WATER STAMINA

Ages 3-5 years

Prerequisites: submerge comfortably, front and back float independently 5-10 seconds, front and back glide with kicks 5 feet, front crawl for 5 coordinated arm strokes, finning and kicking on back for 5 feet, jump in the pool independently, roll from front to back and back to front without help, swim 15 feet using the swim-float-swim sequence. Formerly Eels. 

Skills learned at this stage: 

• retrieve object from chest-deep water
• front glide for 5 yards
• rotary breathing with flotation for 10 yards
• front crawl for 10 yards with overarm stroke
• back glide for 5 yards
• back crawl for 10 yards
• jump in deep water independently
• tread water for 10 seconds
• swim 15 yards using the swim-float-swim sequence
• introduction to rotary breathing