Cottontail Cobias

Registration will open on March 15th for the 2026 season and the deadline to register for Minis is June 1st.  Our goal is to offer a class to every swimmer who wants to participate.  However, class sizes will be limited, in order to best instruct the swimmers. This means you may not get your first choice for class times if a certain time is already filled, or if we get an overwhelming response for a certain level, we may need to adjust the schedule.   We ask that everyone remain flexible in order to successfully and safely have a mini program.

Practice times will be held during swim team practices (7:30 - 9:45 am) Monday - Friday.  The schedule can be found here.

Our Mini Cobia practice groups are for beginner swimmers, ages 3-8, who cannot yet swim a length of the pool in any stroke. 

Parents are responsible for signing their Mini up for the appropriate level in accordance with the guidance below.   

Mini Groups:

GUPPIES - Introduction to Water Skills (shallow end)

For the beginner who is comfortable in the water.

Swimmers learn basics of swimming:

• bobbing
• going under water
• supported front and back floating
• supported rolling over from front to back and back to front
• supported flutter kick
• supported freestyle arms
• jumping in 

MINNOWS - Fundamental Aquatic skills (shallow end, will transition to deep end)

Swimmers should already be able to float on front and back and put their head under water.

Swimmers will work on:

• independent front and back floating ,
• independent rolling over from front to back and back to front,
• freestyle arms and kicks,
• backstroke arms and kicks,
• retrieving underwater objects
• jumping into water over their head.
• Finding wall after jumping

DOLPHINS - Stroke Development (Deep end of the pool)

Swimmers should already be comfortable swimming freestyle and swimming on their back independently. (If your child can swim the length of the pool, they should be on the swim team.)

Swimmers will work on:

• freestyle with side breathing
• backstroke
• breast stroke and dolphin kicks
• retrieving objects in deeper water
• treading water, jumping into deep water
• dives.