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Level 1 Participants become comfortable in the water learning basic skills. Safety topics include pool rules, recognizing lifeguard, safe water entry, being able to recall name and phone number, helping yourself in an emergency and proper use of life jacket. Skills: Enter and exit the water; Blowing bubbles, Bob underwater, Pick up object under water, Front/back floats, Front/back blast offs, Flip flops (rolling from front to back), Flutter kick on wall, Front/back paddle, Treading water motions 

Level 2 Participants learn to swim without support. Safety topics include being able to recall parent/guardians names, home address, proper use of life jackets and boat safety. Skills: Jump into chest-deep water and return to the edge of pool, Bob underwater and hold breath, Front/back float, Front/back blast off, Flip flops (rolling from front to back and back to front), Flutter kick with kick board, Treading water, Front/back crawl, Breaststroke kick

Level 3 Participants learn to be comfortable with new skills in deep water and learn new strokes. Safety topics include helping yourself and others in an emergency, safe weather conditions for swimming and proper use of life jackets. Skills: Jump into deep water and return to wall, Swim underwater and pick up an object, Front/back float in deep end, Flutter kick on front/back with kick board, Treading water in deep end, Front crawl with rhythmic breathing, Back crawl, Elementary backstroke, Breaststroke kick, Breaststroke arm motion

Level 4 Participants increase endurance, improve skills learned in Swim classes 1-3 while learning new skills. Safety topics include basic first aid, reaching assist and proper use of life jacket. Skills: Feet-first surface dive in deep end, Somersault, Open turn: Front crawl, Open turn: Back crawl, Treading water, Flutter kick on front/back with kick-board, Breaststroke kick with kick board, Front/back crawl, Elementary backstroke, Breaststroke, Dolphin kick 

Level 5 Participants learn ways to improve efficiency for strokes learned in Swim classes 1-4 while learning new skills. Safety topics include first aid, throwing assist and proper use of a life jacket. Skills: Feet-first surface dive to 7 ft. and pick up object, Flip turn: Front crawl, Flip turn: Back crawl,Treading water, Flutter/dolphin/breaststroke kick with kick board,Front/back crawl with flip turn, Elementary back stroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Sidestroke 

Level 6 Participants have learned all strokes and will concentrate on refining their technique. Safety topics include recognizing spinal injury and proper use of life jacket. Skills: Feet first surface dive & pick up brick, Open turn breaststroke/butterfly, Tread water, kick only, Flutter/dolphin/breaststroke kick with kick board, Front/back crawl with flip turn, Elementary back stroke, Breaststroke with open turn, Butterfly with open turn, Sidestroke