American Red Cross

Learn to Swim

Program

 The new American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Program provides instruction to help swimmers of all ages and abilities develop their swimming and water safety skills. It is designed to give students a positive learning experience.

Learn-to-Swim teaches aquatic and safety skills in a logical progression. The objective is to teach people to swim and to be safe in, on and around the water.

Skills are categorized in the following way:

  • Water Entry and Exit

  • Breath Control and Underwater Swimming

  • Buoyancy

  • Changing Direction and Position

  • Treading

  • Swimming on Front, Back and Side

  • General and Personal Water Safety

  • Helping Others




 

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Introduction to Water Skills: helps students feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy the water safely.


Fundamental Aquatic Skills: gives students success with fundamental skills.


Stroke Development: builds on the skills in Level 2 by providing additional guided practice.


Stroke Improvement: develops confidence in the strokes learned and to improve other aquatic skills.


Stroke Refinement: provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.


Swimming and Skill Proficiency: refines the strokes so students swim them with ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. Level 6 is designed with "menu" options. Each of these options focus on preparing students to participate in more advance courses, such as Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard Training. These options include: