Swimming Curriculum
Level 1:
Beginner skills taught include blowing bubbles, submersion, floating, entering and exiting the pool safely, intro to front crawl, elementary backstroke and back crawl.
Level 2:
This class is for students who can fully submerge their body, swim on their back with assistance and floating on front or back with little or no assistance. Skills taught will include elementary backstroke, front/back crawl, front/back gliding short distances and intro to the deep end of the pool.
Level 3:
This class is for students who can fully submerge their body, float on their back and front independently and perform front/back crawl without touching the bottom. Skills taught will include working in the deep end, rotary breathing, refine back/front crawl, intro breaststroke and building muscle strength.
Level 4:
Students must show competence in front/back crawl with rotary breathing and a basic knowledge of breaststroke. Skills taught will include building stamina in front/back crawl and breaststroke, butterfly drills, sitting, and kneeling.
Level 5:
Students must show competence in front/back crawl, beaststroke and butterfly. Skills taught are to improve stroke technique, endurnace, speed, sitting, kneeling and standing dives. Flip turns will be introduced.
