SwimSafer Stage 4 (Bronze)

Personal Survival & Stroke Improvement Skills

Objective:
Development of student’s stroke techniques is a focus here, along with coordinated breathing in deep water. This stage sees the introduction of throw rescues and more personal survival skills. One of the goals is to achieve 100 meters of a variety of strokes.

Get ready

Equipments to Prepare

Shirt

Shorts

Kickboard

Stage 4 Practical Test Sequence

Swim:
Swim 100m (4 strokes) continuously:

  • 25m front crawl
  • 25m backstroke
  • 25m breaststroke
  • 25m survival backstroke

Sequence 4A: (w/o goggles)

  • Enter the water using a compact jump (in deep water), resurface, perform a forward somersault
  • Tread water for 2 min
  • In 1.4m deep water, perform feet-first surface dive,
  • Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 2m,
  • Resurface and exit safely from pool

Sequence 4B: (w/o goggles)
Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate:

  • 3 min swimming slowly using survival backstroke, sidestroke and survival breaststroke changing every 15m
  • Wave and call for help (rescuer to throw floatation aid)
  • Swim to a flotation aid and kick to pool’s edge, then climb out of water

Entries & Exits

  • Compact jump

Sculling & Body Orientation

  • Forward somersault in the water.
  • Scull, float or tread for 2 min

Underwater Skills

  • In at least 1.4m deep water, perform feet-first surface dive, swim through hoops on pool bottom or 2m.

Movement/Swimming/Strokes

Swim 100m continuously:

  • 25m Front Crawl.
  • 25m Backstroke.
  • 25m Breaststroke.
  • 25m Survival Backstroke.

Survival and Activity Skills

  • Scull, float or tread water for 2 min.

Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate:

  • 3 min swimming slowly using survival backstroke, sidestroke and survival breaststroke, changing every 15m.
  • Wave and call for help Retrieve a flotation aid thrown by a ‘rescuer’ (2m away) and kick to the side of the pool and exit.

Rescue Skills

  • Throw a flotation aid to a partner 2m away and instruct the partner to kick to the edge.

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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