Wildwood Manor Pool Summer 2025
FINS will host small group programming at Wildwood Manor Pool throughout summer 2025. The group levels offered will be: Tiny Turtles, Little FINS, Seahorses, Marlins & Swordfish. Please reference practice timing and session dates below! (NOTE: times differ based on your swimmer’s group level.)
Session Dates:
Session 1: June 15 – June 26 (2 weeks)
Session 2: June 29 – July 10 (2 weeks)
Session 3: July 13 – July 24 (2 weeks)
Session 4: July 27 – August 7 (2 weeks)
Practice Schedule:
Tiny Turtles and Little FINS
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 3:30pm
Wednesday 11:00am
Sunday 9:00 and 9:30am
Seahorses, Marlins and Swordfish
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 6:30pm
Wednesday 11:00am
Sunday 9:15am
Tiny Turtles
Ages 3 to 6
Very Beginner
Little FINS
Ages 4 to 7
Beginner 1
Seahorses
Ages 5 to 8
Beginner 2
Tiny Turtles
Ages 3 to 6 - Very Beginner - Outdoors Only
Primary Focus:
– To further our swimmers’ comfort in and around the water with song, game, and play-based instruction, help develop and strengthen general water safety skills, and introduce foundational skills for freestyle and forward swimming.
Tiny Turtles will typically learn in the shallow end (2-3 ft.) of the pool
*Note: This group is currently offered only at outdoor locations.
Requirements:
– Be able to enter and exit the water safely
– Feel happy in and around the water and in a group setting without their grown-up present
– Swimmers must be toilet-trained
Group Goals:
– Become comfortable and confident submerging
– Learn basic skills required for floating on front and back, blowing bubbles, kicking, and treading water
– Learn to practice alongside teammates and feel comfortable in a team setting
Tiny Turtles
Ages 3-6
Very Beginner
2025
Prior to registering, please read through the following registration information:
Step 1: Select your practice group for your first swimmer.
Step 2: Select how many times per week your swimmer will attend and select “Add to Cart”.
Step 3: If you have additional swimmers, repeat steps1 & 2 PRIOR to hitting “Continue”. You may sort through different groups using the “Filter By” option on the left side of your screen. Select “Continue” when all swimmers are added to your cart.
Step 4: Login to your “Active” account. If you do not have an “Active” account, one will be automatically created for you at checkout. “Active” is our registration system and your information will remain fully secure.
Step 5: Complete required fields and don’t forget to select your practice time/s for each swimmer. Only select the number of practices that correspond with the amount of times you have selected for each individual swimmer.
Step 6: Review your order & check out! Pricing is updated and prorated.
Additional Reminders:
* The practice times that you select are your exact times for the season. Please choose carefully.
* Please read our waivers, refund, makeup, and weather policies carefully. No refunds are provided for any registration. No Exceptions will be made.
* We encourage families to read through our FAQs page to receive answers to some of our most commonly asked questions.
* All sibling discounts will be computed automatically at checkout.
Little FINS
Ages 4 to 7 - Beginner 1
Primary Focus:
– To further our swimmers’ comfort in and around the water, help develop and strengthen general water safety skills, learn the basic elements to a successful freestyle, and introduce foundational skills for backstroke swimming
Little FINS will typically practice:
In the shallow end (2-3 ft.) of the pool with 10-15 minutes in deeper water (4.5+ ft.)
Requirements:
– Comfortable submerging and blowing bubbles
– Comfortable floating unassisted on back and front
– Comfortable jumping in and swimming in deeper water (4.5+ ft.)
– Has foundational kicking skills and can move forward on a kickboard for 15 yd/m without touching the bottom
– Can attempt to move across the pool with forward motion and horizontal body position independently for 5-10 yd/m
Group Goals:
– Become comfortable and confident swimming unassisted for 15-25 yd/m
– Develop the foundational components of freestyle swimming including body position, kicking, and roll over breathing
– Learn the introductory components of backstroke swimming including body position and kicking
– Learn to practice alongside teammates and feel comfortable in a team setting
Little Fins
Ages 4-7
Beginner 1
2025
Prior to registering, please read through the following registration information:
Step 1: Select your practice group for your first swimmer.
