Swim Lessons in Brentwood
From your baby's first dip to advanced butterfly, choose from eight lesson options with certified instructors, and an indoor lesson pool kept at a toasty 93°F.
- Brentwood location only
- 93°F indoor lesson pool
- Eight lesson options
Learn a life skill
Swimming is not only a fun fitness activity but also a lifesaving one. Early swimming lessons will help your children feel at home in the water and ensure they learn a fun way to exercise for life. We offer group, private, and semi-private lessons for children and private lessons for adults. There is always a lifeguard on duty during group lessons.
Use the swim inquiry form below to reach the Aquatics Team. Each request is delivered to Liz and the Delta Valley Kids team for follow-up.
Two indoor pools, year-round.
Lessons use our 93°F warm-water teaching pool, with some advanced lessons using the Lap Pool. Family swim and lap swim use our 25-yard lap pool.
Lap Pool
Four lanes are available to members during club operating hours, with scheduled Water Aerobics and Advanced Swim Conditioning sessions.
Learn more about our poolLesson & Therapy Pool
Used for swim lessons, senior physical therapy and scheduled beach parties. Warm enough for babies, gentle on joints.
See pool hoursSwimming lessons for ages 6 months through adults.
Each lesson is a structured 25 minutes with an instructor who knows exactly what your swimmer needs to progress.
Baby Beluga
A parent-supported introduction to water comfort and safety for babies ages 6 months to 1 year.
Lesson activities ↓
- • Sit/hold baby facing you and splash arms with toys
- • Pour water over shoulder → head (hand or cup)
- • Blow bubbles while baby is watching you
- • Assisted kicks while holding baby
- • Assisted back floats (support head)
- • Assisted kicks on their back
- • Intro to wall grabbing
- • Assisted sit jumps
Requirements to level up ↓
- • Has aged out of the group
Jellyfish
For young swimmers building water comfort, bubbles, kicking, floating, streamlining, and safe pool-entry skills.
Lesson activities ↓
- • Blow bubbles with mouth
- • Kicks on board
- • Kicks on steps
- • Assisted streamline
- • Assisted starfish
- • Practice arms on steps
- • Assisted sit jumps
Requirements to level up ↓
- • Can do bubbles with their face in the water
- • Comfortable in the water
- • Comfortable on their back with an ear in the water
- • Can kick on a bar or board independently to the instructor
- • Can demonstrate streamline form
- • Has aged out of the group
Tadpole
For swimmers developing independent floating, short-distance freestyle and backstroke, back breathing, and safe pool exits.
Lesson activities ↓
- • Kicks on board
- • Starfish floats
- • Streamline to instructor 3 ft
- • Assisted freestyle and backstroke
- • Safety jumps
- • Monkey climb
Requirements to level up ↓
- • Has aged out of the group
- • Can swim freestyle and backstroke 3 ft to the instructor
- • Can float independently for 5 seconds
- • Can flip onto their back and use back breathing
Manatee
For swimmers ages 5 and up learning independent freestyle, backstroke, floating, breathing, and water-safety skills.
Lesson activities ↓
- • Kicks on bar short ways
- • Streamline push and glide
- • Freestyle w/ arms on bar → short swim on own
- • Starfish floats
- • Backstroke w/ arms on bar → short swim on own
- • Safety jumps and monkey climb
- • Rings
Requirements to level up ↓
- • Can kick on a bar independently
- • Can swim freestyle and backstroke independently for 10 yards
- • Can float on their back for 10 seconds
- • Comfortable with their face in the water
- • Can use side breathing and back breathing
Otter
For swimmers moving into the lap pool while developing longer freestyle and backstroke, breaststroke, treading, and diving skills.
Lesson activities ↓
- • Kick on board halfway (Lap Pool)
- • Starfish or assisted treading (Lap Pool)
- • Freestyle halfway (Lap Pool)
- • Backstroke halfway (Lap Pool)
- • Assisted breaststroke → halfway (Lesson Pool)
- • Assisted sit dives (Lesson Pool)
- • Rings (Lesson Pool)
Requirements to level up ↓
- • Can swim breaststroke 10 yards independently in the Lesson Pool
- • Comfortable in the Lap Pool
- • Can swim freestyle and backstroke 25 yards in the Lap Pool
- • Comfortable with sit dives
- • Must know side breathing before moving into Sea Turtle
Sea Turtle
For swimmers developing all four strokes, flip turns, diving, treading, and confidence in the deep end.
Lesson activities ↓
- • Kicks on board
- • Freestyle and backstroke all the way down
- • Breaststroke halfway
- • Assisted butterfly strokes
- • Assisted flip turns
- • Dives
- • Treading
Requirements to level up ↓
- • Can swim freestyle and backstroke 25 yards in the Lap Pool
- • Can swim breaststroke 20 yards
- • Can swim butterfly 12 yards
- • Starting to tread in 4½ ft water
- • Comfortable in the deep end
Orca
For advanced swimmers refining all four strokes, IM and pull sets, flip turns, diving, and treading.
Lesson activities ↓
- • Kicks on board
- • FR, BK and BR all the way down
- • Butterfly half → full
- • IM sets or pull set
- • Flip turns
- • Dives
- • Treading
Requirements to level up ↓
- • Can swim freestyle, breaststroke, and backstroke 25 yards in the Lap Pool
- • Can swim butterfly 25 yards
- • Can properly demonstrate a dive
- • Can perform a proper flip turn
- • Can complete an IM set
- • Can complete a pull set
Advanced Swim Conditioning
Competitive swim conditioning in the Lap Pool focused on endurance, stroke refinement, race skills, starts, turns, and all four competitive strokes. 45 minutes, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4:00–4:45 PM.
Tryouts the first Tuesday of each monthAdult / Private Lessons
Private instruction for babies, children, and adults at any skill level, from water comfort and breathing to independent freestyle and backstroke.
Lesson activities ↓
- • Kicks on bar with face in the water
- • Streamline push and glide
- • Freestyle with arms on bar → independently halfway
- • Assisted back floats (release for 2–3 seconds)
- • Backstroke with arms on bar → independently halfway
- • Side breathing on bar → independently
Member & non-member pricing.
Toggle below to compare. Pricing varies by month based on the number of weeks.
Group Lesson
Class size varies by level · best value · all skill levels
Semi-Private
2 students · price shown is total · split per family
Private Lesson
One-on-one with instructor · fastest progression
Advanced Swim Conditioning
45-minute competitive conditioning · ages 15 & under
Tryout and instructor approval required
Competitive swim conditioning focused on endurance, stroke refinement, race skills, starts, turns, and all four competitive strokes.
Tryouts are scheduled the first Tuesday of each month. Ask the aqua desk for availability and tryout details.
Lesson packages include
- 25-minute structured lesson
- Certified instructor
- 93°F heated lesson pool
- Up to 2 make-ups/month ($20 fee)
- Age-appropriate curriculum
- Brentwood location only
Advanced Swim Conditioning is a separate 45-minute program in the Lap Pool.
Pool hours.
Tap a day to see what's open. Brentwood location only.
Lap Pool
4 lanes available to members during club hours
Lesson/Therapy Pool
Swim lessons, physical therapy & scheduled beach parties
Schedule updated 09/03/2026. The Lesson Pool (15 yards · 93°F) is used for swim lessons, physical therapy and scheduled beach parties. Some advanced lessons, Family Swim and Lap Swim use the Lap Pool (25 yards · 83°F). All hours apply to the Brentwood location.
Family Swim has an additional charge on top of membership. Stop by the front desk or call (925) 240-2990 for current Family Swim pricing.
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