Goldfish

For children who have completed Stanley 7 or Star and can swim 20 metres. They need their Goldfish 3 and 100m award to move up to the next series.
This series builds and refines your child’s swimming skills and hones their endurance up to 100m without aids.
Swimmers will be independent in the water for Goldfish lessons with the teacher teaching poolside
  • There are 3 badges in this series
  •  and 4 distance awards.

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

Goldfish 1

Goldfish Badge 1
  • 1. Answer 2 water safety questions
  • 2. Enter the water with a step or jump entry, tread water for 5 seconds, swim to poolside
  • 3. Push and glide, and hold the streamlined position for 5 seconds
  • 4. Push and glide, or swim to the bottom of the pool, to retrieve an object
  • 5. Swim 5 metres on front, roll over and swim 5 metres on back
  • 6. Perform dolphin leg kick on the front or back for 5 metres
  • 7. Scull head first for 2 metres
  • 8. Scull feet first, using a woggle for support
  • 9. Show rhythmical breathing in front crawl for 10 metres, using a woggle or float
  • 10. Swim a recognisable breaststroke for 5 metres
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