Purpose

This level gives students success with fundamental skills. Level 2 participants learn to:

• Enter water by stepping or jumping from the side
• Exit water safely using ladder or side
• Submerge entire head
• Blow bubbles submerging head in a rhythmic pattern (bobbing)
• Open eyes underwater and pick up a submerged object in shallow water
• Float on front and back
• Perform front and back glide
• Change direction of travel paddling on front or back
• Roll over from front to back and back to front
• Tread water using arm and leg motions (chest-deep water)
• Swim on front, back, and side using combined arm and leg actions
• Move in the water while wearing a life jacket