This will help us with staffing. Students are introduced to basic swimming and water safety skills which they will build on as they progress through the American Red Cross Learn to Swim Program. I will be improved upon and combined for swimming independently over short distances. Students begin to coordinate front and back crawl and are introduced to the elementary backstroke. Breaststroke and sidestroke are introduced.
Students begin to increase their endurance.
Students work on strokes so that they can swim them with more ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness over greater distances. Students entering this course must have a Level V certificate or be able to demonstrate all the skills required to complete Level V. Students work on strokes so that they can perform them with more ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness over greater distances. Additional turns and pike and tuck surface dives are introduced. Students perform strokes for efficiency and power. Students will build endurance through distance swimming.