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Swim Level Descriptions
Infant & Preschool
Age Requirement
- 6 months - 4 years old (one parent per child must be in the water at each lesson)
Skills Learned
- Readiness for learning to swim
- Breath control
- Personal safety
Introduction to Water Skills
Age Requirement
- 4 - 5 years old (no parent in water)
Skills Learned
- Water adjustment
- Breath control and submerging
- Buoyancy on front and back with support
- Swim on front and back (alternating arm action) 5 feet with support
- Treading
- Retrieve submerged object
Introduction to Water Skills
Age Requirement
- Must be 5 years old by first day of class
Skills Learned
- Water adjustment
- Breath control and submerging
- Buoyancy on front and back with support
- Swim on front and back (alternating arm action) 5 feet with support
- Treading
- Retrieve submerged object
Fundamental Water Skills
Skills Learned
- Submerging
- Front and back glide
- Jellyfish and back float
- Changing direction
- Treading
- Swim on front (combined arm and leg actions) 15 feet
- Swim on back (finning and sculling arm action) 15 feet
- Swim on side 5 feet
Stroke Development
Skills Learned
- Jump into deep water
- Kneel dive
- Rotary breathing
- Survival float
- Treading
- Front and back crawl 15 yards
- Butterfly kick 15 yards
Stroke Improvement
Skills Learned
- Standing dive - swim under water
- Back float (open turn) 1 minute
- Front and back crawl 25 yards
- Butterfly 15 yards
- Breaststroke 15 yards
- Elementary backstroke 15 yards
- Swim on side with scissor kick 15 yards
Stroke Refinement
Skills Learned
- Shallow dive
- Surface dive
- Flip turn
- Front and back crawl 50 yards
- Butterfly 25 yards
- Breaststroke 25 yards
- Elementary backstroke 25 yards
- Sidestroke 25 yards
- Survival swimming
Personal Water Safety
Skills Learned
- Front and back crawl 100 yards
- Butterfly 50 yards
- Breaststroke 50 yards
- Elementary backstroke 50 yards
- Sidestroke 50 yards
- Open and flip turns
- Survival swimming (swimming while clothed)
- Trading (kicking only)
- Boating safety
Lifeguard Readiness
Skills Learned
- Front and back crawl 100 yards
- Butterfly 50 yards
- Breaststroke 50 yards
- Elementary backstroke 50 yards
- Sidestroke 50 yards
- Open and flip turns
- Rescue breathing (care for conscious choking victim)
- Reaching and throwing assists (care for conscious choking victim)
- Check-call-care
- Backboarding
- Compact Jump
- Swimming with rescue tube
Fitness Swimmer
Skills Learned
- Front and back crawl 100 yards
- Butterfly 50 yards
- Breaststroke 50 yards
- Elementary backstroke 50 yards
- Sidestroke 50 yards
- Open and flip turns
- Use pull buoy, paddles and pace clock
- Calculate target heart rate
- Water exercise and fitness training