Learn to Swim Stage 7

Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 7 focuses on fully developing all four swimming strokes, as well as building stamina and improving diving skills.

Swimmers should develop a quality stroke technique for up to 100 metres, incorporating the skills they have learnt throughout the stages and combining them to develop a linked routine.

Swimmers will have developed a range of skills in previous stages, and these are now brought into a sequence.

By the end of this stage, swimmers will be able to swim 25 metres of all four strokes to Kellett School Expected Standards. Swimmers will also be able to complete a continuous swim of 100 metres using three of these different strokes.

Learn to Swim Stage 7 Outcomes

By completing the Learn to Swim Stage 7 Award, swimmers will be able to:

1. Perform a sitting dive from the blocks. 

2. Perform a racing dive from the blocks. 

3. Sculling: headfirst 12 metres, feet first 12 metres. 

4. Rotation: forward summersault.

5. Eggbeater: Moving all directions, lifting one or both arms out of the water when stationary.

6. Tread water using eggbeater action for 3 minutes. 

7. Tread water using breaststroke kick for 2 minutes with hands out of the water. 

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

9. Push and glide and swim 200 metres front crawl (performed to Kellett expected standards). 

10. Push and glide and swim 150 metres breaststroke (performed to Kellett expected standards). 

11. Push and glide and swim 50 metres butterfly (performed to Kellett expected standards). 

12. Perform Freestyle flip turns (performed to Kellett expected standards). 

13. Perform Backstroke flip turns (performed to Kellett expected standards).