Provides recreational aquatics center for people with and without disabilities. Includes an outdoor covered pool and a heated indoor therapy pool. Offers a variety of classes, including fitness for arthritis, yoga-aquatics, deep or shallow water fitness, and adapted swimming lessons.

Edith Ball Adaptive Recreation Center | Edith Ball Adaptive Recreation Center

Physical fitness programs that feature a series of exercises that are done in a swimming pool or other aquatic setting.

Aquarobics/Aquatic Exercise

Programs that provide opportunities for people of all ages to learn, become competitive in and enjoy swimming. Included are programs that provide swimming lessons for people who are unable to swim.

Swimming/Swimming Lessons

Sports and games whose rules of play or playing formats have been changed to allow people with functional or cognitive disabilities to play.

Adapted Sports/Games

Programs that are designed to increase public awareness of the measures that people can take to ensure their safety when swimming in the ocean, a lake, a river, a pond or a public or private swimming pool; engaging in water sports such as surfing or water skiing; or when using a spa, hot tub or whirlpool. Topics may include child drowning prevention, safety barrier guidelines for home pools and spas; diving safety; pool rules; hot tub risk factors; water quality assurance; basic water rescue techniques for oneself or others; life jackets, wet suits and other protective gear; protection against and treatment of hypothermia; swimming in undertows, rip tides and other strong currents; inshore holes; "sneaker" waves; dangerous beach and surf conditions; and sharks, jellyfish and other sea denizens.

Swimming Safety Education

Programs that develop, maintain and make available to the public, swimming pools which may be equipped with diving boards of various heights, slides and other equipment.