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Royal Knights Academy

RKA White

4 - 9 years old as of 2024 Apr 1
2 times per week
$225.00 / session (2 days / week)

Fees and discounts
Starting: April 2, 2024
Ending: May 3, 2024
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Royal Knights Academy : RKA White

Royal Knights Academy White

Our entry level into the Royal Knights Academy. This group is for swimmers who are comfortable floating and moving in the water and are working on the foundational skills for swimming front crawl and backstroke with arms out of the water. With coaches in the water for hands-on teaching, swimmers receive assistance with skills and the opportunity to practice and master these skills within arms reach of the coaches

Pre-requisites:

For fall, born 2014 or later
Completed all preschool lessons or Swim For Life Swimmer 1
Comfortable with head fully underwater
Float in starfish on front and back for 3 seconds
Flutter kick for 5m front/back with a kickboard
Front swim for 5m

For information about assessments, check out our How to Join page.

Summer Session Information

8 classes over 3 weeks: $180 +$25 summer registration fee for all members (covers 1 or 2 sessions)

Session 1:

SSLC: Tues/Thurs/Fri Tues, July 4th to Thurs, July 20

GLFD: Mon/Weds/Fri Weds, July 5 to Fri, July 21

Session 2:

SSLC: Tues/Thurs/Fri Tues, July 25th to Thurs, Aug 10

GLFD Mon/Weds/Fri Mon, July 24 to Fri, Aug 11 (no class Mon, Aug 7)

RKA Red

4 - 9 years old as of 2024 Apr 1
2 times per week
$225.00 / session (2 days / week)

Fees and discounts
Starting: April 2, 2024
Ending: May 3, 2024
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Royal Knights Academy : RKA Red

Royal Knights Academy Red

Our second level of the Royal Knights Academy. This group is for swimmers who are working on stroke progression for swimming front crawl and backstroke with arms out of the water at an extended distance. Swimmers are introduced to new types of kicks and drills. With coaches in the water for hands-on teaching, swimmers receive assistance with skills and the opportunity to practice and master these skills within arms reach of the coaches

For summer sessions, please see Red and Black roster information

Pre-requisites:

For fall, born 2014 or later
Completed RKA white or Swim For Life Swimmer 2
12.5m kick on front and back
12.5m side glide kick front and back
Rhythmic Breathing
free and back swim with arms

For information about assessments, check out our How to Join page.

RKA Red & Black

4 - 9 years old as of 2024 Apr 1
2 times per week
$225.00 / session (2 days / week)

Fees and discounts
Starting: April 2, 2024
Ending: May 3, 2024
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Royal Knights Academy : RKA Red & Black

Royal Knights Academy Red & Black (ages 9 & under)

A combination of our second and third groupings for the Royal Knights Academy. The combination group is great for siblings of different levels, as well as for those in Red who may excel in some areas but still need more work in others before reaching the black group. This group is for swimmers who are working on stroke progression for swimming front crawl and backstroke with arms out of the water at an extended distance. Swimmers are introduced to new types of kicks and drills. With coaches in the water for hands-on teaching, swimmers receive assistance with skills and the opportunity to practice and master these skills within arms reach of the coaches.

Pre-requisites:

For fall, new members must be born 2014 or later
Completed RKA white or Swim For Life Swimmer 2
12.5m kick on front and back
12.5m side glide kick front and back
Rhythmic Breathing
free and back swim with arms

For information about assessments, check out our How to Join page.

Summer Session Information

8 classes over 3 weeks: $180 +$25 summer registration fee for all members (covers 1 or 2 sessions)

Session 1:

SSLC: Tues/Thurs/Fri Tues, July 4th to Thurs, July 20

GLFD: Mon/Weds/Fri Weds, July 5 to Fri, July 21

Session 2:

SSLC: Tues/Thurs/Fri Tues, July 25th to Thurs, Aug 10

GLFD Mon/Weds/Fri Mon, July 24 to Fri, Aug 11 (no class Mon, Aug 7)

To switch into RKA Black Group only

Front crawl for 15m
Backstroke for 15m
Flutter kick with kickboard for 15m
Flutter kick on back for 15m
Side glide on front for 12.5m
Side glide on back for 12.5m
Dolphin kick for 5m

Graduation to Bronze

Comfortable in deep water
Freestyle for 25m
Backstroke for 25m
Flutter kick with kickboard for 25m
Flutter kick on back for 25m
Streamline glide for 5 seconds on front and back
Dolphin kick for 10m

RKA Black

4 - 9 years old as of 2024 Mar 1
2 times per week
$225.00 / session (2 days / week)

Fees and discounts
Starting: April 1, 2024
Ending: May 3, 2024
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Royal Knights Academy : RKA Black

Royal Knights Academy Black

Our final level of the Royal Knights Academy. This group is for swimmers who are working up to swimming multiple lengths of freestyle (front crawl with smooth, rhythmic breathing) and backstroke. Swimmers are encouraged to swim multiple lengths for each skill without stopping and touching the bottom of the pool. We introduce breaststroke kick and competitive swimming-specific skills such as flipturns and touchturns. With coaches in the water for hands-on teaching, swimmers receive immediate help with adjustments for skills in order to progress to doing it on their own. Swimmers in this group can also register for the Red/Black combo group and Saturday mornings.

Pre-requisites:

For fall, new members must be born 2014 or later
Completed RKA Red Group or Swim For Life Swimmer 3
Front crawl for 12.5m
Backstroke for 12.5m
Flutter kick on back and front 25m
Side glide on front/back for 12.5m
4x25 @1:45
**Saturday only - comfortable in deep water

For information about assessments, check out our How to Join page.

RKA Saturdays

4 - 9 years old as of 2024 Mar 1
1 times per week
$225.00 / session (1 day / week)

Fees and discounts
Starting: April 6, 2024
Ending: June 15, 2024
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Royal Knights Academy : RKA Saturdays

Royal Knights Academy Saturday

Our weekend program for our Royal Knights Academy. Two levels of groups available: Red and Black. Please see the other RKA groups for weekday times. Swimmers will need to be comfortable in deep water.

Pre-requisites for Red:

For fall, new members must be born 2014 or later
Completed RKA white or Swim For Life Swimmer 2
12.5m kick on front and back
12.5m side glide kick front and back
Rhythmic Breathing
free and back swim with arms

Pre-requisites for Black:

Completed RKA Red Group or Swim For Life Swimmer 3
Front crawl for 12.5m
Backstroke for 12.5m
Flutter kick on back and front 25m
Side glide on front/back for 12.5m
4x25 @1:45

For information about assessments, check out our How to Join page.

RKA Mondays

9 years & under as of 2024 Mar 1
1 times per week
$225.00 / session (1 day / week)

Fees and discounts
Starting: April 8, 2024
Ending: June 17, 2024
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Royal Knights Academy : RKA Mondays

Waitlist - RKA

9 years & under

Royal Knights Academy : Waitlist - RKA

Terms & Conditions

Surrey Knights Club Consent and Registration Accord - Royal Knights Academy