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Swim Levels

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Level One

Little Blue

  • Introduction to safety in and around the pool

  • Water adjustment

  • Blowing bubbles

  • Walking independently around the pool

  • Front float (supported by instructor)

  • Back float (supported by instructor)

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Level Two

Galapagos

  • Head and face underwater

  • Independent front float

  • Independent front float with kicking

  • Independent back float

  • Independent back float with kicking

  • Assisted jump

  • Superman/Superwoman

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Level Three

Rockhopper

  • Freestyle with beginning breathing

  • Chicken, airplane, soldier

  • Elementary backstroke arms

  • Breaststroke arms

  • Jumping in

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Level Four

Humboldt

  • Beginning freestyle

  • Beginning breaststroke

  • Coordinated elementary backstroke

  • Underwater swim

  • Surface dives

  • Introduction to treading

  • Introduction to butterfly

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Level Five

Macaroni

  • Coordinated freestyle

  • Coordinated backstroke

  • Coordinated breaststroke

  • Beginning sidestroke

  • Beginning butterfly

  • Beginning diving

  • Treading water — 30 seconds

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Level Six

Chinstrap

  • Freestyle with proper form

  • Backstroke with proper form

  • Breaststroke with proper form

  • Butterfly with proper form

  • Sidestroke with proper form

  • Diving

  • Treading (kicking only)

  • Intro to starts & open turns

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Level Seven

Royal

  • Perfected breaststroke

  • Perfected freestyle

  • Perfected backstroke

  • Perfected butterfly

  • Perfected sidestroke

  • Advanced starts & flip turns

  • Racing dives

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Level Eight

Gentoo

  • Over-arm sidestroke

  • Trudgen

  • Trudgen crawl

  • Inverted breaststroke

  • Participated in two swim meets

  • Beginning lifesaving skills

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Level Nine

King

  • Mastered all strokes

  • Participated in four swim meets

  • Co-taught for 10 hours

  • Advanced lifesaving skills

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Level Ten

Emperor

  • Supervised two swim meets

  • Current lifeguarding

  • Perfected all strokes

  • Three years teaching experience

  • Taught levels 1-9

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