In Level 1—Introduction to Water Skills, your child is introduced to basic skills as the foundation for future skills and the development of water competency (the basic minimum skills needed for water safety). Certain milestones are necessary for successful completion of Level 1, including:

• Entering the water independently using the ramp, steps, or side.
• Traveling at least 5 yards, bobbing 5 times, and then safely exit the water.

(Prerequisite: Completion of level 1)

Give students success with fundamental skills. Float without support, recover to vertical position, flutter kick on front and back, finning on back, back crawl, combined front stroke 5 meters, and personal safety.

(Prerequisite: Completion of level 2)

To further build on level 2 skills. Coordinated front crawl 10 yards, elementary backstroke, coordinated back crawl 10 yards, change directions, tread water, and personal safety.

(Prerequisite: Completion of level 3)

To build confidence in previous learned strokes and increase endurance. Introduce breaststroke and sidestroke, turning on wall, front crawl with rotary breathing, 25 meter front dive.

(Prerequisite: Completion of level 4)

Coordination and refinement of strokes. Introduce butterfly, open turns, feet first surface dive, freestyle 50 meters, backstroke 50 meters, elementary backstroke 25 meters, sidestroke and breaststroke 10 meters each under water.

(Prerequisite: Completion of level 5)

Enhance strokes so students can swim with ease, efficiency over a greater distance. Diving, turns for breaststroke, sidestroke, flip turns for front crawl, longer distances for previous learned strokes.

Designed for teens and adults who wish to improve their knowledge and skill for many reasons. It may be to overcome their fear of the water and to learn the basic skills and achieve a minimum level of water competency to improve their skill and technique either to increase their level of safety to improve their health and fitness or to perhaps compete in triathlons or to join a master’s team.