Lakeville Area Community Education

Beginner 2

(Ages 5 and up)

Participants learn to swim without flotation or assistance for longer distances. Safety topics include basic water safety, healthy swimming, safe water entry, helping yourself and others in an emergency, use of lifejackets, safe weather conditions for swimming, and waterpark safety.

Skills:

• Jump into chest-deep water and return to the edge of pool
• Bob underwater, blowing bubbles, 5 times
• Front float, 10 sec.
• Front glide, turn and swim back to the wall
• Back float, 10 sec.
• Back glide, roll over, turn and swim back to the wall
• Tread water, 10 sec.
• Paddle stroke on front, 15 yd.
• Elementary backstroke arms, 10 yd
• Back crawl, 5 yd.

Prerequisite: Completion of Beginner 1 or have equivalent skills.