Advanced Swimmer Series

For advanced swimmers, improving speed and technique
The Advanced Swimmer Series develops your child’s swimming technique, speed, stamina and adds in specific skills for either water polo or synchronised swimming.
Advanced Badge Series
Swimmers will be independent in the water for advanced lessons with the teacher teaching poolside
  • There are 7 badges in this series
  •  and 0 distance awards.

Please click on the badges to view the skills list.

Advanced Gold

Advanced Series - Gold Award
  • 1. Swim 400 metres within 8 minutes, using a recognised competitive stroke
  • 2. Swim 100 metres in 90 seconds
  • 3. Swim 4 x 50 metres of individual medley within 5 minutes with correct turns and finishes
  • 4. Perform 2 tucked back somersaults from a back layout and finish with a back layout
  • 5. Perform 2 tucked front somersaults from a front layout and finish with a front layout
  • 6. Scull 25 metres standard scull, support scull for 10 seconds and reverse scull for 25 metres
  • 7. Tread water, using the eggbeater leg action, for 2 minutes (30 seconds x 4 directions)
  • 8. Tread water, catch a ball, rotate 360°, swim 50 metres polo crawl passing and receiving the ball on 4 occasions during the swim or synchronising with another, swim 5 metres of breaststroke, surface dive and swim 5 metres of breaststroke underwater, resurface and swim 10 metres of front crawl, change direction, standard scull 10 metres, change direction, reverse scull 10 metres, feet-first surface dive and swim 5 metres of breaststroke underwater, resurface and swim 5 metres of breaststroke
  • 9. Glide swim 15 metres underwater in the prone position from a front push
  • 10. Glide swim 15 metres underwater in the supine position from a back push
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