intermediate swimming at De Anza CollegeP.E. 26C is the intermediate swimming class at De Anza. P.E. 26D is the advanced swim class. P.E. 6G is the aerobic swim class. They are regularly taught together.
The first day of class I do a survey of what people want out of the class and what skills they have. I cover the required curriculum and try to meet people's needs as well. Some students want a 'get ready for lifeguard training class', some want to get ready to learn to scuba dive or try a triathlon. Some want a review of all the strokes, others want mostly to get in shape. Every quarter, in every swim class I teach, I videotape at least each student's freestyle (unless you really don't want to be taped). People tell me they learned more from seeing their stroke than from years of swim drills.
I don't assume that anyone has been on a swim team. I teach almost everything from scratch. You don't have to already know how to dive into a pool or do a turn. You should be quite at ease in deep water and have most freestyle and backstroke basics down.
I expect that even in a C or D class, many of the students will not have been doing a lot of swimming recently and might be out of shape, so there is no 500 yard prerequisite swim test. I also don't expect all the strokes from higher level swimmers, as it has been my experience that most C/D swimmers don't have a butterfly, for example.
For some classes it lists a prerequisite, such as PE 26A is a prerequisite for PE 26B, but it only really means that someone have the skills of a PE 26A graduate. (A good swimmer would be very bored having to take a 26A novice swim class.)
Most C and D classes have students with a wide variety of skills. Sometimes people take a different level of swim class just because it is held at the right time for their schedule. Sometimes really good swimmers take intermediate because they are afraid that D might be too much work.
Winter quarter 2008 there will be no evening swim classes.
Intermediate Swimming (and advanced and aerobic) will be offered Saturdays from 12:05 to 1:55.
P E -026C-01L (call number 1844).
If you have ski plans for a weekend or another reason to miss class, you can attend the beginning swim class on Sunday on another weekend to make up your absence.
We will have a holiday, (no class) on President's birthday weekend, Feb. 16/17.
No, it is not too cold to take a winter quarter swim class. The pool is heated enough for seniors exercise programs. You can stay warmer with a swim cap, rash guard type tight-fitting shirt, cyclists shorts or even a wetsuit vest, but most people just go ahead and swim.
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For answers to frequently asked questions about swim classes, click on this link: Swim classes FAQs
PE 26B, the beginning swimming class at De Anza, requires some swimming skill. If you have some skill be sure to notice where the beginning class is held.
EPOOL refers to the east end of the De Anza Olympic sized pool. This is the shallow end with water up to 5 feet deep. Novice swim classes, a few beginning swim classes and water exercise classes are held there.
MPOOL is the middle section and WPOOL is the west end of the pool. Both are in water that is at least 6 to 7 feet deep. If you can't swim back and froth in a pool in deep water you should not enroll in a swim class held in M or W pool.
P.E. 26A, the Novice swimming class at De Anza is the class for adult non-swimmers, either those who are afraid to get in the pool, or are just not ready for beginning swimming.
For info about the class click on these links:
Novice swimming
Novice Swim FAQs
Letters from novice students
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