Welcome to Water Safety!

Discover What to Expect at Rocket City ISR

Find out how we prioritize water safety and empower children through ISR lessons in Huntsville and Madison, AL.

Welcome to Rocket City ISR! Your child's water safety journey starts here.

The ISR Method: ISR’s goal is “To prevent drowning and enrich the lives of children by teaching them to swim.” The ISR program is a continuous course of skill development and refinement throughout the first six years of your child’s life. In the initial course, infants younger than 12 months learn effective posturing in the water to be able to rollback to sustain a floating position. After age one, children learn to incorporate the basics of the rollback and float along with swimming propulsion and flipping over to move through the water efficiently. Refresher lessons are needed annually or every six months to maintain aquatic survival skills as your baby or child’s body changes. After age five or six, you are encouraged to continue your child’s aquatic education through traditional stroke development classes recommended by your instructor. Swimming is a recreational skill that can be enjoyed for a lifetime. However, first you must be sure that your child becomes an aquatic problem solver!

FAQs

Why does it take an average of 6 weeks for my child to learn this?

The 6-week average is an estimate that is based on the average time in which it takes most children to learn these survival skills. Every child is unique and ISR’s Self- Rescue program is specifically designed based on your child’s individual strengths and needs. It is important to realize that this is an average which means that some children will actually finish more quickly while others will need more practice. ISR is dedicated to safety and, therefore, we want to provide your child with the time and best opportunity to become proficient in his/her survival skills. We will always honor your child’s needs.

How do the kids react during the first few lessons?

Children often fuss during the first few lessons because they are in a new environment and around new people. As your child becomes more confident in his/her ability in the water, the fussing will decrease. It is not unlike the first time you tried a new exercise class or were asked to perform a task at work that you’d never done before: the first time you try a new task it is always challenging, until you get the hang of it. It is the same for your young child. Your child is learning to perform a skill that he/she’s never done before.

I hear you say your priority is survival skills. Will my child learn to actually swim?

Yes. At ISR, we believe that part of survival for a child who can walk is swimming. Children learn the swim-float-swim sequence so that they could get themselves to safety. The difference in our program is that they will learn swimming AND survival skills and how to be an aquatic problem solver.

Do you have children that just can’t learn the skills?

No. Every child can learn. It is my job to find the best way to communicate the information so that it makes sense to the child. I set your child up to be successful every time you bring them to me. I start where they are and through consistent lessons, we see progress.

Download ISR's Family Aquatic Safety List to help protect your family from the hazards of an aquatic environment

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