swim Classes

Our learn-to-swim classes cater to children aged 5 and up, focusing on character development and confidence-building through a specialised curriculum. With small class sizes, we provide personalised attention, focusing on water safety and strong swimming foundations.

The Hooked Swim Difference

Experience our year-round learn-to-swim programs featuring small student-to-teacher ratios, ensuring rapid progress and peace of mind. New students undergo a brief assessment to tailor instruction from day one.

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Celebrate your child’s achievements with Hooked Swim. Contact us today to schedule your child’s assessment and begin their journey to becoming a confident and skilled swimmer.

Learn to Swim Classes

  • The focus is on developing water confidence and body alignment. Learning is focused on safe pool entry/exit, getting comfortable in the water, and learning to float and kick correctly.

    1 Stripe

  • The focus is on developing balance. Swimmers will become proficient at kicking and breathing on their sides. They will also start to learn freestyle and backstroke arms.

    2 Stripes

  • The focus is on breathing and body control. Swimmers will become proficient at breathing in freestyle and swimming backstroke unassisted. Swimmers will start to learn breaststroke legs, forward rolls and dolphin kicks.

    3 Stripes

  • The focus is on propulsion. Swimmers can swim with the correct freestyle technique for 25 meters and backstroke. Swimmers will refine the breaststroke kick action and will be taught breaststroke arms.

    4 Stripes

  • The focus is on the connection of the body. Swimmers continue to develop freestyle with a 3/4 catch-up and backstroke with a shoulder lead recovery. Swimmers will be able to swim 25 meters of breaststroke unaided. Single-arm butterfly will also be introduced.

    5 Stripes

  • The focus is on stroke awareness by incorporating drills to improve the swimmer's technique across all strokes and introducing a full-stroke fly. We start to teach tumble turns as well.
    - Achieve 200m of Freestyle, 150m of Backstroke and 150m of Breaststroke

    Bronze Cap

  • The focus is on efficiency by focusing on the swimmer's length of stroke rotation and timing. Also focus on building endurance, and enhancing stroke technique.
    - Achieve 300m of Freestyle, 200m of Backstroke and 200m of Breaststroke and 25m Butterfly with fins.

    Silver Cap

  • The focus is on incorporating some speed and racing skills that will help prepare the swimmers to transition to our Junior Emerging Squad.
    - Achieve 400m of Freestyle, 300m of Backstroke, 300m of Breaststroke and 25m butterfly without fins.

    Gold Cap

  • The first squad joined after completion of the learn to swim program. The focus is on developing skills such as dives and tumble turns while improving stroke technique across all four strokes. Sessions run for 60 minutes with a recommendation of 2-3 sessions per week. Typical age 8-11 years.

    Junior Emerging Squad