PUDDLE DUCKS

Swim Academy teaches children from as young as 4 up to the age of 10 to swim beautifully and efficiently, as well as developing essential water safety and lifesaving skills.

Level 1

Our 'beginners' level, this is often the first time that children enter the pool without their parent and our whole focus is on water confidence, basic water safety and the foundation skills for independent swimming.

Level 2

Children are now swimming 5m unaided and lifting their head to breathe. We now work with them to build their confidence further. There are more group activities and less reliance on buoyancy aids (floats and woggles) and the teachers become gradually more hands off.

Level 3

This is the first level where children have no in-water support from the teacher; our teachers instruct and support from the poolside. We understand that our swimmers might need support from elsewhere in the early days of this level so buoyancy aids and shorter swims are used to build their confidence.

Level 4

Our level 4 swimmers have a good level of confidence in their own ability and this allows out teachers to get longer swims out of the group. Together with working towards developing a strong front crawl stroke, with good style, fluidity and grace, for a swim over 25m and also 50m, we also see these swimmers developing their backstroke, breaststroke and a convincing butterfly kick.

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