Baby Starfish Level 1

Focus: Water comfort & early safety

SKILLS

• Comfort entering water

• Assisted floating

• Water mobility with support

• Bubble blowing / breath control intro

• Emotional comfort (no panic/crying in water)

Baby Seahorses Level 2

Focus: Basic movement & safety

SKILLS

• Assisted jumps into water

• Wall grabbing & holding

• Crab walk along wall

• Back float (5 seconds assisted)

• 5 controlled bobs (submerge/resurface)

Baby Sting Rays Level 3

Focus: Intro swimming skills

SKILLS

• Jump in and return to wall

• Back float (10 seconds)

• Crab walk independently

• Intro shallow dive

• Breath hold (8 seconds)

• Assisted short swim to wall

Starfish Level 1

Focus: Water confidence, safety, and foundational movement

SKILLS

• Comfortable entering water independently

• Blowing bubbles and breath control

• Kick legs to wall and back

• Surface dive to instructor’s foot

• Streamline glides

• Back float 10 seconds

• Comfortable jumping into water

• Crab walk

• Pull self out of water

Seahorses Level 2

Focus: Developing independence & safety skills

SKILLS

• Kick 2 laps proficiently

• Back kick 2 laps proficiently

• Hold breath 10 seconds

• Surface dive to bottom of pool

• Tummy to back roll learning

• Back float 15 seconds

• Jump in, back float, say “help” 3 times calmly but loud

• Underwater pulling halfway across pool

Sting Rays Level 3 

Focus: Endurance & underwater skills

SKILLS

• Kick 4 laps freestyle (½ with board, ½ without)

• Back kick 2 laps (½ with board, ½ without)

• Hold breath 12 seconds

• Beginner freestyle

• Streamline glide 7 feet

• Begin learning underwater somersaults

• Treading water

Dolphins Level 4 

Focus: Freestyle progression

SKILLS

• Freestyle progression

• Flip turns learning

• Level 1 dives (sitting dives)

• Underwater swim halfway across pool

• Treading water endurance

Otters Level 5 

Focus: Backstroke & coordination

SKILLS

• Backstroke fully learned

• Flip turns fully learned

• Learning how to roll and count in backstroke

• Freestyle progression

• Backstroke progression

• Level 3 dives (standing dives)

• Treading water endurance work

Frogs Level 7

Focus: Breaststroke mastery & stroke coordination

SKILLS

• Proper breaststroke kick (whip kick)

• Proper breaststroke arm pull

• Timing the pull, breath, kick, and glide

• Legal two-hand touches

• Breaststroke turns

• Introduction to pullouts

• Swim one full pool length of breaststroke with proper technique

• Breaststroke endurance progression

• Breaststroke race pacing and efficiency

Orcas Level 6

Focus: Butterfly & competitive skills

SKILLS

• Butterfly progression (two hand touch and push off)

• Underwater full pool length progression (freestyle & backstroke)

• Dives Level 4 (competitive stance and start)

• All 3 other stroke progressions

• Breaststroke progression work

 Sharks (Pre-Team)  Level 7

Focus: Competitive readiness

SKILLS

• Learning swim timing and race awareness

• Competitive starts and sprint work

• Endurance and conditioning sets

• Full stroke progression work

• Basics to water polo (if interested)

Hammerheads Level 8

Focus: Pre-competitive team development

SKILLS

• Race pacing & stroke efficiency

• Advanced turns & underwater work

• Sprint and endurance sets

• Meet preparation basics

• Team training readiness