Introduction to Water Skills
The objectives of Level 1 are to learn basic personal water safety information and skills, to help participants feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy the water safely. In Level 1, you teach elementary aquatic skills. At this level, participants start developing positive attitudes, good swimming habits and safe practices in and around the water.
Skill Development
If your child has mastered the following skills - Bobbing and opening eyes underwater, his/her freestyle kick, floating on back, is comfortable leaving the wall on his/her own and swimming back to the wall, learning how to use their arms, they are ready for Level 1. Class will build on water association and child’s comfort level while introducing fundamentally progressive water skills. Class will be taught in deeper water.