Our Beginners (1K, for kids) must have completed kindergarden and able to swim one lap (25 yards) without stress. That is the length of Ravenswood Pool. They don’t have to look pretty, that’s our job! We know little kids, and we know that they tend to get distracted or go underwater if we do much talking when kids are in the pool.To give them the best possible instruction, we run the Beginner group this way-In the fifteen minutes before we get in the water, Coach Amanda and her youth coaching assistants teach the kids brain and coordination exercises that make it easier for them to focus.In fact, these exercises are helpful for working on other challenging tasks including homework. We teach or review the skill and have swimmers go through the motions on land. We find that they learn complex skills quickly when we do it this way, which only makes the lessons more enjoyable for them.

Youth Group 2K, is for middle and high school swimmers who can swim at least four laps. That’s 100 yards. (A lap is one way in swimming.) High school swimmers have greatly benefitted from the superior stroke mechanics they learned from us, and by getting this head start over the summer. It was this summer program that helped build the Jensen Beach High School team over the first four years, from thirteen kids who could barely swim to a team that challenged the most competitive teams in the area in many races. We help high school athletes use swimming for cross training.Put upir teen in the youth group and you (mom and/or dad) come to swim practice with them all summer. Guarteed accomplishment.