Youth Level 2 - Ages 5+

Purpose

To give participants success with fundamental skills, including learning how to float without support and to recover to a vertical position.

Prerequisites

Valid American Red Cross Learn to Swim Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills

OR

Successful demonstration of all certification requirements from Level 1

Learning Objectives

• Enter and exit water by stepping or jumping from the side
• Fully submerge and hold breath
• Bobbing
• Open eyes underwater and retrieve submerged objects
• Front, jellyfish and tuck floats
• Recover to a vertical position
• Roll from front to back and back to front
• Change direction of travel while swimming on front or back
• Tread water using arm and leg actions
• Combined arm and leg actions on front and back
• Finning arm action
• Learn how to stay safe, including recognizing an emergency, knowing how to call for help and perform simple non-swimming assists
• Learn how to stay safe in, on and around water, including the use of life jacket, recognizing lifeguards and sun safety
• Learn to look carefully before entering the water
• Learn what to think about and do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation