HydroKidz Learn To Swim Award Stage 2

HydroKidz Learn To Swim Awards are divided into progressive stages from stage 1-7. Each stage has a clear list of outcomes which should be learned in order to earn an award. HydroKidz award are the perfect way to congratulate your child whilst keeping up with and taking pride in the progression they make as they make their way through the stages. The HydroKidz Learn To Swim stages help to develop the most important and fundamental skills your child will need to be confident, competent and safe in the water.

At the end of HydroKidz LTS Stage 2 your child should be able to:

1. Jump in from poolside safely to a minimum depth of 1.0 metre
2. Blow bubbles a minimum of three times rhythmically, with nose and mouth submerged
3. Move from a flat floating position on the back and return to standing without support
4. Move from a flat floating position on the front and return to standing without support
5. Push from a wall and glide on the back – arms can be by the side or above the head
6. Push from a wall and glide on the front with arms extended
7. Travel using a recognised leg action with feet off the pool floor on the back for 5 metres
8. Travel using a recognised leg action with feet off the pool floor on the front for 5 metres
9. Perform a tuck to rotate from a flat floating position on the front, to a back floating position, then return to standing
10. Perform a tuck to rotate from a flat floating position on the back, to a front floating position, then return to standing
11. Perform a log roll from the back to the front
12. Perform a log roll from the front to the back
13. Exit the water without support