levels & curriculum

Dolphin Tales Swim School Curriculum

  • Water Safety: Starfish

    - assisted entry/exit

    - nose bubbles

    - assisted floats (front and back)

    - assisted jumps

    - kicks intro

    - pancake flips intro

    - monkey walk on the wall

  • Water Skills 1: Jellyfish

    - intro to glides (front & back)

    - independent floats (front and back)

    - independent kicks

    - independent jumps

    - independent pancake flips

    - forward arm circles

    - intro to back arms circles

    - rollovers with kicks (intro to side breathing)

    - independent water entry and exit

    - intro to treading

    - assisted sitting dive

  • Water Skills 2: Penguin

    - independent glides (front and back)

    - independent & consistent side breathing

    - independent treading

    - independent sitting dive

    - independent back arm circles

  • Water Strokes 1: Swordfish

    - forward streamline push-off

    - freestyle with catch-up arms

    - backstroke

    - backward streamline push-off

    - treading stamina

    - breath control

  • Water Strokes 2: Shark

    - breaststroke

    - dolphin kick

    - butterfly

    - flip turns

    - pacing