Prerequisite
Must be able to dive in and swim 50 yards front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, and breaststroke.

Skills taught at this level

• Review Advancement Skills for Dolphin

• Head first surface dives (pike and tuck)

• Deep water bobs (feet-first surface dives)

• Compact jump with rescue tube

• Flip turns front and back

• Personal safety (heat exhaustion, sunburn)

• 10-minute swim using all strokes except butterfly

• 100-yard individual medley

• Sculling

• Review open turns

• Basic rescues with tube (front drive, rear huggie)

• Introduction to butterfly

• Disrobing in the water

• Improve egg-beater kick

• Brick tread

• Review extension and throwing assists, diving safety, drugs and alcohol around water

Advancement Skills

• Swim 50 yards breaststroke, back crawl, sidestroke, and front crawl

• Pike or tuck surface dive to 8 feet, underwater swim for 20 feet, surface and tread water for 5 minutes