STROKE INTRODUCTION

Ages 6-12 years

Prerequisites: Retrieve object from chest-deep water, rotary breathing with assistance for 25 yards, front crawl 15 yards with overarm stroke, back crawl for 15 yards, jump in deep water and swim 25 yards using the swim-float-swim sequence, tread water for 1 minute, introduction to rotary breathing. Formerly Polliwog 2 and Guppy. 

Skills learned at this stage: 

• front crawl 15-25 yards with rotary breathing
• back crawl 15-25 yards
• elementary backstroke 25 yards
• tread water 2 minutes
• introduction to breaststroke kick for 15 yards
• butterfly kick 15 yards
• endurance swim for 50 yards
• sitting  and kneeling dives (APY/NMY only)