Angelfish

For children who have completed Goldfish 3 and achieved their 100m distance award. This series progresses up to 600m
This series follows the Goldfish series and builds your child’s distance skill up to swimming 600m without aids. Children will also learn the butterfly stroke, tumble turns, sculling techniques, and more advanced entries to the water.
Swimmers will be independent in the water for Angelfish lessons
  • There are 3 badges in this series
  •  and 4 distance awards.

Please click on the badges below to view the skills list.

Angelfish 1

Angelfish Badge 1
  • 1. Be rescued by a reaching aid
  • 2. Perform a straddle entry and tread water for 30 seconds. If the water is too shallow, substitute step entry and support scull for 30 seconds.
  • 3. Push and glide into a forward somersault
  • 4. Scull head first for 5 metres and feet first for 5 metres
  • 5. Swim 15 metres of a recognised front stroke with correct breathing. Learner’s first choice
  • 6. Swim 10 metres of front stroke with correct breathing. Learner’s second choice
  • 7. Swim 20 metres of back crawl
  • 8. Swim 10 metres on the front, using dolphin leg kick, without aids
  • 9. Start in a crouch position in the water, spring up before gliding to bottom of pool, then glide to surface
  • 10. Swim 5 metres of lifesaving backstroke without aids
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