Programming – Woodledge Pool Club

Programming 2026

Woodledge is excited to offer youth and adult programming through the Spring, Summer and Fall seasons. Please be aware that Spring and Fall programming is open to members and members of the public.

Swim Lessons:

We offer swim lessons beginning at age 2/3. Beginning with the 2025 season, Woodledge will shift its swim lesson approach to technique and safety skills centered. This ensures a more comprehensive understanding of swimming. Lessons are leveled A-F; F being those formerly in level 6.

Level A: The objectives of Level A are to learn basic personal water safety information and skills, to help participants feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy the water safely. In Level A, you teach elementary water skills. At this level, participants start developing good swimming habits and safe practices in and around the water.
Level B: The objective of Level B is to give participants success with fundamental skills. Participants learn to float without support and to recover to a vertical position. This level marks the beginning of true locomotion skills. Participants further develop simultaneous and alternating arm and leg actions on the front and back that lay the foundation for future strokes.
Level C: The objective of Level C is to build on previously learned skills by providing additional guided practice. You teach participants the survival float, swim the front crawl, and elementary back stroke. You introduce the scissors kick and dolphin kick. Participants should also learn the rules for headfirst entries and begin to enter the water headfirst from a seated position at poolside.
Level D: The objectives of Level D are to develop participants’ confidence in the strokes learned thus far and to improve other aquatic skills. In level D, participants improve their skills and increase their endurance by swimming familiar strokes (front crawl, elementary backstroke) for greater distances. Participants add the arms to the scissor kick for sidestroke. Participants also start to learn the back crawl, breaststroke and butterfly.
Level E: The objectives of Level E are coordination and refinement of strokes. Participants refine their performance of all strokes (front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, and sidestroke) and increase their distances. Stroke turns are also introduced.
Level F: The objectives of Level F are to refine strokes so participants swim them with more ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness.

Swim Team:

We offer three distinct swim team groups based on age and ability. Seniors are generally 12 and over and Juniors are generally 11 and under. Our Third group, Minnows, is for new swimmers or those who are 4 and up.

Tennis Lessons:

We offer Tennis Lessons from Red Ball through Varsity Level. Each Lesson is fifty five minutes and is offered daily in two week sessions 1-4.

Red Ball Competencies: Run/Skip/Hop and Jump. Hold a racquet; toss and catch a ball; execute koosh ball pass; roll and trap a ball with partner; hit a ball feed by coach; able to follow directions
Orange Ball Competencies: Run; skip; hop and jump; hold balance on one foot; Tap ball up with forehand and backhand; execute complete forehand and backhand motion from hand fed or drop fed ball by coach; throw a ball over hand across the net; execute basic overhand serve motion; begin to rally with partner over line then progressing to net; execute forehand and backhand volley with proper grip and overhead; score with visual aids; know where to stand on the court.
Yellow Ball Competencies: Execute basic ABC’s of movement: agility; balance; coordination, speed;Further develop and refine competencies achieved in green ball; adding more topspin and introducing slice.
Green Ball and JV Competencies: Execute basic ABC’s of movement: agility; balance; coordination, speed; Tap ball up with forehand and backhand; execute forehand and backhand with proper technique (grip; ready position; contact point; follow thru); execute volleys; overhead and serves with proper grip; learn proper scoring; know where to stand on court; call balls in and out.
Varsity: Has played on Club or school team this past summer or school year. Able to serve from the service line, and are interested in challenging themselves with match play.

Tennis Team:

The Woodledge Youth Tennis Team (Varsity/JV) offers an environment for fun, friendly competition with an emphasis on skill building. The tennis team is offered to all youth members who are able to serve from the service line, and are interested in challenging themselves with match and tournament play. In addition to individual class times each day, Team practice/matches are held daily.

Junior Varsity: For those who want to compete in the junior varsity team matches. Emphasis is on further refinement of all strokes; basic tactics in match play; proper scoring in game and match play.
Varsity: For those who want to focus on further refinement of all strokes and tactics in match play. Those wishing to compete in interclub matches must attend this class.

Adult Tennis Clinics:

Woodledge offers beginner and intermediate tennis clinics weekly throughout the Summer. Woodledge participates in the Greater Hartford Tennis League providing multiple opportunities to play in interclub matches. Beginner clinics are 1 hour and Intermediate Clinics are 1.5 hours. Adult League matches are 2 hours.