LEARN-TO-LAP-SWIM BONUS | December 2025
December 7, 2025 – December 28, 2025 (or January 4, 2026)
Sundays 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
This Learn-to-Lap-Swim Bonus (LTLS Bonus) Session will be focused on other strokes and skills for current and past LTLS students and current Zoom members. Lessons will be similar to LTLS, but with more focus on technique for strokes that were introduced, but not mastered during LTLS sessions.
This session is ONLY open to returning LTLS or current ZOOM members, participants must be able to swim 4 lengths of pool without stopping and a minimum of 600 yards in a workout.
Lession Schedule
Week 1 – Back and Breast drills and technique, dolphin kick intro
Week 2 – Back (plus underwaters), Breast (legal underwater/turns), dolphin kick
Week 3 – Back and Freestyle, introduce flipturns and/or beginning Butterfly drills
Week 4 – Continue flipturns and Butterfly and review all strokes
LTLS Bonus
Cost $80 (4 weeks)
4 classes December 7 – December 28
Sundays | 7:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
LTLS Bonus is limited to 12 participants.
Requirement: USMS Membership is required to participate in this program.
Where: Kalamazoo College Natatorium 1022 Academy Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49006 on the corner of Academy and Catherine Streets
Description: ZOOM Learn-to-Lap Swim (LTLS) is a group lesson covering skills needed to swim laps independently or with a club. The course is designed as a bridge between ALTS and swimming with ZOOM, but is open to anyone over the age of 18 who is able to swim with their face in the water, float unassisted in deep water, and has a basic understanding of front crawl. Skills covered in LTLS include stroke development for front crawl, proper breathing techniques, efficient arm rotation, and better body alignment. Instructor/Coaches will go over best practices for group swimming, lane etiquette, swim jargon, and how to follow a written workout. Introduction to breaststroke and backstroke will also be covered as time and interest permits.
Learn-to-Lap-Swim classes run concurrently to our swim club schedule. Quarters begin on March 1st (Spring), June 1st (Summer), September 1st (Fall), and December 1st (Winter).
If you are able to swim multiple lengths of a pool and are interested in stroke development, you may be more suited to participate in swim clinics periodically offered by ZOOM or try Kalamazoo Masters by attending a practice.
Need-Based Scholarship: Our mission is to support swimming for adults in Kalamazoo area. If you need financial assistance to help you pay for the registration fee, please reach out to us at swimming@kalamazoomasters.com.
Kalamazoo Masters Swim Club (ZOOM) was chosen as one of 33 adult programs in 22 states, from the USA Swimming Foundation’s nationwide network of swim lesson providers to receive grant money in 2025.