Be a Water-Ready Family
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Nine in 10 parents see swimming as an essential skill, but 24% have low confidence in their kids’ ability to stay safe in the water.
What Matters Most Deserves Your Full Focus
The Y wants to ensure all families are ready for a fun and safe summer. To do that, we’re helping families become “water-ready” with three simple steps that help reduce the risk of drowning.
What You Can Do Now:
- Take the Phones Down, Eyes Up pledge to power down and put your phones away when watching children near or around water.
- Assign Water Watchers anytime a group is near water with children. These alert, responsible and active supervisors use a badge, so your family always knows who is watching.
- Get your child water ready in our Safety Around Water and swim classes.
Three Easy Steps for Water Safety
Safe Swimmers, Confident Kids
Water safety isn’t a luxury—it’s a necessity. YMCA Safety Around Water and swim lessons teach essential skills that help kids stay safe and confident while they explore the world around them. The Y’s kind, supportive and skilled aquatics team are ready to help children learn and thrive in the water.
Phones Down, Eyes Up
Distractions like texts or emails may seem harmless, but they can be deadly around water. Eighty-eight percent of children who drown do so with an adult present. Designate a Water Watcher—an attentive adult who stays off phones and keeps eyes on kids. Your feed can wait. Their safety can’t.
Be a Water Watcher
Take the Water Watcher pledge to help keep kids safe around water. That means following pool rules, never leaving children unsupervised, avoiding breath-holding games, limiting distractions and staying in the water with children age 6 and younger. Be the adult who’s all in—focused, alert and ready.
The Y is America's swim instructor. And Y swim instructors are exceptional.
1 million children learn to swim at the Y each year.
Here’s what Hannah shared about her daughter’s experience:
“Miss Pam in aquatics is heaven sent! Our daughter is slow to warm up and was scared of swim lessons, she showed our daughter to be confident and that she can trust her. It’s helped so much!”
Be part of the growing community with swim lessons!
Build Water Skills at All Ages & Every Level
Water Safety Skills
Build a foundation for safe swimming with life-saving skills like floating, safe water entry and exit, and breathing techniques.
Swimming Strokes & Techniques
Learn fundamental strokes including freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke.
Rescue Skills
Discover how to assist others in distress and respond in emergencies.
Confidence in the Water
Develop the skills to feel safe and self-assured in any water environment.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Swim Lessons
Yes, swim lessons are year-round with classes starting on the first of each month. Register your child–or yourself today.
Group Lesson Rates
- $59/Month – Y Members, YMCA Before & After School particpants and YMCA Early Learning participants
- $88/Month – Non-Members
Private lessons are also available. For more information on private lesson availability and rates, click here.
From dipping your toes in the water to refining your backstroke, the YMCA has the perfect swim lesson for you or your child. Our expert instructors provide personalized guidance in a welcoming, safe environment for swimmers of every age and ability.
- Beginner? Build water confidence with our introductory classes.
- Ready to learn strokes? Master the essentials like freestyle, backstroke, and more.
- Want to perfect your technique? We offer advanced training to take your skills to the next level.
One of the best parts of swim lessons at the YMCA is that you have many locations to choose from! Check out our great locations below:
- Northside: Jordan YMCA
- Northeast/Lawrence: Benjamin Harrison YMCA
- Downtown Indy: Irsay Family YMCA at CityWay
- Southside Indy and Greenwood: Baxter YMCA
- Eastside: Ransburg YMCA
- Westside: OrthoIndy Foundation YMCA and Hendricks Regional Health YMCA
- Far North: Fishers YMCA, Witham Family YMCA and Ascension St. Vincent YMCA in Westfield