Park Shark
PREREQUISITE:
Must be comfortable in the deep water and be able to dive into the pool and swim Front Crawl, Backstroke and Breaststroke for 50 yards.
SKILLS TO BE LEARNED:
- Review advancement skills for Dolphin
- Sidestroke with both Scissor and Inverted Scissor kick
- Butterfly
- 100 yard Individual Medley
- Surface dives (pike, tuck, feet first) - retrieve brick from 8 feet
- Improve Egg Beater kick
- Brick tread - 1 minute
- 10-minute swim using all strokes, except Butterfly
- Review open turns
- Flip turns - front and back
- Personal fitness (heart rate, lap swim etiquette)
SAFETY SKILLS
- Compact jump with rescue tubes, swim approach stroke - 25 yards
- Basic rescues with tube (front rescue, rear rescue)
- Personal safety (heat exhaustion, sunburn)
- Disrobing in the water (swimming with clothes)
- Review extension assists and throwing assists
- Personal safety (barriers and blood borne pathogens)
- Diving safety
- Drugs / alcohol around water
- Sculling - arms over head, feet first, figure eight with hands
- Tread water - 3 minutes
ADVANCEMENT SKILLS:
- Swim 100 yards of each: Front Crawl, Backstroke, and Breaststroke
- Sidestroke - 50 yards
- Butterfly - 25 yards
- Long shallow dive, swim 100 yards Individual Medley
- Pike or tuck surface dive to 8 feet, underwater swim for 20 feet, surface and tread water for 5 minutes
- Compact jump, approach stroke 10 yards with rescue tube