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Handy Swim School

Our philosophy : Swimming is a lifelong essential skill and it is our desire to teach your child in a firm and loving environment.  Safety is our primary concern and we will help both you and your child understand water safety as they progress in their swimming skills.   We offer 30 minute private lessons - our preferred and only lesson product.  Each lesson is $45

How many lessons should I register my child for?

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2 years old - 4 lessons

3 years old - 8 lessons

4-10 years old - new to swimming - 8 lessons

4-10 years old - can take successive breaths - 6 lessons

This is just a general guideline, call or text to discuss specific details.  

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This summer lessons will be taught by

 

Catherine, age 23, a 2020 Carroll Graduate, a 2024 BYU graduate in Global Supply Chain Management, and a full-time brokerage operations associate at Fidelity. She is a former competitive swimmer and has taught swim lessons for 8 summers.  

 

Madelyn, age 21, a 2022 Carroll graduate and a rising senior at Texas A&M in their 5 year Master's program in Accounting. She is a former competitive swimmer and has taught swim lessons for 6 summers.  

 

Adam, age 18, a 2025 Carroll graduate and a rising freshman at Texas A&M.  He is a former current competitive swimmer and water polo player and has taught swim lessons for 4 summers.   

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Hailey, age 22, a 2021 Seven Lakes graduate, Current BYU Senior majoring in Cellular Biology and niece of Jamie.  This is her first year teaching swim lessons and she will be shadowing and assisting as she learns this year. 

Owen, age 15 a rising freshman at Carroll, a competitive swimmer and tennis player.  This is his first year teaching swim lessons and he will be shadowing and assisting as he learns this year.  

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and Jamie - a little older, on her 35th summer of teaching swim lessons.  


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Weather policy -- all lessons will be canceled during inclement weather (lightning and heavy rain)and students and parents will be texted and all lessons will be made up. 

Payment policy -- all lessons are to be paid for at the start of the first lesson. 24-hour notice is required to reschedule a lesson.  Lessons that are canceled or missed with less than 24 hours notice are not refunded but may be made up within ONE week of the original scheduled lesson. 

Location -- all lessons will be held at 3533 Matador Ranch Rd. Southlake TX 76092.  Please park and enter through the side gate on the right of the house.  There is outdoor seating as well as a bathroom.  

Swim skills

2 years

  • Kick holding onto the wall

  • Kick holding on the kickboard

  • Face in, horizontal in the water

  • Swim – face in, dog paddle as far as can hold breath

  • Jump and turn around in the water to make it back to the wall

  • Float on back unassisted for 5 seconds

  • Jump and swim to an adult

  • Swim a “rainbow” (go off the step and turn and come back to the step unassisted

  • Go off the diving board to an adult and swim to the edge

  • Swim to an edge and hold on

  • Climb out of the pool unassisted

  • Swim face in dog paddle then roll over and float on back

  • Retrieve rings with face in on the 18 inch step

3 years

  • All the above

  • Glide on stomach without kicking or paddling

  • Swim a face in dog paddle for 4 seconds, then take a breath and put face back in to swim for 4 more seconds

  • Take successive breaths alternating 4 seconds of face in swimming with quality breaths

  • Jump in, swim around an adult and back to the edge

  • Jump off diving board and swim to the side unassisted

  • Retrieve rings from the bottom of the shallow end

  • Perform elementary backstroke

  • Do a dead man float

  • Float on back for 30 seconds or more

  • Swim, roll to float, then return to swimming unassisted

4 years (and some 3 year olds)

  • All the above

  • Quality dog paddle with face in, successive breaths and the confidence to cover the typical back yard pool

  • Jump and swim from anywhere in the pool to any other point in the pool

  • Do a dive off the diving board

  • Swim elementary backstroke with ease

  • Tread water for 20 seconds

  • Retrieve rings from the depths of 6 feet

  • Swim underwater

  • Swim across the deep end without needing a breath

  • Swim comfortable without flippers

5 years

  • All the above

  • Transition the arms to freestyle, with a dog paddle breath

  • Perform backstroke both elementary and regular

  • Deep and shallow dives

  • Touch the deep end bottom with feet

  • Retrieve rings from anywhere in the pool

  • Side breaths on one side for freestyle

  • Side breaths on both sides for freestyle

6 years

  • Mastery of freestyle

  • Mastery of backstroke

  • Mastery of elementary backstroke

  • Racing dives

  • Diving board deep dives

  • Endurance of 6-8 lengths in freestyle

  • 6-8 lengths using kick board

7+ years

  • All the above

  • Mastery of breastroke

  • Mastery of butterfly

  • Mastery of sidestroke

  • Tread water for 5 minutes

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