Red Cross Swim Level 6

LEVEL 6: Swimming and Skill Proficiency Purpose: Refines the strokes so students swim them with ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances.

Level 6 is designed with “menu” options that each focus on preparing students to participate in more advanced courses, including the Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard Training courses. Instructor will determine options offered.

These options include:

• Personal Water Safety

• Fundamentals of Diving

• Fitness Swimmer

All options include these endurance skills and turns:

• Front and back crawl, 100 yards

• Breaststroke, 50 yards

• Sidestroke and butterfly, 50 yards

• Elementary backstroke, 50 yards

• All open turns and flip turns while using swimming strokes

Level 6 Exit Skills Assessment:

For each option, a specific set of exit skill assessments a given, but all of the options will require a continuous, 500 yard swim.