Swim Lessons
Friendly Park Pool offers group swimming lessons, free of charge, exclusively to members ages 4 and older. Sign-up sheets are available at our annual open house, the weekend before Memorial Day, and in the lifeguard office once the pool is open for the season. Members are encouraged to sign up for more than one session per summer.
June 2025 Swim Lesson Schedule
Level I: 9-9:30 a.m.
Swimmers will learn to submerge face, experience buoyancy on front and back, blow bubbles, enter and exit water, and move through water. They will kick on front and back, with support, and they will be introduced to alternating arm action. Basic water safety rules will be taught.
Level II: 9:30-10 a.m.
Participants must be able to demonstrate skills taught in level I. They will learn to hold breath and submerge head to retrieve objects. They will be introduced to deep water. They will be taught to float on front and back, unsupported. They will begin to combine arms and legs for both freestyle and backstroke. They will learn to turn from back to front and from front to back; and to get out of the pool from the side.
Level III: 9-9:30 a.m.
Participants must be able to demonstrate skills taught in level II. Swimmers will work on jumping into deep water, bobbing in water over their heads, and retrieving objects from the pool bottom. They will master glides with push-offs, and coordinate breathing to the side with arm strokes. They will work on backstroke and elementary backstroke. They will learn diving rules and treading water.
Level IV: 10-10:30 a.m.
Various Clinics: 10:30-11:00 a.m.
Private lessons are available at $15 for a half-hour (30 minute) appointment. Call the pool after our Memorial Day Weekend opening at (336) 855-0020 or email Assistant Manager Meganne Gould at friendlyswimlessons@gmail.com.