Course Parent/Child A (6 mo-3 years) Parent/Child B (18 mo-3 years) Preschool Level 1 Preschool Level 2 Level 1 Intro to Water Skills Course Prerequisite Children 6 months-3 years and a minimum of 1 adult accompanying each child. Ages 3-4 without Parent – No previous skills needed Ages 4-5 without Parent – Able to demonstrate all Preschool Level 1 skills Ages 5 and Up – No Skills Required Level 2 Fundamental Aquatic Skills Ages 5 and Up – Passed Level 1 or can float on front/back and perform basic front crawl skills Level 3 Stroke Development Ages 5 and Up – Passed Level 2 or can do 10 yards of the front crawl and rhythmic breathing. Must be comfortable in the deep water (over their head). Level 4 Stroke Improvement Passed Level 3 or can swim 15 yards of coordinated elementary backstroke, 25 yards of proficient front/back crawl, and 10 meters of butterfly. Level 5 Stroke Refinement Passed Level 4 or age 8 by time class starts and can swim 50 yards front/back crawl, 25 yards elementary backstroke, breaststroke and sidestroke, standing dive, deep water bobbing, flip turns and open turns on front/back, and treading water for 2 minutes. Level 6 Swimming and Skills Proficiency Passed Level 5 or age 8 by time class starts and can swim 50 yards front/back crawl, 25 yards elementary backstroke, breaststroke and sidestroke, standing dive, deep water bobbing, flip turns and open turns on front/back, and treading water for 2 minutes. Level 6 Fitness Swimmer Passed Level 5 or age 8 by time class starts and can swim 50 yards front/back crawl, 25 yards elementary backstroke, breaststroke and sidestroke, standing dive, deep water bobbing, flip turns and open turns on front/back, and treading water for 2 minutes. Course Content Water adjustment, water entry, pool exploration, front and back float, front and back glide, leg action on front and back, blowing bubbles, underwater exploration, rolling over on front and back, lifejackets, and water exit. Enter and exit water safely, breath control and submerging, bubble blowing, front glide and recover, back glide and back float and recovery, changing directions, treading water arm and hand action, alternate and simultaneous arm and leg actions on front and back and personal and general water safety skills. Enter and exit water safely, breath control and submerging, bubble blowing, bobbing, retrieval of underwater objects, front glide, back float and recovery, changing directions and positions, treading (5 Seconds), arm and leg actions on front and back, finning arm actions on back, self help and water safety skills. Exit Skills Assessment. Underwater swimming and breath control, buoyancy on front and back, swimming on front and back with alternating arm and leg action, combined and simultaneous and alternating stroke on front and back, basic water safety rules, fundamentals of using a lifejacket, front/back glide, treading water, bobs. Fully submerging underwater and doing bobs,picking up objects from underwater while keeping eyes open, front and back floats – rolling over, front and back glides, treading water, combined arm and leg action front and back – developing distance and endurance, finning and sculling, moving in water with a lifejacket, tuck and jellyfish floats, recover to vertical position. Bobbing with head fully submerged 5x, rotary breathing, front and back glides, treading water, front crawl, back crawl, changing horizontal and vertical positions on front and back, elementary back stroke, diving rules and basic skills, HELP and huddle position with lifejacket, jumping in deep water, scissors kick, survival float. Underwater swimming, feet-first surface dive, survival swimming, open turns on front and back, treading water using scissors, breaststroke, or rotary kick and sculling arm action 2 min., front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, butterfly, scissors kick, safe diving rules and skills, sculling, push off in streamline, compact and stride jump. Diving, swimming underwater, tuck and pike surface dives, survival float, flip turns on front and back, front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, sculling, rescue breathing, shallow angle dive-then swim and tread water for 5 minutes. Level 6A goal is to refine strokes so participants swim them with more ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. Front crawl and elementary backstroke – 100 meters, back crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke, and butterfly – 50 meters. Open turns and flip turns, HELP and huddle positions, feet first and headfirst surface dives, back float, survival float, and survival swimming, treading water without arms, surface dives in 7 – 10 feet, water safety skills. Cooper 12-minute swim test at the beginning and end of class, front crawl and elementary backstroke – 100 meters, back crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke, and butterfly – 50 meters. Open turns and flip turns, circle swimming, using a pace clock, swimming using pull-buoys, fins and paddles, setting up an exercise program, various training techniques, target heart rates, and aquatic exercise.
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