Adolescent
Adolescent
Our Adolescent Program caters for teens who are not confident in an aquatic environment through to those who would like to perfect their swimming stroke and endurance.
30 minutes / 5 students in a class
This class is for teens who have no swimming experience through to limited skills. We will work with each student to build confidence, independence, water safety skills and some basic Freestyle technique.These lessons are 30 mins in duration, with a maximum of 5 students in a class.
Skill Focus
A willingness to confidently and independently submerge underwater.
Confidence to perform a 5 second front & back float, recover to a standing position.
Basic Freestyle coordination skills, strong kick with a basic straight arm action.
Freestyle independently, with a basic bilateral breathing pattern. With a kickboard.
Survival Backstroke; with a basic round kick and sculling arm action.
Confidence to perform an assisted 5 second front & back float, recover to a standing position.
Freestyle streamline with correct head, body and arm position with a continuous kick.
Basic head and body rotation to breath, continuous kick and strong body position in the water, with a kickboard.
With assistance kick on back, with a kickboard strong kick and correct body position.
30 minutes / 5 students in a class
This level is for teens with some swimming experience and want to build on their swimming efficiency. Students in this level will continue to develop Freestyle & introduce Backstroke and Breaststroke skills. These lessons are 30 mins in duration, with a maximum of 5 students in a class.
Skill Focus
Drop down underwater, push off in a streamline - 3 butterfly kicks, correctly transition into Freestyle swim.
Completes 15m Freestyle independently, with a strong kick and efficient breathing technique.
Completes 15m Backstroke with correct body position and continuous kick and arm action.
Performs a strong Breaststroke kick with propulsion and glide, in a streamline position.
Perform a breaststroke kick on back and use a basic underwater sculling action, essential life saving skill.
Biateral breathing skills, able to roll to the side and take a breath without interruption to forward propulsion.
Drop down underwater, push off in a streamline - 3 butterfly kicks, correctly transition into Backstroke swim.
Performs Breaststroke kick with a kickboard; correct position of ankle, knee and hip position.
Perform a basic butterfly kick, in a streamline position, chin to chest, feet together strong kick.
45 minutes / 8 in a class
This level is a session for teens who are able to swim Freestyle and Backstroke and have basic Breaststroke kick. We will refine the strokes and develop each student's Breaststroke & Butterfly. These lessons are 45 mins in duration, with a maximum of 8 students in a class.
Skill Focus
Drop down underwater, push off in a streamline with correct head, body and arm position and continuous kick.
Complete a tumble turn, streamline and continually swim freestyle with bilateral breathing pattern.
Completes a backstroke tumble turn with correct entry, body position on wall and exits in streamline position
Breaststroke with correct timing, propulsive kick and building endurance.
The ability to swim 100m continuously, 25m of Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle.
Confidently swim 25m freestyle, with a propulsive kick and efficient bilateral breathing.
Confidently swim 25m backstroke with a propulsive kick, maintaining continuous arm action and good body position
Basic understanding of an underwater breaststroke pull out, continuously swim.
Butterfly with correct stroke timing, strong kick and building swimming endurance.