swimming lessons
Check back in May for Swim Lessons Sessions.
levels and skills
Level 1: water exploration
- Fully submerge face for 3 seconds
- Supported floating on front and back
- Supported kicking on front and back
- Bubble blowing
- Walking 5 yards in chest deep water
level 2: primary skills
- Fully submerge entire head for 3 seconds
- Retrieve object from 5 foot depth
- Unsupported float or glide on front and back
- Demonstrate flutter kick on front and back
- Demonstrate basic strokes
level 3: stroke readiness
- Retrieve object off of bottom of the pool with eyes open
- Bob, submerging head 15 times
- Bob to safety in water slightly over head
- Elementary backstroke
- Demonstrate jumping into deep water from poolside
- 10 yards swimming front crawl
- 10 yards swimming back crawl
- Reversing direction in water
- Treading water
level 4: stroke development
- Deep water bobbing. Rotary breathing
- Standing dives from poolside
- Elementary backstroke
- Skulling on back
- Front and back crawl for 25 yards
- Intro to CPR