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.

Learn to Swim Stage 6 Outcomes

By completing the Learn to Swim Stage 6 Award, swimmers will be able to:

1. Shallow-angle dive. 

2. Tread water for 1 minute using eggbeater kick.

3. Sink, push off on side from the wall, glide, kick and rotate into backstroke.

4. Sink, push off on side from the wall, glide, kick and rotate into front crawl.

5. Perform a duck dive. 

6. Perform a feet first sculling action for 5 metres in a flat position on the back (with noodle). 

7. Survival Backstroke approx.100 metres turning at the 5 metre flags (2:30 minutes time limit).

8. Push and glide and swim 100 metres backstroke (performed to Kellett expected standards). 

9. Push and glide and swim 100 metres front crawl (performed to Kellett expected standards). 

10. Push and glide and swim 50 metres breaststroke (performed to Kellett expected standards). 

11. Push and glide and swim 25 metres butterfly (performed to Kellett expected standards). 

12. Survival Backstroke approx.100 metres turning at the 5 metre flags (2:30 minutes time limit).

13. Open turns.

14. Firestones summersault, Streamline push off on back.

15. Streamline fly kick underwater for 6 metres.

16. Breaststroke Starts.

17. Freestyle Starts.