| 1). RUBBER DUCKIES (3mos-3yrs): |
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Safety in and around the pool
• Learning how to glide on front, turning over onto back, then rolling over to front (tootsie roll)
• Learning how to go under water next to the wall, pop up out of the water, grab wall and pull self out of the water (pop ups)
• Learning how to climb in and out of the pool
Introductory skills
• Bubble blowing (mouth and nose)
• Floating on front and back
• Flutter kicking on front and back
• Submersion
• Gliding
• Arm scoopers in freestyle motion
• Jumping into pool |
| 2). RAINBOW Ribbon (3yrs-adult): |
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• Blowing nose bubbles
• Floating on back with comfort
• Floating on front with face in the water
• Gliding to and from the wall with face in the water
• Flutter kick on front and back
• Rhythmic breathing
• Glide on front, turning over onto back, then rolling over to front (tootsie roll)
• Correct arm placement for freestyle and backstroke
• Underwater swimming |
| 3). WHITE Ribbon (3yrs-adult): |
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• Rotary breathing
• Backstroke with correct arm placement
• Freestyle using rotary breathing
• Elementary backstroke
• Streamline push on front and back
• Tread water for 1 minute |
| 4). RED Ribbon (3yrs-adult): |
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• Sidestroke with correct timing
• Breaststroke with correct timing
• Butterfly with correct timing
• Forward somersault
• Flip turns for freestyle and backstroke
• Individual Medley (IM) One length of each: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle
• Diving |
| 5). BLUE Ribbon (3yrs-adult): |
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• 500 yards (25 lengths of the pool swimming freestyle with flipturns)
• Pre-competitive swimming
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