Achievement Goals (Competencies) for the Differerent Levels of Instruction
Participants must complete all the achievement goals to progress to the next level on the pathway.
Level One:
- Enters and Exits the pool safely
- Splashes Face
- Confident in the pool
- Can put head under water
- Blow bubbles
- Makes a starfish on their back
- Makes a starfish on their front
- Introduction to kicking at bar
Level Two:
- From sitting 1/4 turn pool entry
- Floats on back and regains feet
- Floats on front and regains feet
- Floats unaided
- Introduction to arm action
- Kicks away from the bar and returns
- Makes a starfish unaided
Level Three:
- Glides, kicks and blows bubbles
- Intro arm action on front
- Intro arm action on back
- Intro to streamline kick on front
- Intro to streamline kick on back
Level Four:
- Maintain correct body position on the front
- Maintain correct body position on the back
- Freestype breathing with board
- Swim 15m freestyle
- Swm 15m Backstroke
- Streamline position with correct kick, unaided on front
- Streamline position with correct kick, unaided on back
Level Five:
- Streamline glide with correct kick, unaided on front
- Streamline glide with correct kick, unaided on back
- Correct breathing action
- Correct freestyle arm stroke
- Correct leg action front
- Correct leg action back
- 25m freestyle
- 25m backstroke
Level Six:
- Correct breathing action
- Correct freestyle arm action
- 25m freestyle – holds technique
- 25m backstroke – holds technique
- 50m freestyle
- 50m backstroke
- Introduction to breaststroke
- Introduction to butterfly