Swimsafe Murrumbeena

Swimsafe Murrumbeena is a privately owned swim school and operates purely for swimming lessons. We do not cater from casual or private swimming/play, this allows our students to focus on their lesson without distraction that is often a problem at public pools.

The facilities are:

Indoor 20 metre salt chlorinated pool heated to 32 C.
Operated year round during Victorian school term. School holiday programs also available.
We utilise a variety of water depths to expose children to different water experiences (maximum depth 1.5m)
Classes to cater for ages from 9 month to adults

Classes

Baby Swim Classes (9 months - 2.5 years)
Baby classes are the ideal opportunity to introduce your child to the aquatic environment through the use of nursery rhymes and activities - 'learning through play'. There are both physical and mental advantages in starting children at this age to learn to swim. The three most important being: water familiarization, exercise and motor skill development and bonding between parent and child.

With play as the foundation, confidence and basic survival skills are learned through repetition & extension.

Beginner Swim Classes (2.5 - 6 years)
Learning and achieving

Confidence, independence and water safety skills
Kicking on front board
Underarm crawl (Dog paddle), progressing to swim comfortably without floatation aids with good breathing control, and head above the water
Streamlined torpedo with a freestyle kick progressing to:-
- Torpedo with freestyle arms (Big round arms)
- Assisted freestyle arms & breathing ( Breath Arm, Bubble Arm)
- Assisted freestyle arms & breathing with board
Kicking on back with board
Floating and submerging
Safe entries and exits
Deep water skills

Arms & Breathing (6 - 11 years)
Learning and achieving

Freestyle
- Arms & breathing with board (unassisted)
- arms & breathing without board
- 6 x Laps freestyle (continuous with good technique)
Backstroke
- Kicking on back without board
- Kicking on back with continuous arm action
- 6 x Laps backstroke (continuous with good technique)
Breaststroke
- Introduction to breaststroke (Assisted frog kick on back)
- Frog kick on back (unassisted)
- Frog kick on front with board
- Breaststroke with arm action
- Breaststroke with correct arm action & timing
- 6 x Laps breaststroke (continuous with good technique)
Swimming more continuous laps
Deep water skills (Treading water 1 minute)

Pre-squad (9 >)
Learning and achieving:

Technique
Strength
Stamina
Starts
Turns
Finishes

Squad (9 >)
Learning and achieving:

Technique
Strength
Stamina
Starts
Turns
Finishes

There is also a school holiday swim program.