Students will continue to develop their swimming endurance and begin learning intermediate life-saving skills. Pre-lifeguarding skills will be taught in order to prepare students to be good babysitters/nannies and/or future lifeguards. This level will be a benefit to any student who spends time around water during the summer months and will ensure students are prepared to pass the water skills requirements for lifeguarding certifications.
Skills:
Water Entries:
- Compact jump from height into water 5ft or greater
- Stride jump from deck without submerging the head into water 5ft or greater
- Compact jump from height with flotation device (noodle and/or rescue tube)
- Stride jump from deck with flotation device (noodle and/or rescue tube)
Aquatic Skills
- Feet first surface dive to 5ft and retrieve an object from the bottom of the pool
- Head first surface dive to 5ft and retrieve an object from the bottom of the pool
- Tread water for 5 minutes using arms
- Tread water for 3 minutes without using arms (legs only)
- Demonstrate breath control to surface dive to 12 to 13 ft, push off bottom and resurface
Swimming Skills
- Front crawl for 300 meters without stopping
- Breaststroke for 300 meters without stopping
- Back crawl for 25 meters while holding 10lbs brick on tummy
- Sidestroke for 25 meters
- Survival swim for 2 minutes
Pre-Lifeguarding/ Safety Skills
- Intro to first aid
- Signs of choking
- Signs of heart attack
- Signs of stroke
- Signs of seizure
- Recovery position
- Effective scanning of open water and pools
- Reaching and throwing assists
- Safety Escapes
- Recognition of active and passive drowning victims
- How to use shepard hook and flotation ring
- When to get help
- Best practices for preventing water injury
Exit Skills
- Front crawl 300 meters
- Breaststroke 300 meters
- Back crawl 25 meters with brick
- Tread water 3 minutes legs only
- Reaching and throwing assists
- Compact and stride jump entries without floatation
