Purpose

To give participants success with fundamental skills, including learning how to float without support and to recover to a vertical position.

Prerequisites

• Valid American Red Cross Learn to Swim Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills

OR

• Successful demonstration of all certification requirements from Level 1

Learning Objectives

• Enter and exit water by stepping or jumping from the side
• Fully submerge and hold breath
• Bobbing
• Open eyes underwater and retrieve submerged objects
• Front, jellyfish and tuck floats
• Front and back glides (2 body lengths)
• Recover to a vertical position
• Roll from front to back and back to front
• Change direction of travel while swimming on front or back
• Tread water using arm and leg actions (15 seconds)
• Combined arm and leg actions on front and back (5 body lengths)
• Finning arm action (5 body lengths)
• Learn how to stay safe, including recognizing an emergency, knowing how to call for help and perform simple non-swimming assists
• Learn how to stay safe in, on and around water, including the use of life jacket, recognizing lifeguards and sun safety
• Learn to look carefully before entering the water
• Learn what to think about and do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation

Certification Requirements

• Demonstrate competency in all required skills and activities, including in-water skills
• Successfully complete the following exit skills assessment:
  • Step from side into chest-deep water, move into a front float for 5 seconds, roll to back for 5 second float then return to vertical position.
  • Move into a back float for 5 seconds, roll to front then recover to a vertical position.
  • Push off and swim using combined arm and leg actions on front for 5 body lengths, roll to back, float for 15 seconds, roll to the front then continue swimming for 5 body lengths (participant can be assisted when taking a breath).