Text Box: EXCEL Swim Team To enter Excel Swim Team swimmers should be at Excel Swim Lessons Swimmer FOUR level.   Bronze Skills -          Excel Front Crawl and Backstroke (25 meters) -          Demonstrate Fly and Breaststroke (15 meters) -          Shallow dive Speed -          25 meters Front Crawl - 40 seconds -          25 meters Backstroke - 50 seconds   Endurance -      100 meters non-stop in any two strokes   Silver Skills -      Excel Front Crawl and Backstroke (25 meters) -      Excel Breaststroke or Butterfly (25 meters) -      Demonstrate proper racing starts -      Demonstrate proper racing turns Speed -          50 meters Front Crawl - 1 minute 15 seconds -          50 meters Backstroke - 1 minute 30 seconds -          25 meter Breaststroke - 40 seconds OR -          25 meters Butterfly - 40 seconds   Endurance -      200 meters non-stop in any two strokes   Gold Skills -      Excel levels all four competitive strokes -      Excel levels racing starts and turns Speed -          50 meters Front Crawl - 50 seconds -          50 meters Backstroke - 1 minute -          25 meter Breaststroke - 35 seconds -          25 meters Butterfly - 35 seconds Endurance -      400 meters non-stop in any two strokes

EXCEL Swim Lessons

Starter Swimmer

-       Puts face in water

-       10 Bobs - Blowing bubbles

-          Assisted front and back float

-          Assisted front and back push off with glide (no kicking)

-          Basic flutter kick

-          Assisted jump in shallow water

-          Assisted Front and Backstroke

-          5 meter front swim

 

Swimmer ONE

-       Breathing Control

                -Exhale underwater

                -Applies to glides, floats, and strokes

-          Unassisted front and back float

-          Unassisted front and back push off with glide

-          Advanced flutter kick (front and back crawl)

-          Unassisted jump in shallow water

-          10 meters Front Crawl

-          10 meters Backstroke

 

Swimmer TWO

-          10 meter Front push off  with kick

-          10 meter Back push off  with kick

-          Assisted jump in deep water

-          Swimmer is comfortable in deep water

-          Front Crawl and Backstroke arm out of water

-          25 meters Basic Front Crawl

-          25 meters Backstroke

 

Swimmer THREE

-          50 meters Intermediate  Front Crawl

-          Basic Breaststroke kick

-          Basic Fly kick

-          Unassisted jump in deep water

-          45 seconds treading water

-          50 meters Backstroke swim

 

Swimmer FOUR

-          75 meters Advanced  Front Crawl

-          Basic Shallow Dive

-          Basic Breaststroke

-          Assisted Summersault

-          Advanced Fly kick

-          Advanced Breaststroke kick

-          75 meters Backstroke swim

-          100 meters endurance swim

 

Swimmer FIVE

75 meters EXCEL Front crawl

-          75 meters EXCEL Backstroke

-          EXCEL Breaststroke kick

-          EXCEL Fly kick

-          25 meters advanced Breaststroke

-          10 meters basic Butterfly

-          Advanced shallow dive

-          Unassisted Summersault

-          200 meters endurance swim

 

Swimmer SIX

-       100 meters EXCEL Front Crawl

-          100 meters EXCEL Backstroke

-          50 meters EXCEL Breaststroke

-          25 meters advanced Butterfly

-          Starts and turns, all strokes

-          Various sculling drills

-       400 meters endurance swim