Step 2

For school-aged children ready to advance their swimming skills through progressive levels:

• Swimmer 1 to 6
• Focus on stroke development, endurance, and safety
• Builds readiness for advanced programs

Swimmer 1: 5 to 10 years old and has never taken swimming lessons.

Swimmer 2: 5 or 6 years old, and passed Preschool 5; or can jump into the water with and without a PFD; open eyes, hold breath, and exhale underwater, float, kick and glide on front and back.

Swimmer 3: Can jump into deeper water, roll sideways into water wearing PFD; support self at the surface without an aid, do whip kick in the vertical position, and swim 10-15 m on front and back.

Swimmer 4: Can complete the Canadian Swim to Survive Standard Roll - Tread (1 minute) - Swim (50 m); handstands and kneeling dives, and whip kick on their back.

Swimmer 5: Can do dives, swim underwater, tread water for 2 minutes, 25 m of front and back crawl, breaststroke arms with breathing; and interval training of 4 x 25 m.

Swimmer 6: Can do shallow dives and cannonballs; stationary eggbeater kick; 50 m of front and back crawl, breaststroke for 15-25 m; sprint 25 m; interval training of 4 x 50 m.