Route 66 Aquatics Swim Lessons

1720 W. Merced Ave, West Covina, CA 91790

map1720 W. Merced Ave, West Covina, CA 91790

About

Route 66 Aquatics Swim Lessons offers swim lessons with Parent and Me, Aqua Tots, preschool, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, private, teen, and adult classes. The program also offers water polo, lifeguard training, swim groups, and adult programs. In early classes, students work on skills such as bubble blowing, forward arm circles, flutter kicking, whole body submerging, back floating, and exiting the pool.

• Ages: 0–18 years old

The Parent and Me class is an introductory class for little swimmers and their parents to develop a positive relationship with the water and get students comfortable. The Parent and Me class requires students to wear a swim diaper and be accompanied by an adult. Some classes require students to wear a swim diaper or be potty trained, be comfortable in the water without a parent, and be able to follow safety instructions.

Exit skills for Level 1 include swimming freestyle 5 yards, fully submerging to retrieve a submerged object, and safely entering and exiting the pool. Level 2 skills include freestyle development, side breathing, backstroke, rolling from front to back float, and jumping in deep water and exiting the pool, and exit skills for Level 2 include swimming freestyle 10 yards, swimming backstroke 5 yards, rolling from front to back and holding a back float for 10 seconds, and jumping into deep water and exiting the pool. Level 3 skills include freestyle endurance, backstroke development, streamline, dolphin kick, kneeling dive, and exiting the pool when fatigued, and exit skills for Level 3 include swimming freestyle 25 yards, swimming backstroke 10 yards, streamline with dolphin kick, and jumping into deep water, swimming, then exiting the pool.

Level 4 skills include freestyle endurance, backstroke endurance, butterfly fundamentals, breaststroke fundamentals, and kneeling dive, and exit skills for Level 4 include swimming freestyle 50 yards with side breathing, swimming backstroke 25 yards, swimming butterfly 10 yards, swimming breaststroke 10 yards, and performing a safe reaching assist. Level 5 skills include freestyle endurance, backstroke endurance, butterfly fundamentals, breaststroke fundamentals, flip turns, and circle swimming, and exit skills for Level 5 include swimming freestyle 75 yards with side breathing and a flip turn, swimming backstroke 25 yards, swimming butterfly 25 yards, swimming breaststroke 25 yards, and performing a safe throwing assist.

Last updated July 4, 2026.

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