SSP Swim Lessons: Level 1 (Ages 5 & Older)

Level 1 (ages 5 and up) - Introduction to Aquatic Skills

Participants, ages 5 and up, become comfortable in the water learning basic skills.

Skills performed with assistance include:

• Enter and exit the water safely
• Submerge and explore underwater
• Glide on front and back
• Float on back
• Explore treading
• Roll over: front to back/back to front
• Swim on front and back, 5 yd.

Exit Skills:

• Enter unassisted, move 5 yd., bob 4 times and exit the water
• Front glide 2 yd., roll to back and float 5 sec., recover to vertical without assistance.

Registration tip: Wait for instructor to give guidance for next level at Lesson 6.