Skills to Learn
Beginner level:
- holding breath under water
- navigating the side deck of the pool while in the water
- getting into and out of the water
- kicking legs and swinging arms simultaneously
- freestyle swimming with a breath assisted
- jumping into the pool and swimming back to a wall assisted
- jumping into the pool from a jumping rock and navigating oneself back to a wall with assistance
- swimming the width of the pool with assistance
- swimming the length of the pool assisted
- assisted floating
- assisted underwater swimming for objects
Intermediate level:
- freestyle with sideways breathing and arm count
- free standing dive from deck
- free standing dive from jumping rock
- dive and glide in streamline
- floating unassisted
- safety tread and float
- unassisted underwater swimming for dive rings or toys
- streamline backstroke kick
- elementary backstoke
racing dive
Advanced level training:
- detailed stroke work on freestyle
- detailed stroke work on backstroke
- streamline freestyle and backstroke
- jump dive
- racing dive
- breaststroke with correct breathing technique
- Butterfly with correct breathing and technique
- flip turns under and above water
- sidestroke
- IM (all four strokes swam in 4 laps with turns)