Step 2: Select how many times per week your swimmer will attend and select “Add to Cart”.
Step 3: If you have additional swimmers, repeat steps1 & 2 PRIOR to hitting “Continue”. You may sort through different groups using the “Filter By” option on the left side of your screen. Select “Continue” when all swimmers are added to your cart.
Step 4: Login to your “Active” account. If you do not have an “Active” account, one will be automatically created for you at checkout. “Active” is our registration system and your information will remain fully secure.
Step 5: Complete required fields and don’t forget to select your practice time/s for each swimmer. Only select the number of practices that correspond with the amount of times you have selected for each individual swimmer.
Step 6: Review your order & check out! Pricing is updated and prorated.
Additional Reminders:
* The practice times that you select are your exact times for the season. Please choose carefully.
* Please read our waivers, refund, makeup, and weather policies carefully. No refunds are provided for any registration. No Exceptions will be made.
* We encourage families to read through our FAQs page to receive answers to some of our most commonly asked questions.
* All sibling discounts will be computed automatically at checkout.
Seahorses
Ages 5 to 8 - Beginner 2
Primary Focus:
– Strengthening of basic components and foundational skills of freestyle and backstroke and an introduction to breaststroke and butterfly strokes
Seahorses will typically practice:
In a 25 yd/m “main competition pool”
Requirements:
– Feel comfortable in deep water (4.5+ ft.) independently
– Swim across a 25 yd/m pool unassisted with elements of a freestyle stroke
– Kick across a 25 yd/m pool unassisted on the back
Group Goals:
– Continue to develop freestyle swimming by learning side breathing and how to add arm strokes to their freestyle kick
– Continue to develop backstroke swimming by learning how to add arm strokes to their backstroke kick
– Learn the introductory components of breaststroke and butterfly kicking
– Introduction to technical swimming skills such as streamlines, send offs, and diving
– Introduction to swimming drills and swimming vocabulary
– Learn to practice alongside teammates and feel comfortable in a team setting
Seahorses
Ages 5-8
Beginner 2
2025
Prior to registering, please read through the following registration information:
Step 1: Select your practice group for your first swimmer.
Step 2: Select how many times per week your swimmer will attend and select “Add to Cart”.
Step 3: If you have additional swimmers, repeat steps1 & 2 PRIOR to hitting “Continue”. You may sort through different groups using the “Filter By” option on the left side of your screen. Select “Continue” when all swimmers are added to your cart.
Step 4: Login to your “Active” account. If you do not have an “Active” account, one will be automatically created for you at checkout. “Active” is our registration system and your information will remain fully secure.
Step 5: Complete required fields and don’t forget to select your practice time/s for each swimmer. Only select the number of practices that correspond with the amount of times you have selected for each individual swimmer.
Step 6: Review your order & check out! Pricing is updated and prorated.
Additional Reminders:
* The practice times that you select are your exact times for the season. Please choose carefully.
* Please read our waivers, refund, makeup, and weather policies carefully. No refunds are provided for any registration. No Exceptions will be made.
* We encourage families to read through our FAQs page to receive answers to some of our most commonly asked questions.
* All sibling discounts will be computed automatically at checkout.
Marlins
Ages 7 to 10 - Intermediate
Primary Focus:
– Refining freestyle and backstroke, strengthening the basic components of breaststroke and butterfly, and developing technical skills including starts, flipturns, breaststroke pull outs, underwater kick-outs, breakouts, etc.
Marlins will practice:
In a 25 yd/m “main competition pool”
Requirements:
– Comfortable swimming beyond 25 yd/m of the pool
– Has a clear understanding of freestyle including kicking, arm strokes, and side breathing
– Has a clear understanding of backstroke including kicking and arm strokes
– Can attempt a “frog” breaststroke kick and “dolphin” butterfly kick for 25 yd/m of the pool
*Note: Most athletes in this group are swimmers who have spent time on a swim team or have received some type of organized swim instruction. They feel confident swimming back and forth with ease, but their strokes are still in need of fine-tuning. Divisions within this group will exist based on swimmer abilities.
