Be water confident
As you work through each of these four stages you will focus on developing the follow key skills:
- Entries and exits
- Treading water
- Rotation and orientation
- Streamlining
- Aquatic breathing
- Sculling
- Travel and coordination
- Floatation
- Stamina
- Submersion
- Water safety
It’s a good idea to talk to your swimming teacher before you start about what you want to get out of lessons.
Although each of the four stages has a number of outcomes, not all outcomes will need to be achieved to move onto the next stage; as they are not compulsory.
Adult learn to swim is about flexibility. The swimming teacher will select the required outcomes based your individual goals.