SWIM LESSON SKILL GUIDE

LEVEL 1: Introduction to Water Skills  |  ages 4+

Helps students develop positive attitudes, good swimming habits and safe practices around the water.  Level 1 participants learn to:

• Enter and exit water safely

• Blow bubbles through mouth and nose

• Bobbing

• Open eyes underwater and retrieve submerged objects

• Front and back glides and floats

• Recover to vertical position

• Roll from front to back and back to front

• Tread water using arm and hand actions

• Alternating and simultaneous leg actions on front and back

• Alternating and simultaneous arm actions on front and back

• Learn how to stay safe, including recognizing an emergency and knowing how to call for help

Level 1 Exit Skills Assessment:

1. Enter water unassisted, move 5 yards, bob 3 times then safely exit water
2. Glide on front 2 body lengths, roll to a back float for 3 seconds and recover to a vertical position

LEVEL 2: Fundamental Aquatics Skills

Gives students success with fundamental skills.  Learn to float and recover to a vertical position.  Level 2 participants learn to:

• Enter and exit water by stepping or jumping from the side

• Fully submerge and hold breath

• Bobbing

• Open eyes underwater and retrieve submerged objects

• Front, jellyfish and tuck floats

• Front and back glides and floats

• Recover to vertical position

• Roll from front to back and back to front

• Change direction of travel while swimming on front or back

• Tread water using arm and leg actions

• Combined arm and leg actions on front and back

• Finning arm action

Level 2 Exit Skills Assessment:

1. Step from side into chest deep water, move into a front float for 5 seconds, roll over to a back float for 5 seconds then return to vertical position.
2. Move into a back float for 5 seconds, roll to a front then recover to a vertical position.
3. Push off and swim using a combination of arm and leg actions on front for 5 body lengths, float for 15 seconds, roll to the front then continue swimming for 5 body lengths.

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