Group Goals:
– Refine freestyle and backstroke swimming
– Gain further mastery of breaststroke and butterfly
– Gain exposure to race pace swimming
– Develop technical skills (starts, flipturns, breaststroke pull outs, underwater kick-outs, breakouts, etc.)
– Further swimming vocabulary and learn new drills that help swimmers understand the different components that make up every stroke
Marlins
Ages 7-10
Intermediate
2025
Prior to registering, please read through the following registration information:
Step 1: Select your practice group for your first swimmer.
Step 2: Select how many times per week your swimmer will attend and select “Add to Cart”.
Step 3: If you have additional swimmers, repeat steps1 & 2 PRIOR to hitting “Continue”. You may sort through different groups using the “Filter By” option on the left side of your screen. Select “Continue” when all swimmers are added to your cart.
Step 4: Login to your “Active” account. If you do not have an “Active” account, one will be automatically created for you at checkout. “Active” is our registration system and your information will remain fully secure.
Step 5: Complete required fields and don’t forget to select your practice time/s for each swimmer. Only select the number of practices that correspond with the amount of times you have selected for each individual swimmer.
Step 6: Review your order & check out! Pricing is updated and prorated.
Additional Reminders:
* The practice times that you select are your exact times for the season. Please choose carefully.
* Please read our waivers, refund, makeup, and weather policies carefully. No refunds are provided for any registration. No Exceptions will be made.
* We encourage families to read through our FAQs page to receive answers to some of our most commonly asked questions.
* All sibling discounts will be computed automatically at checkout.
Swordfish
Ages 11 to 15 - Intermediate
Primary Focus:
– Refining all four strokes and all technical skills including starts, flipturns, breaststroke pull outs, underwater kick-outs, breakouts, etc.
Swordfish will practice:
In a 25 yd/m “main competition pool”
Requirements:
– Comfortable swimming beyond 25 yd/m of the pool in freestyle and backstroke
– Must have a clear understanding of all four strokes including kicking and arm strokes- strokes may not be refined, but swimmers are familiar with the general motions that make up every stroke
*Note: Most athletes in this group are swimmers who have spent time on a swim team or have received some type of organized swim instruction. They feel confident swimming back and forth with ease, but their strokes are still in need of fine-tuning. Divisions within this group will exist based on swimmer abilities.
Group Goals:
– Refine all four strokes
– Gain exposure to race pace swimming
– Become more proficient with all technical skills (starts, flipturns, breaststroke pull outs, underwater kick-outs, breakouts, etc.)
– Further swimming vocabulary and learn new drills that help swimmers understand the different components that make up every stroke
Swordfish
Ages 11-15
Intermediate
2025
Prior to registering, please read through the following registration information:
Step 1: Select your practice group for your first swimmer.
Step 2: Select how many times per week your swimmer will attend and select “Add to Cart”.
Step 3: If you have additional swimmers, repeat steps1 & 2 PRIOR to hitting “Continue”. You may sort through different groups using the “Filter By” option on the left side of your screen. Select “Continue” when all swimmers are added to your cart.
Step 4: Login to your “Active” account. If you do not have an “Active” account, one will be automatically created for you at checkout. “Active” is our registration system and your information will remain fully secure.
Step 5: Complete required fields and select your practice time/s for each swimmer. Only select the number of practices that correspond with the amount of times you have selected for each individual swimmer.
Step 6: Review your order & check out! Pricing is updated and prorated.
Additional Reminders:
* The practice times that you select are your exact times for the season. Please choose carefully.
* Please read our waivers, refund, makeup, and weather policies carefully. No refunds are provided for any registration. No Exceptions will be made.
* We encourage families to read through our FAQs page to receive answers to some of our most commonly asked questions.
* All sibling discounts will be computed automatically at checkout.