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Stroke Development
Students entering Level 4 must have a Level 3 certificate or be able to perform all the Level 3 exit skills. Participants will improve skills and increase endurance by swimming familiar strokes for greater distance.
LTS Level 4 Skills
Headfirst entry in compact and stride positions
Feetfirst surface dive
Swim underwater
Tread water, using 2 different kicks
Survival swimming for 1 minute
Swimming:
Front crawl for 25 yards
Elementary backstroke for 25 yards
Breaststroke for 15 yards
Back crawl for 15 yards
Butterfly for 15 yards
Sidestroke for 15 yards
Open turns on the front and back
Flutter and dolphin kicks on back
Push off in streamlined position on back, then begin kicking
Move to Next Level
If your child is at least 6 years old and can:
Perform a feetfirst entry into deep water, swim front crawl for 25 yards, change direction and position as necessary, and swim elementary backstroke for 25 yards.
Swim breaststroke for 15 yards, change direction and position as necessary, and swim back crawl for 15 yards.
Submerge and swim a distance of 3 to 5 body lengths underwater without hyperventilating, return to the surface, then exit the water.
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