Minke Whale
The Minke Whale class sees the introduction of bilateral breathing while swimming freestyle. This level also covers more advanced principals of backstroke with children starting to swim the full stroke independently. Water safety elements include sculling and treading water for 30 seconds. At the end of this level children should be swimming freestyle with bilateral breathing, as well as independent backstroke.
Minke Whales are
- Skill based progression
- Confident in the water
- Learning the basics of stroke development
- Group class of up to 4
What do our Minke Whales learn?
- Introduction to bilateral breathing while fine tuning freestyle technique
- Developing full backstroke technique independently
- Increased safety elements including treading water for 30 seconds and back sculling
When I graduate from Minke Whale
- I am a confident swimmer
- I am able to complete backstroke with very little support
- I can keep my eyes down whilst blowing bubbles for a minimum of 5 seconds while moving through the water
- I can streamline kick through the water independently
- I can produce freestyle with bilateral breathing without a kick board for 6-7 metres
- I can back float independently
- I can tread water for 30 seconds