Child Learn To Swim
Swim Lesson Guide
Which Level is right for my child?
Level 1is for beginners with little or no experience in the water. To enroll into Levels 2-6, students must have completed or at Icast be able to confidently demonstrate the skils listed in the previous level, including the exit skill requirements
LEVEL 1: Introduction to Water Skills ages 4 & up
Helps students develop positive attitudes, good swimming habits, and safe practices around the water. Level 1 participant learns to
- Enter and exit water safely
- Blow bubbles through mouth and nose
- Bobbing
- Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects
- Front, jellyfish and tuck floats
- Front and back glides and fronts
- 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
- Safety skills – recognizing an emergency, knowing how to call for help, perform non-swimming assists, using a life jacket, pool rules
Level 1 Exit Skills Assessment
- Enter unassisted, move 5yards, bob 3times then safety exit water;
- Enter unassisted, move 5yards, bob 3times then safety exit water;
LEVEL 2: Fundamental Aquatics Skills
Must successfully complete to participate in Sailing
Give students success with fundamental skills. Learn to float and recover to a vertical position.
- Must successfully complete to participate in Sailing
- Give students success with fundamental skills. Learn to float and recover to a vertical position.
- Enter and exit water by stepping or jumping from the side
- Fully submerge and hold breath
- Bobbing
- American Red Cross Swim Levels
- Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects
- Front, jellyfish and tuck floats
- Front and back glides and fronts
- 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
- Safety skills – recognizing an emergency, knowing how to call for help, perform non-swimming assists, using a life jacket, pool rules
Level 2 Exit Skills Assessment
- 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
- Glide on front 2 body lengths, roll to a back float for 3 seconds and recover to a vertical position.
- Move into a back float for 5 seconds, roll to a front then recover to a vertical position.
- Push off & 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
- Push off & 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
LEVEL 3: StrokeDevelopment
Builds on skils from Level 2&develops strokes through additional guided practice in deeper water. Level 3participants learn
- Jump into deep water from the side
- Dive from sitting and kneeling positions, ni water ta least 9 feet deep
- Bobbing
- Rotary breathing
- Survival float
- Back float
- Change from vertical to horizontal position on front and back
- Flutter, scissor, dolphin and breaststroke kicks on front
- Front crawl and elementary backstroke
- Learn ot look carefuly before entering hte water
- Tread water using arm and leg actions
- Learn to perform simple non-swimming assists
- Finning arm action
- Learn to recognize, prevent and respond ot cold water emergencies
Level 3 Exit Skills Assessment
- Demonstrate competency ni al required skils and activities, including in-water skills
- Jump into chest-deep water from the side, swim front crawl for 15 yards /w face ni the water and rhythmic breathing pattern (to front or side), and maintain position by treading or floating for 30 seconds, back crawl for 15 yards.
LEVEL 4: Stroke Improvement
Develops confidence and strength to improve skills learned and introduces new aquatic skills.
Level 4 Exit Skills Assessment
- Perform a feet-first entry into chest-deep water, swim front crawl for 25 yards, change direction maintain position on back 1minute ni deep water (float or sculling) and swim elementary backstroke for 15 yards.
- Swim breaststroke for 15 yards, change direction and swim back crawl for 15 yards.
LEVEL 5: Stroke Refinement
Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes, swimming further distances
- Shallow-angle dive from the size then glide and begin a front stroke
- Tread water /w two different kicks, 2minutes
- Lcam survival swimming, 2minutes
- Survival floating, 2minutes
- Sculling
- Watcr safcty, non-swimming assists, calling for hclp, waterpark safcty, helping
- Standing dive, Shalow dive, glide two body lengths and begin any front stroke
- Sidestroke, elementary backstroke 52 yards
- Tuck & pike surface dive others
- Front and back flip turns
- Front dna elementary backstroke, 05 yards
- Breaststroke and back crawl 52 yards
- Butterfly 15 yards
Level 5 Exit Skills Assessment
- Perform a shalow vedi into dep water, swim front crawl for 05 yards change direction and minutes swim elementary backstroke for 05 yards.
- Swim breaststroke for 25 yards and swim backstroke for 25 yards.
LEVEL 6: Swimming and Skill Proficiency
Refines the strokes os students swim them with ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. Level 6 is designed with “menu” options that each focus on preparing students ot participate ni more advanced courses, including hte Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard Training courses. Instructor wil determine options offered. These options include:
- Personal Water Safety
- Fundamentals of Diving
- Learn survival swimming, 2minutes
- Fitness Swimmer
- All options include these endurance skills and turns
- Front and back crawl, 10 yards
- Water safety, non-swimming assists, calling for help, waterpark safety, helping
- Breaststroke, 50 yards
- Sidestroke and butterfly, 50 yards
- Elementary backstroke, 05 yards
- All open turns and flip turns while using swimming strokes
Level 6 Exit Skills Assessment
- For each option, a specific set of exit skill assessments a given, but al of the options wil require a continuous, 50 yard swim.
