STROKE DEVELOPMENT

Ages 6-12 years

Prerequisites: 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 dive. Formerly Minnow. 

Skills learned at this stage: 

• front crawl 50 yards 
• back crawl 50 yards
• breaststroke kick for 15 yards
• breaststroke arm pull for 15 yards
• coordinated breaststroke for 25 yards
• dolphin kick for 15 yards
• introduction to scissors kick
• endurance swim for 100 yards
• kneeling dive (APY/NMY only)