Knowing how to swim is not a privilege, it’s essential! The Saint-Zotique Beach provides you with different options to learn how to swim or to improve your technique.
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Open water swimming
You want to train for a triathlon or simply for your passion for swimming? Our open water training sessions are supervised by certified and experienced coaches who will introduce you to all the techniques of open water swimming (breathing, head-up crawl, energy conservation, etc.). Get in the wave with us!
Date: To come
Schedule: 8 AM to 9:30 AM
Cost: $5 at a time Registration not required
For more information and to register:
450-267-9335 ext. 4
Swimming lessons for children 5 to 12 years old
Course from July 3 to 27
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These beginners will become comfortable jumping into water with and without a life jacket. They’ll learn to open their eyes, exhale and hold their breath underwater. They’ll work on floats, glides and kicking through the water on their front and back.
When
Tuesday: 10:45 am to 11:15 am
Thursday: 10:45 am to 11:15 am
Cost
$70
Registration (Recreation Department):
450 267-9335, ext. 4
Details
These advanced beginners will jump into deeper water, and learn to be comfortable falling sideways into the water wearing a life jacket. They’ll be able to support themselves at the surface without an aid, learn whip kick, swim 10 m on their front and back, and be introduced to flutter kick interval training (4 x 5 m).
When
Tuesday: 10:00 am to 10:30 am
Thursday: 10:00 am to 10:30 am
Cost
$70
Registration (Recreation Department):
450 267-9335, ext. 4
Details
These junior swimmers will dive, do in-water front somersaults, and handstands. They’ll work on 15 m of front crawl, back crawl and 10 m of whip kick. Flutter kick interval training increases to 4 x 15 m.
When
Tuesday: 9:00 am to 9:45 am
Thursday: 9:00 am to 9:45 am
Cost
$80
Registration (Recreation Department):
450 267-9335, ext. 4
Details
These intermediate swimmers will swim 5 m underwater and lengths of front, back crawl, whip kick, and breaststroke arms with breathing. Their new bag of tricks includes the completion of the Canadian Swim to Survive® Standard. They’ll cap it all off with front crawl sprints over 25 m and 4 x 25 m front or back crawl interval training.
When
Monday: 11:00 am – 11:45 am
Wednesday: 11:00 am – 11:45 am
Cost
$80
Registration (Recreation Department):
450 267-9335, ext. 4
Details
These swimmers will master shallow dives, cannonball entries, eggbeater kicks, and in-water backward somersaults. They’ll refine their front and back crawl over 50 m swims of each, and breaststroke over 25 m. Then they’ll pick up the pace in 25 m sprints and two interval training bouts: 4 x 50 m front or back crawl; and 4 x 15 m breaststroke.
When
Monday: 10:00 am to 10:45 am
Wednesday: 10:00 am to 10:45 am
Cost
$80
Registration (Recreation Department):
450 267-9335, ext. 4
Details
These advanced swimmers will rise to the challenge of sophisticated aquatic skills including stride entries, compact jumps and lifesaving kicks like eggbeater and scissor kick. They’ll develop strength and power in head-up breaststroke sprints over 25 m. They’ll easily swim lengths of front crawl, back crawl, and breaststroke, and they’ll complain about the 300 m workout.
When
Monday: 9:00 am to 9:45 am
Wednesday: 9:00 am to 9:45 am
Cost
$90
Registration (Recreation Department):
450 267-9335, ext. 4