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