STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Review the science and relationship of swimming and water.

         A.      Review and practice basic water skills.

         B.      Employ various breath control methods.

         C.      Review and practice the freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and elementary backstroke.

         D.      Practice the sidestroke, open and closed turns, and treading water.

         E.      Practice water rescue skills.

         F.      Describe the components to promote total-body fitness.

         G.      Recognize spinal injuries and how to care for them.

         H.      Practice in-line stabilization techniques.

         I.      Develop workouts for swimming.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Introduction to swimming

         A.      Science of swimming

 II.     Basic water skills

         A.      Movement in water

         B.      Breath control

 III.    Locomotion

         A.      Elementary breaststroke

         B.      Front crawl

         C.      Back crawl

         D.      Breaststroke

         E.      Sidestroke

         F.      Basic turns

         G.      Butterfly stroke

         H.      Treading water

 IV.     Rescue skills

 V.      Rules to promote total-body fitness

 VI.     Spinal injury management

         A.      Anatomy of spine

         B.      Function of spine