Level 6C Personal Water Safety

Purpose To refine strokes so participants swim them with more ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. To teach students how to prevent aquatic emergencies in open water environments To introduce and practice self-rescue techniques Prerequisite Valid American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Level 5: Stroke Refinement certificate OR successful demonstration of all certification requirements from Level 5. Certification Requirements Demonstrate competency in all requires skills and activities including in-water skills.  Successfully complete the following exit skills assessment: Swim 500 yards continuously using any 3 strokes of your choice, swimming at least 50 yards of each stroke.. Jump into deep water, perform a survival float for 5 minutes, roll onto back and demonstrate a back float for 5 minutes. Swim 20 yards, perform a feetfirst surface dive, retrieve an object from the bottom of the pool at a depth of 7-10 feet, return to the surface and swim 20 yards back to the starting point. Key Elements of Level 6 Program Increase endurance while performing the following strokes: Front crawl–100 yards Back crawl–100 yards Butterfly–50 yards Elementary backstroke 50 yards Breaststroke–50 yards Sidestroke–50 yards Demonstrate the following turns while swimming: Front crawl open turn Backstroke open turn Sidestroke open turn Front flip turn Backstroke flip Butterfly Turn Breaststroke Turn Tread water, kicking only, in deep water (2 minutes) Demonstrate a feet-first surface dive and retrieve and object from a depth of 7 feet Demonstrate the HELP position (2 minutes) Demonstrate the huddle position (2 minutes) Demonstrate a survival float in deep water (5 minutes) Demonstrate a back float in deep water (5 minutes) Demonstrate survival swimming (10 minutes) Swim while clothed, using any type of stroke if time permits Demonstrate self-rescue techniques while clothed if time permits Discuss basic safety rules for open water environment and boating Register on-line here