LEVEL 2 specific homework & expectations
Sea Horse and Dolphin 2's are learning to propel and use basic breath techniques. Children do not develop the required strength in the glute and lower back for a long leg kick until around the age of 7 years. To speed up this process, we need to work the muscles. This will reflect when you go to the gym, to build your muscles, more than 30 minutes of practice once a week is required. Extra swim time AND dry land exercise will help with speeding up the process of your child's progression in this level.
To graduate from a level 2 your child will need to perform a propulsive swim on their front, roll to their back using correct breath technique and continue the propulsion on their back, assisted treading water, propel using underwater arms, right when swimming in shallow water, duck dive, basic scull, basic dive and swim a distance and gain a breath.
Public swim times are free of charge for swim school families and a timetable found on our website www.aquatots.com.au)
If you are unable to make it to the pool for extra water time each week, be sure to follow our dry land specific training for LEVEL 2's
- Spinning in circles or rolling along the ground
- Aquatic breathing patterns in the bath or drinks (bubbles, breath in and straight back to bubbles)
- Strong hands, hitting balloons, throwing balls, hanging from the monkey bars, squishing things or kneading dough. Talk about strong swimming hands
- Planking
- Lay on tummy and perform freestyle kicks to build the required muscles
- Point and flex the feet to stretch the ligamentsÂ
- Start on dryland arm circles to start building the muscles for the level above
