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Classes
ASA NPTS National Plan for the Teaching of Swimming
Lessons are tailored to ability and we offer the following levels of instruction:
Foundation Stage
FUNdamental Movement Skills
FUNdamental Sports Skills
Foundation Stage
This is the programme for early year’s water confidence for pre-school classes . The emphasis is upon development of basic motor skills and introduction to water and the swimming environment through fun and games.
FUNdamental Movement Skills, Stages 1 – 7
Stage 1 (Beginner 1): Developing basic safety awareness, the ‘class’ scenario, basic movement skills and water confidence skills. Swimmers may use aids e.g. arm bands, floats etc.
Stage 2 (Beginner 2): Developing safe entries into water including jumping in, basic floating, travel and rotation unaided to regain upright positions. Swimmers may use aids, e.g. arm bands, floats etc.
Stage 3 (Intermediate 1): Developing safe entries including submersion, travel up to 10 metres on the front and back, progress rotation skills and water safety knowledge.
Stage 4 (Intermediate 2): Developing the understanding of buoyancy through a range of skills, refining kicking technique for all strokes, and swimming 10 metres to a given standard as directed by the ASA.
Stage 5 (Improver 1): Developing ‘watermanship’ through sculling and treading water skills, and complete rotation, also performing all strokes to a given standard as directed by the ASA.
Stage 6 (Improver 2): Developing effective swimming skills including coordinated breathing; developing the water safety aspects and understanding of preparation for exercise.
Stage 7 (Improver 3/Swimming Club)) : Developing quality stroke technique up to 100 metres, incorporating skills learnt and combining them to develop a linked routine and complete successfully an obstacle course that combines a variety of skills accomplished throughout stages 1 – 7.
FUNdamental Sports Skills, Stages 8 – 10 (Aqua Swimming Club)
Once the swimmer has developed the core range of skills required to be confident, competent and safe in the water through stages 1 – 7, the swimmer can focus on the development of competitive swimming techniques such as advanced skills for speed on all four strokes, starts, turns and following specified training sets and programmes.
