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Drumlins' Swim - Lessons - Level Two: Primary Skills
Purpose: Expand on fundamental aquatic locomotion and safety skills.

  • Perform reaching & extension assist from deck
  • Assist non-swimmer to feet
  • Be familiar with rescue breathing
  • Move from standing to horizontal position
  • Hold breath and fully submerge head for 3 seconds
  • Float or glide on front, unsupported, for 5 seconds
  • Float or glide on back, unsupported, for 5 seconds
  • Submerge to retrieve object in chest-deep water
  • Explore deep water, with floatation support
  • Enter pool into chest-deep water and stand
  • Perform flutter kick on front & back (support optional)
  • Turn over from front to back and back to front
  • Float on back while finning with hands
  • Practice back crawl arm action
  • Perform combined (kick & arms) stroke front, 5 yards
  • Perform combined (kick & arms) stroke back, 5 yards