Students will focus on practicing the skill sets learned in level one and build the confidence to complete the skills without support from the instructor and/or floatation devices.
Skill list:
Water Entries:
- Using ramp or steps (if a pool has them)
- Using the side/slide in entry
- Using a ladder
- Jumping into water 4 ft or deeper and submerging head (without assistance)
Water Exits:
- Using the ramp or steps (if the pool has them)
- Using the side (student can pull themselves out of the pool without assistance)
- Using a ladder (without assistance)
Basic Aquatic Skills:
- Perform 20 bobs in shallow water submerging full head underwater
- Able to blow bubbles with rotary breathing movement with the head with support or at the wall
- Submerge their head and body to retrieve a submerged object
Pre-Swimming Skills:
- Float without assistance on front and back for 5-10 seconds
- Change from front to back float without assistance while maintaining horizontal position in water
- Perform the arm and leg motions for treading water without support
- Perform a front and back glide and recover to a vertical without assistance for 5 meters
- Perform basic front crawl arm motions
- Perform basic back crawl arm motions
- Perform a flutter kick without support for 5 meters
- Introduced to whip kick with support or while seated on the edge
- Perform front and back crawl arm motions with a flutter kick for at least 5 meters
Safety Lessons:
- Learning how and when to wear a lifejacket and jump into deep water
- When and how to do a reaching assist from the edge
- Why we always look before jumping into water
- Staying safe around water by identifying water depth signs, lifeguard chairs, and knowing what an emergency is and how to get help.
Level Exit Requirements:
- Student can jump into deep water (water they are unable to touch in) independently, submerge, and grab the wall.
- Students can perform rotary breathing technique with support
- Student can float on both the front and back for 10 seconds and perform a flip from front to back while maintaining a horizontal position without support.
- Student can swim using both the front and back crawl 5 meters (platform to the wall) without support.
