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Important: Please note the age requirements for each level.
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WHITE (2-7 years) **children must be 2 years old before the start of the session.
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- Jump from side with bubble on, unassisted - Swim 12 m (1 width) with bubble on, forward swimming arms with directional control - Blow bubbles while swimming with bubble on
- Swim 2 m unassisted (no jump), face in the water - Back float with head assistance
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YELLOW (3-7 years)
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- Jump in, unassisted - Demonstrate a front and a back glide - push off the wall, body at surface. - Swim 12 m unassisted with no bubble, face in water - Front float and back float, unassisted (5 seconds)
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GREEN (4-11 years)
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- Push off wall streamline with kick - 6 m - Swim Front Crawl - 12 m (1 width) with face in water and arms out, begin breathing to the side - Endurance swim - 24 m continously - Backstroke kick - 12 m (1 width) with head back and horizintal body position - Rolling floats (front to back, back to front) - Retrieve item from bottom of pool
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RED (5-15 years)
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- Submerged push off into streamline kick - Front Crawl - 25 m with breathing to the side, full arm extension and finished pull - Backstroke kick - 25 m horizontal body position, feet break surface of water - Backstroke - 12 m (1 width) with flat body position, straight arm recovery
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BLUE (6-16 years)
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- Push off wall streamline position (back) - Front crawl - 50 m bilateral breathing - Backstroke - 25 m continuous and alternating arms - Breaststroke kick - 25 m proper turnout of feet, forward propulsion
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BRONZE (7-16 years)
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- Front Crawl - 50 m proper catch, pull, finish - Backstroke - 50 m shoulder roll, steady kick - Breaststroke - 50 m coordination of pull-breathe-kick-glide - Introduction to starts
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| SILVER (8-16 years) |
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- Front Crawl - 75 m - Backstroke - 75 m underwater arm action with catch-pull-finish - Breaststroke - 75 m proper arm mechanics and timing - Butterfly kick - 50 m legs together, full kick from hip - Introduction to butterfly arms - Introduction to flip turns
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| GOLD (9-16 years) |
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- Front Crawl - 100 m - Backstroke - 100 m - Breaststroke - 100 m - Butterfly - 50 m proper arm mechanics and timing
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