Purpose: Helps students feel comfortable in the water. Learn-to-Swim Level I participants start developing postive attitudes, good swimming habits and safe practices in and around the water. Level I skills include:
- Enter and exit water safely
- Perform glides on fron and back with recovery to a vertical postion
- Open eyes underwater, pick up submerged object
- Swim on front and back using arm and leg actions
- Submerge mouth, nose, and eyes
- Float on front and back
- Follow basic water safety rules
- Exhale underwater through mouth and nose
- Explore arm and hand movements
- Tread water with use of arm and hand actions
- Use a life jacket