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Skills Progression & Advancement Goals

Station l - “BUBBLES”

Skills To Be Learned Advancement Goals


1. Gradual water adaptation 1. 10 relaxed Wall Bobs
2. Movement in the water
3. Breath holding and release
4. Submersion of the face
5. Opening eyes underwater
6. Blowing bubbles
7. Wall Bobs with bubbles and air exchange

Station 2 - “FLOATS AND GLIDES”

Skills To Be Learned Advancement Goals


8. Front float and recover 2. Front glide and recover-5 seconds
9. Front glide and recover 3. Back glide and recover-5 seconds
10. Back float and recover
11. Back glide and recover
12. Jumping Bobs
13. Streamline Bobs

Station 3 - “KICKING”

Skills To Be Learned Advancement Goals


14. Porpoising 4. Front kick-15 feet
15. Front kick, glide, and recover 5. Back kick-15 feet
16. Back kick, glide, and recover
17. Dolphin kick, glide, and recover
18. Seesaw Body movement
19. Sitting on the kickboard sculling

Station 4 - “CRAWL STROKE”

Skills To Be Learned Advancement Goals


20. Rollover - front to back, back to front 6. Side-glide-kick, 20 ft..
21. Finning and sculling 7. Crawl stroke, 20 ft. (no breathing)
22. Side-glide-kick
23. Crawl armstroke
24. Backwards Bobs
25. Somersaults forward and back

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Station 5 - “FREESTYLE”

Skills To Be Learned Advancement Goals


26. Crawl stroke with breathing 8. Crawl stroke with breathing
27. Back crawl stroke (30 feet minimum of 4 breaths)
28. Double somersaults
29. Handstands
30. Horizontal head first sculling

Station 6 - “BACKSTROKE”

Skills To Be Learned Advancement Goals


31. Extended freestyle swimming 9. Swim freestyle 75 ft.
32. Tread water 10. Swim backstroke 30 ft.
33. Jump in and tread water 11. Tread water for 1 minute
34. Sitting dive
35. Kneeling dive
36. Standing dive

Station 7 - “BREASTSTROKE & BUTTERFLY”

Skills To Be Learned Advancement Goals


37. Breaststroke kick 12. Swim freestyle 50 yds.
38. Breaststroke swim 13. Swim backstroke 25 yds.
39. Butterfly arms 14. Kick breaststroke 20 ft.
40. Butterfly swim
41. Windshield Wiper w/seesaw

Station 8 - “TURNS”

Skills To Be Learned Advancement Goals

42. Freestyle with bilateral breathing 15. Swim freestyle for 100 yds. (using
43. Turns bilateral breathing for 25 yds. of the
swim)
16. Swim 25 yds. Breaststroke
17. Swim 30 ft. Butterfly

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Station 9 - “LIFETIME STROKES”

Skills To Be Learned Advancement Goals


44. Sidestroke kick 18. Swim 200 yds. Freestyle, bilateral
45. Sidestroke swim breathe for one continuous 50 yd.
46. Elementary backstroke 19. Swim 25 yds. Butterfly
20. Swim 50 yds. Breaststroke
21. Swim 50 yds. Elementary
Backstroke
22. Swim 50 yds. Sidestroke

Station 10 - “INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY”

Skills To Be Learned Advancement Goals


47. Extended swimming and 23. Swim 300 yds. Freestyle.
technique refinement in all 24. Swim 100 yds. Backstroke
major strokes and turns 25. Swim 100 yds. Individual Medley

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