SwimSafer Stage 2

Fundamental Water Skills

Objective:
General skill development including unassisted step entry into the water, sculling, feet first surface dives, personal water safety skills as well as water safety in aquatic environments. One of the goals is to achieve 25 metres of continuous swimming.

Get ready

Equipments to Prepare

Shirt

Shorts

Stage 2 Practical Test Sequence

Swim: 

  • Swim 25m on front crawl or breaststroke
  • Swim 15m on back

Survival Sequence 2A: (w/o goggles)

  • Enter the water with step-in entry
  • Front float for 10 seconds
  • Swim 5m on front, rollover
  • Perform back float for 10 seconds
  • Swim 5m on back
  • Scull, float or tread water for 30 seconds
  • Recover an object (in chest deep water)
  • Resurface and exit safely from pool

Survival Sequence 2B part 1: (w/o goggles)
Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate:

  • Swim 15m using any survival stroke (face clear of water) and exit safely from water

Survival Sequence 2B part 1: (w/o goggles)

  • Correctly fit a PFD and jump into the water (at least 1.4m deep), swim 25m with PFD, then climb
    out of the water

Entries & Exits

  • Step-in entry

Sculling & Body Orientation

  • Front float (mushroom or jellyfish), 10 seconds, recover to a standing position
  • Back float, 10 seconds, recover to a standing position
  • Swim 5m on front, rollover and continue swimming 5m on back
  • Scull, float or tread for 30 seconds (incorporated in Survival & Activity Skills)

Underwater Skills

  • Search for and recover an object in chest deep (student’s) water

Movement/Swimming/Strokes

  • Movement on front 25m (alternating arms & legs and/or simultaneous arms and legs).
  • Movement on back 15m (alternating arms & legs and/or simultaneous arms and legs).

Survival and Activity Skills

  • Scull, float or tread for 30 sec.

Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate:

  • Swim 15m using any survival stroke.
  • Swim to pool edge and climb out.
  • Put on an appropriately sized PFD and jump into the water (at least 1.4m deep)
  • Swim 25m with PFD, then climb out of the water.

Rescue Skills

  • NIL

Knowledge

  • Principles of Personal Safety and Survival.
  • Environmental Awareness.
  • Health Awareness.
  • Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques.
  • Rescues.

Professional!

Coaches are very professional and ensures the kids are well taken care of! Glad to have enrolled with them!

Tang Sen / Google

Dedicated!

Sttitute is the to-go school for swimming classes. I’m immensely grateful to the fantastic coaches who coached my girl through the years and weathered the storms of high PSI and Covid. The swimming school is dedicated to bringing out the best in our kids with their quality teaching and administrative support.

Wei Ling / Google

Fun!

We are absolutely thrilled with our child’s fantastic achievements in the recent Stage 3 SwimSafer test! The progress has been exceptional, and we owe it all to the dedicated coaching team at Sttitude Swim School.

Chee Seng / Google

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