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Click on the Session Schedule page links on this page.  View the schedules, find a class, and use the online registration form to register.  

First time here? Welcome to Jeanie Neal Face-Up First Swimming!

Select your program...

INSTRUCTIONAL -INST

DEVELOPMENTAL -DEV

VOYAGERS -VOY

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Learn more about the lessons here by viewing the slideshow at the bottom of this page and by clicking below:

Parent Information

Coaches

I am the creator of Face-Up First swimming progression, the online course Water Safety Education for Parents & Caregivers, and the Swimming Pool Safety for Kids poem and aquatic awards program.

Shelby Schultz is an experienced coach and an expert in teaching the Face-Up First curriculum. We are committed to the same high levels of exceptional customer service and technical excellence. However, we operate our businesses independent of one another.

The Grand Island YMCA and iNspire Swim & Fitness also offer swimming lessons using my Face-Up First curriculum. We do sometimes share space on this website, but when you register for lessons with Shelby Schultz, iNspire, and/or Grand Island YMCA, you are doing business with them - not with Jeanie Neal. 

Please use the appropriate registration forms for your selected lessons. The forms on our pages are not interchangeable. Whomever you choose, we are each grateful for your business.  - Jeanie Neal

Swim School Uniform

Face-Up First swimmers ages three to twelve are required to wear one-piece, solid-color competition-style swimming suits, caps, and goggles for all lessons.* The coaches will provide caps and goggles, or swimmers may wear their own. Children who are not yet reliably potty-trained are required to wear swim diapers. 

*Grand Island YMCA and iNspire Swim Team may have different swim school requirements. 

Click to visit the swim shop to purchase suits and equipment.

Program Descriptions

INSTRUCTIONAL - INST

Learn to S.W.I.M. Face-Up First®

Proven-effective Face-Up First method featuring the S.W.I.M. Model™. This is the fastest and easiest way to learn to swim.

Convenient & Economical No-Level Scheduling
Swim with siblings, friends, car-pool buddies, regardless of age or ability.

Ideal Coach to Swimmer Ratios
-Under 3 years: 1:1 (10 min.)
-Over 3 years: 1:1 (10 min.) 1:2 (20 min.) or 1:3 (30 min.)

No experience necessary.

DEVELOPMENTAL & VOYAGERS

Practice to Swim FAST.

F - Fitness
Strength, Endurance, Power, and Flexibility

A - Attitude
Think and act like a Champion.

S - Skills
Streamlines, Starts, and Finishes

T - Technique
Effective, efficient, balanced strokes - Tadpole, Elementary Backstroke, Backstroke, Butterfly, Breaststroke

Ideal Coach to Swimmer Ratios

DEV: Ages 5 & Older: 1:6 (30 min.): Ages 5 and older, ability to swim continuous 25 yards each of backstroke and crawl stroke with rotary or roll-to-back breathing - lifting the head to breathe is disqualifying from the group, and the ability/willingness to jump into the 12.5 feet end of the pool.

VOY: First Grade & Older: 1:20 (60 min.): First Grade & Older, ability to swim a continuous 100 yard swim consisting of 50 yards of crawl stroke with rotary breathing and 50 yards of backstroke.

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Water Safety Education & Resources

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