YOUTH ACADEMY

Skills and goals: Learn beginner swimming and water safety skills with the assistance of flotation devices such as noodles, bar floats, and kickboards. They will transition to level 2 knowing how to swim on front with combined arm and leg movement, float independently, as well as the elementary backstroke.

They will transition to level 2 knowing how to swim on front with combined arm and leg movement, float independently, as well as the elementary backstroke.

The following skills are practiced:

• Blowing bubbles and submerging eyes, nose and mouth in water
• Gliding on front, with assistance if needed
• Floating on back
• Kicking legs on front and back, with assistance if needed
• Kicking legs on front and back, with assistance
• Floating on front, with assistance if needed
• Gliding on front and roll to back, with assistance if needed
• Swimming with combined arm and leg movement on front and back
• Retrieving object underwater with eyes open

Level 2

Skills and goals:

Continue to work on skills learned in Level 1. In Level 2, the children work toward achieving the goal of swimming front crawl and backstroke independently and at a distance.

The following skills are practiced:

• Floating on front and back
• Gliding on front and roll to back
• Gliding on back and roll to front
• Swim with combined arm and leg movement on front and back
• Rotary (side to side) breathing
• Jump in water independently
• Treading water
• Bobbing
• Swim underwater

Level 3

Skills and goals: Strengthen and improve skills learned in Level 2 (front and back crawl) as well as learn new skills including:

• Elementary backstroke (delete this- they learn this in level 1)
• Breaststroke kick, arms, and combined
• Scissor kick
• Dolphin kick
• Rotary breathing timing
• Treading water for endurance

Level 4/5

• Side Stroke
• Butterfly
• Flip Turns
• Increase Endurance
• Increase Swim technique of all strokes and turns
• Prepare for competitive swimming