LEVEL 1
Helps participants feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy the water safely.
• Enter and exit water using ladder, steps or side
• Blowing bubbles through mouth and nose
• Submerging mouth, nose and eyes
• Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects
• Front glide and recover to a vertical position
• Back float and recover to a vertical position
• Roll from front to back and back to front
• Treading with arm and hand actions
• Alternating and simultaneous leg actions on front and back
• Alternating and simultaneous arm actions on front and back
• Combined arm and leg actions on front and back
• Staying safe around aquatic environments
• Recognizing the lifeguards
• Don’t just pack it, wear your jacket
• Recognizing an emergency
• How to call for help
• Too much sun is no fun |
LEVEL 2
Builds on the skills learned in Level 1 and gives participants success with fundamental skills such as floating and basic locomotion.
• Enter water by stepping in
• Exit water using ladder, steps or side
• Bobbing
• Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects
• Front and back floats and glides
• Recover from a front and back float or glide to a vertical position
• Roll from front to back and back to front
• Tread water using arm and leg actions
• Combined arm and leg actions on front and back
• Finning arm action on back
• Staying safe around aquatic environments
• Recognizing the lifeguards
• Don’t just pack it, wear your jacket
• Recognizing an emergency
• How to call for help
• Too much sun is no fun |
LEVEL 3
Builds on the skills in Level 2 and improves participants’ coordination of simultaneous arm and leg actions and alternating arm and leg actions.
• Enter water by jumping in
• Fully submerging and holding breath
• Bobbing
• Front, jellyfish and tuck floats
• Back float and glide
• Recover from a front and back float or glide to a vertical position
• 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 on back
• Staying safe around aquatic environments
• Don’t just pack it, wear your jacket
• Recognizing an emergency
• How to call for help
• Too much sun is no fun
• Look before you leap
• Think so you don’t sink
• Reach or throw, don’t go |
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