swim skills
Pool competency set
Swim skills are the abilities needed to move through water safely and efficiently.
The term covers basics like floating and treading water, strokes like freestyle and breaststroke, and safety techniques like turning over to breathe.
The camp tests swim skills before allowing kids in the deep end.
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- scullingDouble-oar rowing technique
- butterfly strokeBilateral arm-recovery swim technique
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
front crawl · drowning prevention · pool safety · rescue techniques · treading water · breath control · diving · flip turns · kick · water aerobics · gliding · body position · synchronized swimming · lane discipline · pull · arm · dive · push
- water safetylifeguards, CPR, rescue tube, life jacket, drowning prevention
- Baby Swimmingwater safety, flotation, puddle jumper, breath holding, submersion