Sharks

For children who have achieved Angelfish 3 and 600m awards. Progressing to distances of 800m and beyond
This series follows the Ange;fish series and builds your child’s distance skill up to swimming 800m+ without aids. Children will also learn the starts and turns for all strokes, as well as basic survival and water rescue techniques.
Swimmers will be independent in the water for Sharks lessons
  • There are 3 badges in this series
  •  and 3 distance awards.

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

Sharks 1

Sharks Badge 1
  • 1. Perform a shout and signal rescue to a weak swimmer, 5 metres away
  • 2. Enter the water with a slide-in entry, swim 10 metres in a T-shirt, tread water for 30 seconds, remove T-shirt, and climb out
  • 3. Swim 5 metres of a recognised front stroke, perform a head-first surface dive and swim 5 metres underwater
  • 4. Swim 5 metres of a recognised front stroke, perform a feet-first surface dive, tuck, and swim 5 metres underwater
  • 5. Swim 50 metres of a recognised front stroke. Learner’s first choice
  • 6. Swim 50 metres of back crawl
  • 7. Swim 25 metres of a recognised front stroke. Learner’s second choice
  • 8. Swim 25 metres of Old English backstroke
  • 9. Swim 25 metres of front crawl, demonstrating bilateral breathing
  • 10. Perform a kneeling dive, depth of water permitting. If in shallow water, perform underwater push and glide for 5 metres
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