Learn to Swim Stage 6: Competitive swimming skills
Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 6 is designed to prepare children for competitive swimming, but also to provide them with the skills and knowledge to continue swimming for fitness and enjoyment throughout their lives.
Introduction: Swim England Learn To Swim Stage 6
Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 6 teaches swimmers how to prepare for exercise, while developing an efficient technique for all four strokes and further developing surface dives.
The effective swimming skills taught include coordination, breathing and an understanding of water safety.
Within this stage, swimmers will work on all the other strokes, including streamlining, improving their technique with both their arms and their legs.
Swimmers will also learn to swim in clothes and understand how to be safe when they’re in and around water.
At Learn to Swim Stage 6, they can also achieve their 20m and 25m Distance Awards and work towards their Personal Survival 1 Award.
Learn To Swim Stage 6 Key Outcomes
By completing the Learn to Swim Stage 6 Award, swimmers will be able to:
Give two examples of how to prepare for exercise and understand why it is important.
Sink, push off on side from the wall, glide, kick and rotate into backstroke.
Sink, push off on side from the wall, glide, kick and rotate into front crawl.
Swim 10 metres wearing clothes.
Push and glide and swim front crawl to include at least six rhythmical breaths.
Push and glide and swim breaststroke to include at least six rhythmical breaths.
Push and glide and swim butterfly to include at least three rhythmical breaths.
Push and glide and swim backstroke to include at least six regular breaths.
Push and glide and swim 25 metres, choice of stroke is optional (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Perform a ‘shout and signal’ rescue.
Perform a surface dive.
Once they have completed this stage, learners can move on to Learn To Swim Stage 7 and continue to develop their swimming skills.