American Red Cross
Serving all of Delaware County
Main Office:Delaware County Chapter
5 W. Winter Street
Delaware, OH 43015
740.362.2021 or 740.548.7300
Satellite Office: Powell-Liberty Road Service Center
Powell, OH 43065

Learn To Swim

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Level I – Water Exploration -This course orientates participants to the aquatic environment and teaches elementary skills. Children should be able to go underwater and demonstrate a readiness to learn.

Level II – Primary Skills -Build on the fundamental aquatic locomotion: Front crawl with rhythmic breathing, back crawl, elementary backstroke, finning and exploring deep water.

Level III – Stroke Readiness - Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, reverse directions, rotary breathing, endurance and treading water are some of the skills taught at this level.

Level IV - Stroke Development- Diving in stride and standing positions, endurance work, breaststroke, sidestroke and turns are primary skills in this level.

Level V – Stroke Refinement- Coordinating and refining the key strokes from level II – IV. Introduction of the butterfly dolphin kick, open turns, surface dives and spring board diving techniques are taught.

Level VI – Skill Proficiency- Polishing all strokes presented in previous levels. Participants will work on swimming the main strokes with greater ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances.