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Parents are required to participate; one child per adult. Children not toilet trained must wear a swim diaper.
Children participate in this class without parents. If you are interested in this class for your child under the age of 5, he/she must have participated in previous classes and must be approved by staff to participate. Class size depends on instructor availability.
Purpose: Helps students feel comfortable in the water.Level I participants learn to: - Enter and Exit water safely - Float on front and back - Open eyes underwater, submerge to pick up object - Submerge mouth, nose and eyes - Explore arm and hand movements - Exhale underwater - Explore swimming on front and back - Use a life jacket - Explore forward and backward motion without barbell - Learn proper body position on front and back - Demonstrate proper safety skillsExit skills - Enter unassisted, swim 5 yards with barbell, bob 5 times with head fully submerged, safely exit the water, travel along the gutter or "swim". - Float on front with support for 3 seconds, roll to back (with assistance), float on back with support for 3 seconds. - Jump independently, float on back with support for 3 seconds, roll to front with support, and float on front for 3 seconds with support.
Purpose: Learning proper body positioning and body mechanics.Level II participants learn to: - Demonstrate proper head position for freestyle and backstroke - Rotary Breathing - Independently kick with assisted materials - Perform arm circles with barbell - Swim freestyle and backstroke - Demonstrate proper safety skillsExit skills - Independently swim 12 yards of freestyle - Independently swim 12 yards of backstroke - Kick independently with assisted device to 25 yards on front - Streamline underwater for 5 yards - Jump into deep water independently
Purpose: Builds on the skills in Level II through additional guided practice. Refining level 2Level III participants learn to: - Refine freestyle - Refine backstroke - Learn breaststroke kick fundamentals - Demonstrate proper safety skills Exit skills - Continuously swim freestyle with rotary breathing for 50 yards - Continuously swim backstroke with proper head alignment for 50 yards - Perform proper breaststroke kick - Perform kneeling dive
Purpose: Develops confidence and endurance in skills previously learned with focus on technique In addition to refining freestyle and backstroke, Level IV participants learn to: - Dive - Swim breaststroke - Tread water - Perform butterfly kick - Perform open turns on front and back - Demonstrate proper safety skillsExit skills - Perform freestyle for 100 yards - Perform backstroke for 100 yards - Perform breaststroke for 50 yards - Perform butterfly kick for 25 yards - Standing dive - Tread water for three minutes
Purpose: Provides further refinement of the following strokes: - Freestyle - Backstroke - BreaststrokeLevel V participants also learn to perform: - Butterfly - Front flip turn - Backstroke flip turn - Competition start from blocks - Demonstrate proper safety skillsExit skills - Continuously swim freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and 50 yards of butterfly - 5 minutes of treading water
Purpose: Refines all four strokes so students swim them with ease, efficiency, and power over greater distances. Level VI is designed to provide swimmers for competitive swimming, aquatic activities, synchronized swimming, water polo, and diving.Exit skills - Swim 500 yards continuously using the strokes in the following order: 200 yards of freestyle, 100 yards of backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly
Beginner ClassThe Beginner Class is designed for swimmers who have never done synchro. Swimmers must be comfortable in water that is 12 ft deep.Practice schedules will be emailed to parents after the evaluation session. Please contact Cambridgesynchro@gmail.com with more questions.Novice SynchroThe novice team is open to swimmers who have passed or have learned skills equilivalent to the course description for Red Cross Swimming Level 5. Swimmers will participate in one local competition in the Spring and our annual show in June. Additional fees for Novice Team members who choose to compete are approximately $150.Practice schedules will be emailed to parents after the evaluation session. Please contact Cambridgesynchro@gmail.com with more questions.Age Group Synchro TeamThe Age Group Synchro Team is for our most experienced swimmers who are ready to swim at a more competitive level. Age group swimmers participate in 6-7 local, regional, zone, and national competitions, as well as in our annual show in June.Practice schedules will be emailed to parents after the evaluation session. Please contact Cambridgesynchro@gmail.com with more questions.All new swimmers must attend our standard preseason evaluation from 12:30-1:30pm on Saturday, September 14th. You will be able to register your swimmer at the front desk following the evaluation.
REGISTRATION WILL NOT OPEN UNTIL AFTER SUIT FITTING If you are looking for a competitive swim program for your child, consider the Sea Dawgs. The Cambridge Sea Dawgs is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization that promotes competitive swimming for the children of Cambridge and the surrounding towns! The mission of the program is to provide an inclusive environment for all participants through a dedication to sportsmanship and healthy competition.Our program is open to any child between the ages of 5-18 who can swim 25 yards of freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke without assistance or stopping. A basic understanding of butterfly is also expected. Please, remember this is not a learn to swim program; any swimmer interested in joining our team must have prior swim knowledge and instruction. Fundamentals of each competitive stroke is required.The swim season runs from late September through mid-March. Swimmers are expected to attend three practices a week and six regular season meets, in addition to a championship meet at the end of the season. The coaching staff expects an attendance rate of 75% or more for practices and 100% attendance for meets; this allows swimmers the chance to chart their progress and see improvements towards their individual and team goals. Parents/Guardians and Children should heavily consider this commitment before registering.For us to continue to provide a swim team at a reasonable cost, we rely on parent volunteers. We enjoy a swim meet schedule that requires a minimal amount of out-of-town travel. In turn, we provide officials, times, scorekeeper, and several other roles that are involved in running a meet. We require parents/guardians to volunteer at least three times throughout the season. Parents/Guardians can sign up a week in advance through an interactive online signup sheet sent via email. The cost is $425 for the first child and $225 for each additional child. Additionally, there will be a suit cost of $15 per female suit and $5 per male suit. The suit fee will be collected during registration. The cost is partly subsidized by both the City of Cambridge and thanks to the parent volunteers who organized and worked the concession stands throughout the 2018-2019 swim season.Tryouts for 2019-2020 Sea Dawgs - for current Sea Dawg members (those who participated in the 2018-2019 Winter team and the 2019 Spring team) will be as follows: Monday September 16th for those with the last name beginning A-H, Tuesday September 17th for those with the last name beginning I-P and Wednesday September 18th for those with the last name beginning Q-Z. The time is 5:30-7:30pm. New swimmer's will tryout on Friday September 20th. Those with the last name beginning A-M will come between 5:15-6:15pm and those with the last name beginning N-Z will come between 6:15-7:15pm. Group assignments and the practice schedule will be emailed to parents/guardians by Sunday at midnight.SUIT FITTING AND REGISTRATION Monday September 23rd from 5:30-7:00pm for swimmers with the last name beginning A-MWednesday September 25th from 5:30-7:00pm for swimmers with the last name beginning N-ZPlease do not come in on a day other than what has been assigned. This is a busy time for the front desk, coaches, and those helping with the suit fitting. Please fill out your registration form in advance and be ready with your child's bathing suit size. Knowing the approximate size in advance will help save time. The swimsuit kit, provided for try on, is limited to 1 suit per size.
You must register through the mail or in person for this class.Recognized as one of the top martial arts programs in the country, fourtime world champion Steve Nugentbrings his teachings and philosophy to Cambridge Recreation. The program focuses on respect, discipline, andintegrity. Students are taught traditional stances, blocks, kicks, and strikes. In addition, emphasis is placed onproper breathing, health and nutrition, stretching, exercise, and proper conduct. Also, the classes cover stranger awareness, fire safety and the importance of academic achievement. All uniforms, belts, and patches included in the fee.
Parent and child will have fun discovering gymnastics together through obstacle courses, games, and group activities. No experience required, but parent and child must be ready to participate together.
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