Friday, July 26, 2013

Advanced Swimmer!


Son #2 completed his swimming lessons today and finished American Red Cross Level 4 requirements.

He can do all these (and more!):

LEVEL 4
Dive from compact or stride position 
Swim underwater (no hyperventilation); 3 body lengths 
Feet-first surface dive, submerge completely 
Survival float, deep water, 1 minute 
Back float, deep water, 1 minute 
Open turn on front, push off in streamlined position 
Open turn on back, push off in streamlined position
Tread water using scissors/breaststroke/rotary kick and 
 sculling arm motions; 1 minute 
Front crawl, 25 yards 
Breaststroke, 15 yards 
Butterfly, 15 yards 
Back crawl, 25 yards 
Elementary backstroke, 15 yards 
Swim on side with scissors kick, 15 yards 
Water safety 
 Additional rules for safe diving 
 Compact jump from height while wearing a life 
jacket
Helping others 
 Throwing assist 
 Care for conscious choking victim 
Exit skills 
1) Perform a feet-first entry into chest-deep water,
Swim front crawl for 25 yards, maintain position on back 1 
minute in deep water (float or sculling) and swim elementary 
backstroke for 15 yards. 
 2) Swim breastroke for 15 yards, tread water for 1 
minute and swim back crawl for 25 yards.

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