Prone Float is floating with your face in the water and feet off the ground. Practice holding your breath for 10 seconds while floating on your stomach and stand back up. When your eyes are focused downward pressing your forehead into the water, you can feel the lower part of your body start to rise. This skill is the beginning to being able to swim on your stomach.

Back Floating gives you time to rest in calm water for long periods of time. It is important that you breathe through your mouth as to not get water up your nose and then exhale out your nose. The ideal body position for the back float is with ears in the water as your eyes gaze upwards while pushing your stomach and hips up. Staying relaxed is key to enjoying the backfloat.

Survival Float can be used in calm or rough deep water. The key body position for survival float is floating on your stomach, head droops downward, arms and legs are relaxed. You will be holding your breath for 5 seconds, exhale air under water and lift head slightly for a quick breath and let headrest underwater for another 5 seconds. This pattern continues until rescuers find you. FLOAT, BUBBLES, BREATHE.

Treading water is staying vertical, while moving your arms and legs underwater to keep your head above water.