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School Age Progression System |
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Skills To Be Learned |
Advancement Goals |
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Station 1 - "BUBBLES" |
| Gradual water adaptation | 10 relaxed bobs |
| Movement in the water | |
| Breath holding and release | |
| Submersion of the face | |
| Opening of the eyes underwater | |
| Blowing bubbles | |
| Bobbing with bubbles & air exchange |
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Station 2 - "FLOATS & GLIDES" |
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| Front float and recover | Front glide & recover - 5 seconds | ||||||||
| Front glide and recover | Back glide & recover - 5 seconds | ||||||||
| Back float and recover | |||||||||
| Back glide and recover | |||||||||
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Station 3 - "KICKING" |
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Station 4 - "CRAWL STROKE" |
| Rollover - front to back, back to front | Side-glide-kick- 20 feet |
| Finning and Sculling | Crawl stroke - 20 feet, no breathing |
| Side-glide-kick | |
| Crawl Armstroke |
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Station 5 - "FREESTYLE" |
| Crawl stroke with breathing | Crawl stroke with breathing |
| Back crawl stroke | (30 ft. with minimum 4 breaths) |
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Station 6 - "BACKSTROKE" |
| Extended freestyle swimming | Swim freestyle - 75 feet |
| Tread water | Swim backstroke - 30 feet |
| Jump in and tread water | Tread water 1 minute |
| Sitting, kneeling and standing dives |
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Station 7 - "BREASTSTROKE & BUTTERFLY" |
| Breaststroke kick | Swim freestyle - 50 yards |
| Breaststroke swim | Swim Backstroke - 25 yards |
| Butterfly arms | kick breaststroke - 20 feet |
| Butterfly swim |
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Station 8 - "TURNS" |
| Freestyle with be-lateral breathing | Swim Freestyle - 50 yards |
| Turns | Swimbreaststroke - 25 yards |
| Swim butterfly - 30 feet |
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Station 9 - "LIFETIME STROKES" |
| Sidestroke swim | Swim 200 yds. free - 50 yds. bi-lateral breathing |
| Sidestroke swim | Swim butterfly - 25 yards |
| Elementary backstroke | Swim breaststroke - 50 yards |
| Swim elementary back - 50 yards | |
| Swim sidestroke - 50 yards |
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Station 10 - "INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY" |
| Extended swimming & technique | Swim freestyle - 300 yards |
| refinement in all major strokes & turns | Swim backstroke - 100 yards |
| Swim individual medley - 100 yards |
NOTE: Preschool progression is similar, but broken down
into simpler skills with less distance, time or skill required.