DEEP ENDERS

ENTRY LEVEL
Must be confident in deep water or have achieved level 3

DEPTH OF WATER
2.0m Main Pool

AIM
To introduce endurance in swimming, further development of stroke technique and introduction of diving skills.

SYLLABUS OF LEARNING

• Water safety/Personal survival.
• Help/huddle position.
• Side stroke/inverted breast stroke leg kick.
• Head first and feet first surface dives.
• Treading water for 1 minute.

STROKE DEVELOPMENT

• Front crawl – further development of leg and arm action, breathing and timing.
• Back crawl – further development of body position, leg movement, arm movement, breathing and timing.
• Breaststroke – development of body position, leg action, arm action, breathing and timing.
• Butterfly – Introduction to body position, undulation movement, arm and leg movement.
• Endurance – Introduction to distance swimming.

LEVEL 4 COMPETENCY AWARD BASED UPON ABILITY OF PUPIL TO:

• Treading in deep water for up to 2 minutes.
• Push, kick and glide into transition of front crawl stroke and continuous swimming for 25 metres.
• Demonstrate good breathing technique and timing throughout.
• Push, kick and glide on back crawl, demonstrating good transition into stroke for 25 metres.
• Demonstrate continuous flowing movement with good timing on back crawl.
• Demonstrate good body position, arm and leg action with correct timing in breast stroke for 10 metres.
• Demonstrate good body position, leg kick while undulating and knowledge of arm action in butterfly stroke for 10 metres.