Seasonal

In Partnership with Family & MWR Sports, Fitness and Aquatics

Level 1: Parent/child class: Water exploration roles for helping child learn and practice skills. Scooping, blowing bubbles, and bobbing. Combined skills in prone position, and water entry will be covered. Ages 6 months thru 4 yrs.

Level 2: Participants must be 5 yrs old by start of lesson and independent from parents. Skills taught include floating, supported on front and back; bubble blowing, supported kick on front and back; basic water safety rules.

Level 3: Skills that will be taught include retrieve objects (chest deep), deep water orientation unsupported prone float; unsupported back float; flutter kick on front and back, back crawl arm action and water safety rules.

Level 4: Skills that will be taught include retrieve object with eyes open, bobbing in the water, kneeling/compact dive from side, prone and back glide, front and back crawl intro, treading, reversing direction on front and on back, safe diving rules and water safety rules.

Level 5: Skills taught include deep water bobbing, buoyancy/floating positions, rotary breathing, diving from side, elementary back stroke intro, sculling on back, front and back crawl, breast stroke kick, scissor kick, open turn, 2 minute treading, water safety skills and intro to CPR.

Level 6: Stroke refinement. Demonstrate all five strokes learned. Tread water for 2 minutes using two different kicks. Swim under water for 3-body lengths. Demonstrate a long shallow dive.Stride jump entry.