Swim Academy

Your child may not have done swimming lessons before, be a minimum of four years old and not able to go into the water independently. Normally children in this level will be nervous of putting their face in the water and uncomfortable when they are out of their depth or without parental support.

For beginners who can move around the pool wearing arm bands or swim discs, your child will learn to be safe without any floatation aids, will learn to move under the water and on top of the water. By the end of this level your child will be able to float unassisted on their front and their back and be able to move through the water over five metres.

For children who can submerge under the water and float on their front and their back without any artificial aids or any physical support from an Assistant Swimming Teacher. Your child will be able to move comfortably but will not have any specific stroke technique. By the end of this level your child will be able to show basic kicking action of all four strokes, hold a streamline position and be able to keep themselves water safe.

For children who can show kicking action of all four strokes and will begin to learn the arm action and develop their technique over ten metres.

For children who can show kicking action in all four strokes and can show arm action in three strokes (frontcrawl, backcrawl and breaststroke), will learn to develop butterfly arm action and will perform each part of the stroke over fifteen meters.

This level is for children showing competent swimming technique across all four strokes. To enter this level, swimmers must be able to demonstrate fifteen meters dolphin action, fifteen meters flutter kick on back and front, fifteen meters breaststroke kick, fifteen meters butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and front crawl arms. Swimmer must also be able to demonstrate a standing dive.

This level focuses on refining swimming skills and strokes. To enter this level swimmers should demonstrate various swimming techniques: twenty five meter dolphin action, twenty five meter flutter kick on back and front, twenty-five meter breaststroke kick, fifteen meter butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and front crawl arms. The swimmer must also scull five meter on their back using a figure-eight motion and perform a grab start. These skills ensure a strong foundation in swimming proficiency.