TIDEWATER SWIM SCHOOL 

 Level

Skills / Goals to Graduate

Swim Safer 1

• Comfortable in pool
• Understands water principles
• Knows swim lesson/water rules
• Goes underwater

Swim Safer 2

• Understands Water Safety Rules
• Completes water survival progression
• Independently Floats on Back

Green Turtles

• Gains confidence and some stamina
• Rolls to Breathe
• Basic Freestyle (10 feet)
• Basic Backstroke (5 feet)

Loggerheads

• ½ length Freestyle with Bilateral Breathing
• ½ length Backstroke
• ¼ lap Butterfly
• Dive

Leatherbacks

• Full length Freestyle
• Full length Backstroke
• ½ length Butterfly
• ¼ length Breaststroke
• Flipturn

Terrapins

• Ensure proper Stroke Mechanics
• Build Endurance