Introduction to Water Skills

• 使用坡道、梯子或侧面进入和离开水
• 用嘴和鼻子吹泡泡，把脸放在水里
• Bobbing five times, opening eyes underwater, and retrieving submerged objects, two times (in shallow water)
• Front and back glide two body lengths. 
• Roll from front to back and back to front
• Simultaneous leg action on the front, two body lengths
• 手臂和腿的组合动作在前面，两个身体长度
• 结合手臂和腿的动作，背部有支撑，两种身体长度. 
• 滑行前至少两个身体长度，滚动到一个后漂浮三秒钟的支持.
  

Fundamental Aquatic Skills

Build on the skills introduced in 1级, 随着参与者提高这些技能并学习更高级的技能.孩子必须成功完成并展示1级技能.

• 完全淹没在水下，在水下吹泡泡. Front float, five seconds
• Tuck float, five seconds
• Front glide, two body lengths
• 从前浮恢复滑行到垂直位置
• 从后浮或滑翔恢复到垂直位置
• 回来 float, ten to fifteen seconds
• 用胳膊和腿蹬，15秒(在齐肩深的水中)
• 手臂和腿的组合动作在前面，五个身体长度
• 手臂和腿的组合动作在背部，五个身体长度
• Finning arm action on back, five body lengths

Stroke Development

孩子必须成功完成并展示二级技能.

• Enter water by jumping from the side (into deep water)
• 以坐姿从侧面头先入水(在深端) 
• 在向安全方向移动的同时上下浮动五次(在齐胸深的水中)
• Rotary breathing 
• 浮在前方，30秒(在深水中)
• 回来 float, thirty seconds (in deep water)
• 前方从垂直位置变为水平位置(在深水中) 
• 背部从垂直位置变为水平位置(在深水中)
• Tread water for thirty seconds (in deep water)
• 向前以流线型的姿势蹬水，然后开始五个身体长度的海豚式踢腿
• Front crawl (we teach alternative breathing techniques) 
• Elementary backstroke, fifteen yards

Stroke Improvement

孩子必须成功完成并展示三级技能.

• 从侧面以紧凑的姿势(深端)头先入水
• 从侧面以跨步姿势头先入水(深端)
• 游泳 under water, fifteen yards
• Feet first surface dive, submerging completely
• Survival swimming, thirty seconds 
• Front crawl open turn
• 回来stroke open turn
• 用两种不同的踢水器(改良剪刀)处理水, modified breaststroke, or rotary) for two minutes
• Front crawl, twenty-five yards 
• Breaststroke, fifteen yards
• Butterfly, fifteen yards
• 以流线型的姿势仰面蹬水，开始扑水踢腿，距离15码
• 以流线型的背部蹬水，开始海豚式踢腿，距离15码
• Elementary backstroke, twenty-five yards
• 回来stroke, twenty-five yards
• Sidestroke, fifteen yards