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Our Intermediate Levels
Check out our Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2 levels designed for our emerging swimmers! Here, they will learn competitive freestyle and backstroke, elementary backstroke, and treading. Throughout their classes, swimmers will also build great stamina and technique!
About Our Intermediate 1 Level
Focuses on transitioning from rollover style breathing to side breathing freestyle technique. Refining the gross motor skills in the arms and kick, building kowledge on body position underwater, increasing swim distance and deep water comfort.
Prerequisites for this Level:
• Swim 30 yards ( 1 lap down & back) continuous front crawl
• Rhythmic rollover breathing
• Elementary backstroke to rest as needed
Skill Accomplishments upon Completion of this Level:
• Ready to promote to Intermediate 2
• Swim 2 laps (60 yards) continuous freestyle with good side breathing techqniue
• Swim 1 lap (30 yards) elementary backstroke
• Tread water for 30 seconds
• Streamline starts off the wall
• Developing technique for standing dives
• Good knowledge of swimming terms & skills
• Complete confidence in deep water
About Our Intermediate 2 Level
Focuses on transitining from unilateral (1 side) non-rhythmic side breathing to proper bilateral (both sides) rhythmic breathing freestyle technique. Refine and improve technique in the gross motor skills for competitive style backstroke.
Prerequisites for this Level:
• Swim 60 yards (2 laps down & back) continuous freestyle with unilateral side breathing
• Swim 30 yards (1 lap down & back) elementary backstroke with whip kick
• Tread water 30 seconds
• Complete deep water confidence
Skill Accomplishments upon Completion of this Level:
• Ready to promote to Advanced 1
• Swim 3 laps (100 yards) continuous freestyle with good bilateral side breathing technique
• Swim 2 laps (60 yards) competitive style backstroke
• Tread water for 1 minute using more than 1 kick style
• Increased distance and perfected technique for underwater streamlines
• Building confidence with standing dives
• Good knowledge of swimming terms and skills
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