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Learn to Swim

Aquatics

Through our Learn to Swim (LTS) Program, private swimming lessons are available to current students, faculty, staff, alumni, community guests and their dependents ages 6-months through adult.

At this time, our LTS program is on a waitlist and prioritizing students, faculty/staff, and alumni with active OneCards. If you fall outside of this category, there is a place for you to enter your information and secure a spot on the waitlist. Please fill out the interest form below to be added to the waitlist.

Private Swim Lesson Interest Form

Private Lessons

For children ages 6-months to 3-years, it is recommended that an adult accompanies the child in the water for every lesson. All lessons are held in the Pat Leonard Student Recreation Center Aquatics Facility.

*Ages 6+ may participate in 45-minute lessons. 30-minute lessons are strongly encouraged for ages below 6.

Private Lesson Packages and Prices

Students Fac/Staff Dependent Member Community Guest
Four, 45-minute Lessons $60 $96 $96 $96 $154
Six, 45-minute Lessons $90 $144 $144 $144 $230
Six, 30-minute Lessons $72 $126 $126 $126 $202
Nine, 30-minute Lessons $108 $189 $189 $189 $302

Private Lesson Levels

Location: LSRC Aquatics Facility

Purpose: To begin developing positive attitudes, good swimming habits and safe practices in and around the water for children at least 5 years of age.

Learning Objectives:

  • Enter and exit water using ladder, steps or side
  • Blow bubbles through mouth and nose
  • Bobbing
  • Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects
  • Front and back glides and floats
  • Recover to vertical position
  • Roll from front to back and back to front
  • Tread water using arm and hand actions
  • Alternating and simultaneous leg actions on front and back
  • Alternating and simultaneous arm actions on front and back
  • Combined arm and leg actions on front and back
  • Learn how to stay safe, including recognizing an emergency and knowing how to call for help
  • Learn how to stay safe in, on and around the water, including the use of a life jacket, recognizing lifeguards and sun safety

Location: LSRC Aquatics Facility

Purpose: To give participants success with fundamental skills, including learning how to float without support and to recover to a vertical position.

Learning Objectives:

  • Enter and exit water by stepping or jumping from the side
  • Fully submerge and hold breath
  • Bobbing
  • Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects
  • Front, jellyfish and tuck floats
  • Front and back glides and floats
  • Recover to vertical position
  • Roll from front to back and back to front
  • Change direction of travel while swimming on front or back
  • Tread water using arm and leg actions
  • Combined arm and leg actions on front and back
  • Finning arm action
  • Learn how to stay safe, including recognizing an emergency, knowing how to call for help and perform simple non-swimming assists
  • Learn how to stay safe in, on and around the water, including the use of a life jacket, recognizing lifeguards and sun safety
  • Learn to look carefully before entering the water
  • Learn what to think about and do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation

Location: LSRC Aquatics Facility

Purpose: To build on the skills in Level 2 by providing additional guided practice in deeper water.

Learning Objectives:

  • Enter water by jumping from the side
  • Headfirst entries from the side in sitting and kneeling positions
  • Bobbing while moving toward safety
  • Rotary breathing
  • Survival float
  • Back float
  • Change from vertical to horizontal position on front and back
  • Tread water
  • Flutter, scissor, dolphin and breaststroke kicks on front
  • Front crawl and elementary backstroke
  • Learn to look carefully before entering the water
  • Learn to perform simple non-swimming assists
  • Learn to recognize, prevent and respond to cold water emergencies

Location: LSRC Aquatics Facility

Purpose: To develop participants' confidence in the strokes learned in Level 3 and to improve other aquatic skills.

Learning Objectives:

  • Headfirst entries from the side in compact and stride positions
  • Swim under water
  • Feet first surface dive
  • Survival swimming
  • Front crawl and backstroke open turns
  • Tread water using 2 different kicks
  • Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly
  • Flutter and dolphin kicks on back
  • Learn to look carefully before entering the water
  • Learn what to think about and do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation
  • Learn to perform simple non-swimming assists
  • Learn about recreational water illnesses and how to prevent them
Important Information

Registration

All registrations can be completed online through the Aquatics Online Store or in the Campus Recreation Main Office in the Pat Leonard Student Recreation Center.

*Due to the current waiting list for swim lessons, open registration is no longer available. Those on the waiting list will be given a registration link once the instructor/participant schedule is confirmed.

Once registered, an instructor will be assigned and will contact you within 1 week to introduce themselves, discuss what you are interested in learning, and set up your first lesson. Private lessons will be arranged at a time that fits both yours and your instructor's schedule and may be scheduled anytime the indoor pool is open for its normal Lap Swimming hours. (Please see facility schedule for more information)

Lesson cancellations must be made 24 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.

Access to LSRC Facility & Attendance Policy

In order to gain access into the facility, your instructor will meet you in the Front Lobby area (before the turnstiles) to escort you to the LSRC Aquatics Facility for each lesson.

Instructors will arrive to each arranged lesson 5 to 10 minutes before the scheduled start. If participants do not arrive by the scheduled time, instructors will wait for 15 minutes. Late time will count as part of the lesson. If a participant cancels their lesson within 24 hours, the instructor will attempt to re-schedule. A "No Show," will count as an entire lesson.

Contact Us

Aquatics

Phone: (910) 962-7946

2swim@uncw.edu

Find Us
5070 Price Drive
Wilmington, NC, 28403

Indoor Pool Spring 2024 Hours

Monday-Friday: 6 a.m. - 8 a.m.; 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.  
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.  
Sunday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.; 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 

Outdoor Pool Spring 2024 Hours (Opens April 2024)

Monday-Sunday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. 

Patio Deck Hours

Monday-Sunday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. 

*All modified hours are listed on our Facility Hours page

Outdoor Alert System

Aquatics Online Store
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