Level 5 (6-17 years old) Highest Level in Peddie Swim School
55 minutes, Pre-requisite: Level 4 skills
Goggles required. No swim shirts.
Level 5 builds on the freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. Swimmers will increase their endurance, refine breaststroke and butterfly technique. Students will be divided up according to ability and be introduced to skills and drills for competitive swimming.
Successful completion of Level 5 requires:
- 100 yards freestyle with proper body position, breathing, and kick
- 100 yards backstroke with proper body position and kick
- 50 yards breaststroke with proper whip kick, arm pull, and timing
- 50 yards butterfly with proper body position, breathing pattern , arm pull, kick, and timing
- 50 yards elementary backstroke
- 200 yard Individual Medley (50 fly, 50 back, 50 breast, 50 free)
- Flip-turns for freestyle and backstroke
- Open turns for breaststroke and butterfly
- 5 minutes of treading water
- Standing Dives
- Treading Water for 5 minutes
- Back Float for 5 minutes
- Water safety skills SWIM/FLOAT/SWIM
