Safety Survival Skills Are a Must!
All Learn to Swim Programs have the responsibility to teach students Personal Safety Survival Skills such as floating, sculling, treading water, cold water survival, etc.
Here are a few progression pointers for teaching treading water:
Show then teach the child the hand motion of sculling. While standing, scull hands outwards then inwards. Hand and forearm act as one entity to cover a larger surface area. Then get the child to kick vertically while sculling hands and try to keep head above the water.
Explain the motion of the Egg Beater. Legs rotate in a circular movement in opposite directions. Left leg rotates clockwise, right leg moves counter clockwise. Have the child sit on the edge of the pool and mimic the motions then switch leg rotations.
In water, with a noodle around the back and hands holding on to the front, work on the legs to do the egg beater motion.
The teacher should assist through progressions until the child can perform the skills independently.
These are just a few pointers. Within our Smart Moves Swim library, we provide you with a Safety Survival Skills folder that encompasses a wide range of safety survival skills with progressions, instructions and videos to learn from. This is a great aid to train your staff on how to teach and perform these skills.
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