Participants will learn how to open eyes underwater and retrieve objects, bobbing, floating on front and back, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, combined arm and leg actions on front and back for 3 body lengths.
Participants will learn to enter chest deep water by jumping in, fully submerge and hold breath for 10 seconds, rotary breathing, front float 10 seconds, back float 15 seconds, change direction of travel while swimming on front and back, tread water for 30 seconds in shoulder-deep water, combined arm and leg actions on front for 5 body lengths.
Learn dolphin and scissor kicks, rotary breathing, and progressive skills leading to diving, front crawl and elementary backstroke.
Refine crawl and elementary backstroke. Introduction to back crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly. Turns and surface dives introduced.
Refine strokes and improve conditioning. Learn additional aquatic skills such as surface dives, flip turns, and improve diving into the pool.