Red Cross Swim Level 5

LEVEL 5: Stroke Refinement Purpose: Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes, swimming further distances.

Level 5 participants learn to:

• Shallow-angle dive from the size then glide and begin a front stroke

• Tread water w/ two different kicks, 2 minutes

• Learn survival swimming, 2 minutes

• Survival floating, 2 minutes

• Sculling

• Water safety, non-swimming assists, calling for help, waterpark safety, helping others

• Perform the following:

o Standing dive, Shallow dive, glide two body lengths and begin any front stroke

o Sidestroke, elementary backstroke 25 yards

o Tuck & pike surface dive o Front and back flip turns

o Front and elementary backstroke, 50 yards o Breaststroke and back crawl 25 yards

o Butterfly 15 yards

Level 5 Exit Skills Assessment:

1) Perform a shallow dive into deep water, swim front crawl for 50 yards change direction and minutes swim elementary backstroke for 50 yards.

2) Swim breaststroke for 25 yards and swim backstroke for 25 yards.