Your new swim academy.
Year-round swim lessons for ages 4 months to 12 years in a heated indoor / outdoor pool. Certified instructors, small classes, and a curriculum built on safety, progress, and fun.
Every lesson builds a safer swimmer.
At ONYX Aquatics, we teach children how to swim, float, and tread water successfully. Our expert instructors lead every lesson with compassion and care, and small class sizes mean your child always gets close supervision. We celebrate every milestone along the way.
What classes will offer
Skills to achieve by week.
Every class follows a structured eight-week progression. Here is exactly what your swimmer will work on in each session, from first bubbles all the way to full lengths of the pool. Week 8 is Test Day, where swimmers show off everything they have learned.
LEVEL 1
Water confidence and first skills
Week 1
- Safe entry and exit of the water
- Water movement with hands
- Blowing bubbles
- Water poured over head
Week 2
- Submerging face while standing
- Blowing bubbles
- Bobbing
- Water movement with hands
Week 3
- Blowing bubbles
- Submerging face
- Supported back float
- Rolling in water
- Supported jump in
Week 4
- Supported streamline
- Bubble blowing and face submersion
- Kick with board
- Supported floating
- Supported jump in
Week 5
- Streamline intro
- Water movement and bobbing
- Gliding on back
- Push off wall and rolling
- Supported back kicking
Week 6
- Independent floating
- Begin light tread and rotate
- Rotate to floating
- Back kicking with board
Week 7
- Instructed Stage 1 review
- Jump in, recovery, float
- Flip and kick to wall
Week 8
- Test Day
LEVEL 2
Freestyle and backstroke foundations
Week 1
- Stage 1 review
- Jump in, bobbing, bubbles
- Floating, kicking, rotate
- Streamline
Week 2
- Front kicking with board
- Back kicking with board
- Streamline
- Streamline glide to back float
Week 3
- Standing streamline
- Begin freestyle
- Demo standing freestyle
- Water scoops
Week 4
- Freestyle drills week
- Hand scoops
- Elbow and arm placement
- Kick and body rotation
Week 5
- Freestyle with pull buoy
- Freestyle flipping to back float
- Kicking on front to back float
- Freestyle flipping to back and kick
Week 6
- Freestyle review
- Intro to backstroke
- Basic rotary breathing (standing)
- Freestyle with rotary breathing
Week 7
- Instructed Stage 2 review
- Push off wall, streamline
- Freestyle arms, rotate to back
- Back float recovery
Week 8
- Test Day
LEVEL 3
Strokes, breathing, and endurance
Week 1
- Stage 2 review
- Push off, freestyle arms
- Rotation to back
- Float and recovery
Week 2
- Freestyle with basic breathing
- Freestyle with kicking
- Instructed rotary breathing
- Rotary breathing on wall
Week 3
- Push off with freestyle
- Freestyle with kicking
- Review rotary breathing
- Freestyle with rotary breathing
Week 4
- Backstroke push off
- Backstroke kicks and streamline
- Backstroke arms with buoy
- Freestyle with rotary breathing
Week 5
- Backstroke and body coordination
- Backstroke for one length
- Freestyle with rotary breathing
- Jump in and complete 8 strokes of either stroke
Week 6
- Chunk-style endurance freestyle
- Rotary breathing review
- Chunk-style endurance backstroke
- Body rotations
Week 7
- Instructed Stage 3 review
- Complete 1 length of freestyle
- Complete 1 length of backstroke
Week 8
- Test Day
* 8 weeks of 30 minute sessions per level. Week 8 is Test Day.
Safety first. Fun always.
Warm indoor pools
Held at a comfortable temperature for year-round lessons in any Ohio season.
Small class sizes
Capped at four students so every swimmer gets personalized attention.
Play-based curriculum
Progression-based interactive play that turns learning into something kids look forward to.
Flexible scheduling
Make-up lessons and easy rescheduling built for busy families.
Multiple locations
Offering classes at both the Willoughby Hills location and Hudson.
Good questions, clear answers.
Frequently asked questions
We welcome swimmers as young as 4 months old, and our program runs up to age 12. Not sure which program suits your child best? Enroll and our team will help place them in the right level, or book a free intro lesson and see for yourself.
Prices, hours, and amenities vary by location. Membership terms and conditions apply. See your home club for details.