School Age Children Assessment
Before enrolling your child in our Learn to Swim program at 360 Fitness Club, we ask that you take a moment to review the short videos provided for each level. These videos are designed to help you accurately assess your child’s current swimming skills and place them in the most suitable class for their development. By selecting the right level from the start, we can ensure your child feels confident, supported, and challenged in the water—right from day one.
Beginners
This class is for swimmers who have not yet attended lessons. Swimmers may already be confident in paddling and returning to the edge, However, in this class swimmers will learn about breath control and body position.
Lesson Aim: to improve floating and correct body position for freestyle and backstroke kick.
Level One
This class is for swimmers who are ready to move on from basic freestyle and learn to breathe over longer distances. Students need to
already have
the skills listed below (and shown in the video) to join this class:
- Safe exit and entry
- Prone float aided and unaided
- Back float aided and unaided
- Streamline holding breath 5m
- Flutter kick aided and unaided
- Sculling and treading water aided
- Sit on the bottom
- Goggle pick up/ Duck Dive
- Fall in, back float and recover to the wall
Lesson Aim: to further develop breathing skills in freestyle and progress backstroke kick.
Level Two
This class is designed to further develop freestyle and backstroke from 8 to 15m, while beginning on tumble turns and dolphin kicks. Students need to already have the skills listed below (and shown in the video) to join this class:
- Completed Level One
- Freestyle/flutter kick 8-15m both aided and unaided
- Freestyle breathing 8-15m both aided and unaided
- Freestyle aided 15+m
- Continuous Freestyle 8-15m
- Backstroke kick 8-15m both aided and unaided
Lesson Aim: to develop both freestyle and backstroke to an independent state
Level Three
This class is designed to further develop swimmers Freestyle and Backstroke, ensuring that they can use the correct starts and turns, while also introducing them to Breaststroke kick and the 25m pool. Students need to already have the skills listed below (and shown in the video) to join this class:
- Completed Level One and Two
- Bilateral Freestyle
- Introductory Backstroke arms
- Kneeling Dive in the 25m pool
Lesson Aim: to build on previous swim knowledge while introducing breaststroke kick and diving.
Stroke Development
This class is designed to help swimmers increase their distance, whilst simultaneously developing all four swim strokes. Students need to already have the skills listed below (and shown in the video) to join this class:
- Unilateral freestyle - correct start, tumble & finish - 15m
- Bilateral freestyle - correct start, tumble & finish - 15 m
- Backstroke - correct start, tumble &finish - 15m
- Introductory breaststroke kick aided - 15 m
- Introductory diving & treading water - 25 m pool
- Floating from front (5 sec) to back (up to 20 sec)
- Fall in, tread water & recover to side of 25m pool (no goggles)
Lesson Aim: to increase stamina and learn all starts and finishes for all four strokes.