Level 4 specific Homework & Progression

LEVEL 4 specific homework & expectations

Sea Horse 4's, Mini's Dolphin 4's and Dolphin 4's are learning the technical side of mainly freestyle and backstroke (unless your child is a natural breaststroker). Children in the Sea Horse or Mini 4 level are advanced for their age and when talking progression for these levels their physical development will sometimes need time to catch up with their swimming progression before we see movement again. It will be important to swim through the flat spots so your child continues to balance easily in the water and when ready to progress again can do this easily and quickly. Again, for our level 4's the movements required are complex and many muscles are required to be used in an environment that is not natural to a human. To graduate from a level 4 your child will need to demonstrate correct freestyle and backstroke technique for the required distance on the skill set, basic tumble turn, intermediate breaststroke and butterfly, a survival sequence as in the skill set, tread water, an intermediate scull and a distance swim (10 meters for Sea Horse & Mini's, 20 meters for Dolphin 4's)

More than 30 minutes practice per week is required to see a quick progression for the above skills. Please ensure you bump up weekly water time by joining us for FREE swimming during public hours (timetable found on our website www.aquatots.com.au)



If you are unable to make it to the pool for extra water time each week, be sure to follow our dry land specific training for LEVEL 4's

• Lay on the couch or table and work on 1 arm freestyle, turn your head to the side as the hand passes the thigh, face must be back down before the arm makes it to the ear
• Jumping, climbing, rolling, spinning, hanging at any chance you get
• Work on front kicking laying face down, arms in rocket position with ears in front of arms
• Work on back kicking laying on your back, head off ground arms in rocket position with ears in front of arms
• Burpees or squat jumps
• Point and flex feet
• Aquatic breathing in bath or through a straw in a drink, blow bubbles, breath in and straight back to bubbles

CLICK HERE for a great little clip on a dry land work out to assist with building muscles and movements ready to transfer to the pool