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SKILL: FREESTYLE
Students aim to maintain technique for 200 yards.
Student’s pull has a great catch and acceleration through the pull.
Student’s kick is steady and strong for a 6 beat kick.
Student’s breathing is rotary and breathing is done with 1 google still in the water and head is steady in line with spine. |
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SKILL: BACKSTROKE
Students aim to maintain technique for 200 yards.
Student’s pull is done with proper hand entry and with a 90-degree elbow bend underwater.
Student’s kick is steady from the hips and their knees don’t break the surface.
Their shoulder and hip rotate together with their head in line with the spine. |
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SKILL: BREASTSTROKE
Students aim to maintain technique for 200 yards.
Student’s hands do not pull to hips and their head goes back between arms for glide.
Their kick is with heels to bottom and ankles out.
Their breath is done with eyes looking down. |
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SKILL: BUTTERFLY
Students aim to maintain technique for 100 yards.
Student’s arms sweep out and then in during the pull.
Their dolphin kicks are from the hips.
They breathe every other stroke and eyes look down. |
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SKILL: STARTS AND TURNS
Student can do open turns for breaststroke and butterfly with proper underwater streamline position.
Student can do a proper freestyle and backstroke flip turn and they do not turn to their belly off the wall.
Student can do underwater strokes after diving or launching in. |
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