STROKE DEVELOPMENT
Our Stoke Development Program develops our students who have progressed from the Learn to Swim program with technique and endurance. The program consists of two levels with the first level (Dory) being an extension of the Learn to Swim Program where students will focus on refining their technique. The second level (Swordfish) reinforces these techniques through more difficult drills, while also introducing breaststroke and butterfly skills. Our Junior Squad runs for 60 minutes and focuses on building endurance and developing the four individual strokes. It also serves to bridge the gap between our swim school and adult swimming programs.
DORY
- Freestyle with bilateral breathing over 25 metres
- Backstroke over 25 metres
- Introduction to Breaststroke kick over 8 metres with a board
- Introduction to tumble turns and dolphin kick for 8 metres with a board
SWORDFISH
- Freestyle with bilateral breathing over 50 metres
- Backstroke over 50 metres
- Breaststroke timing and kick over 25 metres
- Demonstrates butterfly arms and kick for 16 metres
- Demonstrate correct turns and streamline
JUNIOR SQUAD
- Freestyle with correct technique and turns over 100 metres in a specified time
- Backstroke over 50 metres
- Breaststroke over 50 metres
- Demonstrates butterfly arms and kick for 25 metres
- Able to swim 200 metres continuous with good technique
