Freestyle, Backstroke, and Elementary Backstroke

Class Objective

• Level 3 (Walleye) is designed to continue building on the teachings from levels 1 and 2, introduce freestyle, backstroke, elementary backstroke, work on deeper submersion in the water, and introduce breaststroke kick

Teaching Goals

• Strengthen side breathing
• Freestyle stroke and kick
• Freestyle with side breathing
• Backstroke stroke and kick
• Elementary backstroke stroke and kick
• Strengthen treading
• Retrieving something from the bottom of the pool
• Introduction to breaststroke kick

Qualifications to Advance

• Streamline with breathing across the pool
• Freestyle for 10 yards
• Backstroke for 10 yards
• Elementary backstroke for 10 yards
• Tread water for 30 seconds
• Retrieve object from the bottom of pool