Activities

Swim Instruction

Beginner

Gold Fish

  • Follows Directions
  • Knows Basic Pool Rules
  • Can independently enter water safely
  • Can walk on wall with hands
  • Blow Bubbles
  • Kick on Wall

Frog

  • Front Float with kickboard
  • Back Float with kickboard
  • Bobs 3 times consecutively
  • Sit on the bottom of the pool (2.5 to 3.5 ft)
  • Doggie paddle without assistance 8 – 10 ft
  • Jump off the side without assistance

Jellyfish

  • Jumps into pool at 5 ft.
  • Safety Bobbing at 5 ft.
  • Streamline kicking on front
  • Streamline kicking on back
  • Beginner Freestyle for 45 – 50 feet with face submerged and beginner breathing techniques
  • Combined Water skills

Tadpole

  • Puts face in water
    Jumps of side with assistance
  • Play water games
  • Kick with kickboard
  • Introduction to horizontal swimming with assistance/IFD
  • Gained Self-confidence

Seahorse

  • Float Back with no assistance 5 – 10 secs
  • Push of the wall enter into a front float
  • Introduce and reinforce streamline
  • Doggie Paddle no assistance 15 – 20 ft -Arms beginning to form freestyle, starting to swim with head submerged
  • Introduce Rhythmic Breathing – Reinforcing alternating breathing when swimming
  • Introduce Bicycle Kick (Preparation for Treading)
  • Kick and Paddle on back for 8 feet

Intermediate

Turtle

  • Front Float without assistance
  • Back Float without assistance
  • Push off wall into Streamline Position front
  • Push off wall into Streamline Position back
  • Kicking on back
  • Symmetrical Alternating Arms on front for ½ of the pool 12.5 yards
  • Demonstrates beginner Rhythmic breathing
  • Introduction of alternating arms while bicycle kicking (the foundation of treading water)
  • Introduction to sculling water on back with arms at your side while kick

Lobster

  • Treading water for 45 – 60 seconds
  • One length of the pool executed with Rhythmic Breathing (3,3 breath count)
  • Can perform 10 deep water bobs in 6 plus ft of water- exhaling while descending creating bubbles
  • Backstroke 25 yards alternating arms with consistent flutter kick
  • Can perform a sit and kneel dive and will attempt a standing front shallow dive
  • Introduction to Elementary Backstroke -Arms – modified breaststroke kick-on back coordination – Tickle, T, Touch
  • Introduction Sidestroke-arms-scissor kick-coordination – pick the apple put it in the basket.
  • Sculling water without kick on back

Minnow

  • Standing Front Shallow Dive into streamline position
  • Treading water for 2 mins
  • Sculling water with kick for 25 yards on back
  • Breaststroke 25 yards
  • Underwater swim – breaststroke form

Starfish

  • Treading water 20-30 seconds
  • Introduction to Survival Float (proper jellyfish form)
  • Push of wall into streamline transition to freestyle for 25 feet.
  • Jump in pool (5 ft) recover to freestyle for 25 feet
  • Freestyle for 60 – 70 feet – while executing rudimentary breathing with a consistent flutter kick.
  • Swimming on your back with alternating paddle – 60 feet with hips and belly up and head back.
  • Introduction to sidestroke
  • Introduction elementary backstroke
  • Sculling water with kick on back

Crab

  • Survival Float 3 mins
  • Treading Water 1 – 1.5 mins
  • Elementary Backstroke 25 yards
  • Sidestroke 25 yards.
  • Introduction to Breaststroke-Arms-Kick-Coordination
  • Performs a kneel dive with a streamline glide
  • Attempts a standing dive with a streamline glide

Advanced

Seal

  • 2 lengths of the pool Freestyle-Body Tilt-Rhythmic Breathing-6 Beat Kick
  • 2 Length of the pool backstroke-head back-thumb, turn, pinky-consistent flutter kick
  • 2 lengths of the pool elementary backstroke
  • 2 lengths of the pool sidestroke
  • 2 lengths of the pool breaststroke
  • Appropriate streamline is applied to each stroke

Lobster

  • Treading Water 3 – 5 mins
  • Flip turn for freestyle
  • Flip turn for backstroke
  • Flip turn for breaststroke
  • Endurance Freestyle checking form and technique
  • Endurance Backstroke checking form and technique
  • Endurance Breaststroke checking form and technique
  • Reinforce Beginner Butterfly

Purpoise

  • Butterfly Flip Turns
  • Butterfly Endurance
  • Race Starts
  • Individual Medley ( Butter, Back, Breast, Free) 25 yards each
  • Use of the PFD

Flying Fish

  • Introduction to flip turn for freestyle
  • Introduction to flip turn for backstroke
  • Introduction to flip turn for breaststroke
  • Introduction to butterfly-arms-kick-coordination
  • Reinforce Front Dives for each stroke with recovery
  • Endurance work on Freestyle

Sailfish

  • Butterfly 25 yards
  • Demonstrates they can proficiently swim freestyle 3 – 4 lengths of the pool freestyle
  • Demonstrates they can proficiently swim freestyle 3 – 4 lengths of the pool backstroke
  • Demonstrates they can proficiently swim freestyle 3 – 4 lengths of the pool breaststroke
  • Can Execute Freestyle and Backstroke flip turns
  • Introduce proper PFD usage

Whale

  • Butterfly 50 yards executing proper turn
  • 100 yards Freestyle with flip turns and above proficient technique
  • 100 yards Backstroke with flip turns and above proficient technique
  • 100 yards Breaststroke with flip turns and above proficient technique
  • Race Dive
  • Treading Minutes 5 minutes
  • Survival Stroke 5 minutes