Pre-school Lesson Levels

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Levels Descriptions
1 - Splashers
  • Water adaptation
  • Get in Pool by self
  • Get out of Pool by self
  • Flutter kick holding wall
  • Adjustment to coach
  • Reaching assists
  • Use of Personal Floatation Devices
  • Throwing floating Objects
2 - Bubblers
  • Go underwater by self
  • Open eyes underwater
  • Hold Breath and blow out (deck)
  • Blow bubbles in water
3 - Floaters
  • Prone float with kick
  • Back Float with kick
  • Prone float kick to wall
  • Sit/Fall off wall to coach
4 - Kickers
  • Sit/Fall/Kick back to wall
  • Tread water
  • Kick across pool prone
  • Kick across pool on back
  • Kick with arms extended
5 - Crawlers
  • Prone movement with arms underwater
  • Breathe to front
  • Standing up, return to side
  • Backstroke arm movement, recovery
6 - Frogs
  • Breastroke Kick movement
  • Breastroke Arm movement
  • Modified crawl - 20 feet
  • Backstroke - 20 ft.
7 - Dolphins
  • Dolphin kick
  • Dolphin kick with 1 arm stroke
  • Dolphin kick with 2 arm strokes
  • Crawl - with out of water arm recovery
  • Breastroke - 20 feet
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8 - Starfish
  • Crawl - with out of water recovery
  • Crawl - with side breathing
  • Backstroke - 50 feet
  • Breastroke - 20 feet
  • Butterfly - 20 feet 2 arms
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9 - Divers

(in 5 feet of water or more)

  • Sitting dive
  • Kneeling dive
  • Standing dive
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10 - Swimmers
  • Crawl - 25 yards with breathing and dive
  • Backstroke - 25 yards
  • Breastroke - 25 yards
  • Butterfly - 50 feet
  • Somersault or shoulder roll in water by wall
  • Streamline on push off of wall
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Created by Marlie Philiossaint '10 and Dorothy Brown '09 | Created: 07/20/07| Modified: 07/24/07| Expires: 01/30/08 |Maintained by Bonnie Dix
Photo courtesy of Stacy Braswell


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