Farmington Area Community Education

Skills Include: long shallow-angle dive from the side of the pool; head-first surface dives and retrieve objects; front and back crawl flip turns; tread water 5 minutes; sculling; and more. Strokes include: front crawl, elementary backstroke, back crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke, and butterfly. Exit Skills Assessments:- 1. Perform a shallow-angle dive into deep water; swim front crawl for 50 yards and then swim elementary backstroke 50 yards. 2.  Swim breaststroke for 50 yards and then swim back crawl for 50 yards. Prerequisites: Successfully demonstrate Level-4 skills. ~Please bring goggles~

This course is ideal for participants that might be preparing for a competitive team or perhaps have completed Level-5 but are not able to take a/the lifeguarding course yet. Skills Include: HELP & huddle positions 2 minutes each; back float and survival float 5 minutes each; survival swimming 10 minutes; sculling feet-first and head-first; surface dives; race starts; open turns and flip turns; circle swimming; using a pace clock; swimming using equipment; and more. Strokes include: front crawl and elementary backstroke 100 yards each; back crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke, and butterfly 50 yards each. Prerequisites: Successfully demonstrate Level-5 skills. ~Please bring goggles~

Skills Include: compact and stride dives from the side of the pool; swim under water; feet-first surface dive and retrieve an object; open turns on front and back; tread water 2 minutes; survival swimming 1 minute; dolphin kick; and more. Strokes Include: front crawl, elementary backstroke, back crawl, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Exit Skills Assessments:- 1. Perform a feet-first entry into deep water and swim front crawl for 25 yards and then swim elementary backstroke for 25 yards. 2. Swim breaststroke for 15 yards and then swim back crawl for 15 yards. 3. Submerge and swim a distance of 3-5 body lengths underwater without hyperventilating; return to the surface; then exit the water. Prerequisites: Successfully demonstrate Level-3 skills. ~Please bring goggles~