Instructor:  Mr. Harvey Wardell

Textbook:  The American Red Cross, Swimming and Water Safety, 1994

The objective of this course is to equip the individual with basic swimming skill to make him reasonably safe while in or about water.

Competitions

1. Demonstrate the ability to write in a logical easily understood style with appropriate grammar and sentence structure.
2. Demonstrate the ability to orally communicate information on a given topic in a coherent and logical manner.
3. Demonstrate the ability to comprehend and interpret a message after listening.
4. Demonstrate the ability to read, comprehend and interpret orally and in writing professional material.
5. Construct and sequence related short-range objectives for a given skill level.
6. Demonstrate the ability to comprehend and work with fundamental skill level.

Content:
Evaluation of Swimming

Personal Safety in the Aquatic Environment
A. when to swim
B. Where to Swim

Overcome fear of water
A. Breath Holding Beneath and Surface
B. Layout on water with heard beneath the surface.

Physical Law Governing Body Movement in the water
A. Buoyancy
B. Motion
C. Leverage
D. Relaxation
E. Breathing

Prone Float
A. Prone Float 4 seconds

Kicking
A. Flutter Kick

Kicking with prone Glide
A. Flutter Kick with prone (front) glide

Arm Movement (Crawl Stroke)
A. Crawl Stroke with Flutter Kick
B. Combining Crawl stroke with flutter kick

Back Floating

Back Sculling
A. Flutter Kicking on Back
B. Arm movement on back with a flutter kick

Back Crawl Stroke
A. Combining back Stroke with flutter kick

Human Stroke  (Dog Paddle)
Treading Water
Introduce to deep water

Safety in Aquatics
A. Personal Water Safety
B. Safety as Public in Public and Private pool
C. Safety at farm ponds
D. Safety at beaches and lakes.

Basic Rescue Skills
A. Helping others in an emergency
B. Helping yourself in an emergency
C. Survival Floating

Evaluation:

Attendance
Class Participation
Score on Written Examination
Scores on Skill Test