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Kid's Level Descriptions

Level	Description	Age
Tadpoles	No water confidence	3-5 years
Seahorses	Some water confidence	3-5 years
Guppies	Formed Freestyle	3-5 years
Goldfish A & B	Some water confidence	5+ years
Submarines A & B	Formed Freestyle (very basic)	5+ years
Marines A & B	25m Backstroke, 25m Freestyle	5+ years
Jr. Team Dolphin A & B	25m Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke	6-8 years
Sr. Team Dolphin	Advanced swimming	9+ years

Tadpoles Swimming Skills:

Poolside entry and exit
Safe movement
Submerge underwater
Open eyes underwater
Blow bubbles
Starfish float
Pencil float
Back float (assisted)
Wall recovery
Front kick
Reach rescue

Seahorses Swimming Skills:

Bobbing (Breath control)
Front float and recover
Back float and recover
Roll over
Front glide with flutter kick
Back kick (assisted)
5m front swim with breathing
Freestyle arm motion with flutter kick
Reach rescue

Guppies Swimming Skills:

Treading water
Rhythmic breathing
Deepwater exploration
Diving
10m Flutter kick
10m Back kick
Breaststroke kick (very basic)
Back glide with flutter kick
5m Freestyle
5m back swim
Throw rescue

Goldfish A & B Swimming Skills:

Poolside entry and exit
Submerge underwater
Blow bubbles
Bobbing (Breath control)
Front float and recover
Back float and recover
10m Flutter kick
Front glide with flutter kick
Back glide with flutter kick (assisted)
5m front swim with breathing
Freestyle arm motion with breathing
Reach Rescue

Submarines A & B Swimming Skills:

Treading water
Rhythmic breathing
25m Flutter kick
10m Backstroke kick
10m Breaststroke kick
10m Freestyle
10m Backstroke
25m Continuous swim
Reach Rescue

Marines A & B Swimming Skills:

Treading water
Rhythmic breathing
Back sculling with flutter kick
25m Breaststroke kick
25m Freestyle
25m Backstroke
25m Survival Backstroke
Dolphin kick
Reach rescue

Jr. Team Dolphin A & B:

This is an introductory level. Children will train as a team and learn more complex skills and swim terminology. Swimmers will start to swim longer distances to develop stamina and promote fitness.

Treading water
25m Sidestroke
25m Freestyle with alternate breathing
25m Backstroke - good form
25m Breaststroke
Butterfly swim
50m continuous swim
Sculling
Throw rescue

Sr. Team Dolphin:

This is an intermediate level. Swimmers will learn the finer points of competitive swimming while developing a greater fitness level. We encourage personal development and promote leadership in this program.

Entry requirements:

Completed Jr. Team Dolphin A & B or equivalent of the Swimfriends Learn to Swim program
9 years and older
Swim all 4 competitive strokes
200m Freestyle