Below is information regarding the different levels. Please note this is not a complete list of skills, but an introduction.
Parent/Child 6 months – 3 years old
Parents and children learn together to increase a child’s comfort level in the water and build a foundation of basic skills, such as arm and leg movements and breath control.
Preschool 1: 3 – 5 years old
Introduction to water skills: help students feel comfortable in the water, retrieve items under the water, as well as learning to float with assistance.
Preschool 2: 3 – 5 years
Fundamental Aquatic Skills: Learning to float without assistance, swimming for 10 feet without assistance, as well as front and back glides.
Level 1: 6 – 14 years
Fundamental Aquatic Skills: Basic front crawl and backstroke for 20 feet, jumping offside of the pool safely and swimming back to the wall without assistance.
Level 2: 6 – 14 years
Fundamental Aquatic Skills: Treading water, rotary breathing with basic front crawl.
Level 3: 6 – 14 years
Stroke Development: Completing a full 25-meter swim across the pool with a variety of strokes.
Level 4: 6 – 14 years
Stroke Improvement: Develops confidence in the strokes learned as well as the introduction of more strokes and survival floating.
Level 5: 6 – 14 years
Stroke Refinement: Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes with a 100-meter swim.
Level 6: 6 – 14 years
Swimming and Skill Proficiency: refines the strokes so students swim with ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness over greater distances. Retrieval of 10lb objects from the bottom of the pool.
Adult 15 years+
Introduction to water skills: help students feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy water safely. Adult skills will be taught in accordance to what is needed/wanted by adults. Ranging from Levels 1-6.
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