Marymount University Developmental
2807 N Glebe Rd Arlington, VA 22207
Our Developmental programs are devoted to competitive stroke instruction with an emphasis on balance in the water through specialized drills. It is not a “beginner or novice” learn-to-swim program.
Enrollment for Winter 2026 Opens Saturday December 6th at 9am EST!
Program Details
How to Enroll
All enrollment is processed via our Jackrabbit Enrollment Portal.
You must login / create an account to view and enroll in classes.
Current Families
Families who already have an account with NCAP Swim School can log into their Parent Portal with this button. Select ‘ find classes’ and ‘show me full classes with waitlists’. Adjust the filters as needed.
New Families
Families interested in joining us this Fall can create an account using this button. Skip the ‘Select Classes’ option to create your account. You must exit and log in using the ‘Parent Portal’ button above to view classes. Once in your portal, select ‘ find classes’ and ‘show me full classes with waitlist’.
Winter 2026 Session
Enrollment opens Saturday December 6th at 9am EST.
This session runs from January to May of 2026.
There are no exceptions to the age and skill requirements for each class.
All levels of the Developmental Program require that swimmers have the desire to improve by being engaged and applying coach feedback— classes are designed to be a practice-like environment.
All swimmers must be able to withstand water temperatures as low as 77º F for an hour and be comfortable in water up to 14 feet deep.
Class Descriptions
30-Minute Whales (6 - 10 Years Old)
Must be able to swim 25 yards of freestyle and backstroke, including the ability of consistent rotary breathing. This class teaches detail technique of freestyle, backstroke, introduces basic breaststroke, and builds endurance.
: Must be able to swim 75 yards of freestyle, 50 yards of backstroke, 25 yards of breaststroke, as well as an understanding of fly kick. This class teaches longer freestyle swimming, more advanced backstroke and breaststroke. This class will continue progressions on starts and flip turns, as well as detail technique of butterfly.
Barracudas (7 - 12 Years Old)
Sting Rays (7 - 13 Years Old)
Must be able to swim 75 yards of freestyle and backstroke, 50 yards of breaststroke, 25 yards of butterfly, as well as the ability to do flip turns. This class works on detailed mechanics of breaststroke and butterfly, as well as improving flip turns and starts. This class will also teach practice etiquette like reading a workout and the pace clock.
Octopus (7 - 13 Years Old)
Must be able to swim 100 yards of freestyle and backstroke, 75 yards breaststroke, 50 yards of butterfly, including the ability to do legal flip turns and starts. Swimmers must be able to do legal laps of all 4 strokes, 100 IM/intervals, and read a pace clock. This class works on longer breaststroke and butterfly, endurance swimming of all strokes, and continued improvement of starts and turns.
60-Minute Whales (6 - 11 Years Old)
Must be able to swim 50 yards of freestyle and backstroke, including the ability of consistent rotary breathing, as well as an understanding of breaststroke kick. This class teaches detail technique of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, builds endurance and introduces starts and flip turns.