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PROGRESSION MILESTONES

At Swim Scoil, we believe progress in swimming goes beyond technique. We focus on building confidence, developing awareness, and encouraging children to move through each level with ease, comfort, and a growing understanding of swimming and water safety.

Children progress when they consistently demonstrate the following in their current level:

BEGINNERS 1

Water Confidence

🧠 Focus: Comfort, Trust & Safety Awareness

  • Feels comfortable and safe in the water without parent support

  • Willingly submerges face and blows bubbles

  • Begins to float (with assistance) on front and back

  • Follows simple instructions and shows awareness of pool safety

​✅ Progress when the child feels relaxed in the water and follows instructions with confidence.

BEGINNERS 2

Building Independence in the Water

🧠 Focus: Body Control, Independence, Awareness

  • Independently floats on front and back

  • Pushes off and glides with comfort

  • Demonstrates basic kick technique and arm movement

  • Shows awareness of body position and feels at ease moving through the water

​✅ Progress when movements are more controlled, and the child is confident swimming short distances unaided.

INTERMEDIATE 1

Skill Building & Understanding

🧠 Focus: Technique, Breathing, Confidence

  • Coordinates arm and leg actions for front crawl and backstroke

  • Begins breaststroke kick and timing

  • Practices breathing techniques

  • Understands when to rest, when to push, and starts managing their own effort in the water

​✅ Progress when strokes are consistent over short distances, and the child swims with understanding and control.

INTERMEDIATE 2

Stroke Development & Endurance

🧠 Focus: Refinement, Stamina, Maturity

  • Refines front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke

  • Introduces butterfly kick and coordination

  • Builds endurance while maintaining technique

  • Demonstrates maturity and focus during lessons

​✅ Progress when the swimmer maintains good form across multiple strokes and swims longer distances confidently.​

ADVANCED 1

Technique Mastery & Efficiency

🧠 Focus: Precision, Efficiency, Self-Awareness

  • Perfects stroke techniques (front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke)

  • Combines arms, legs, and breathing in butterfly

  • Practices tumble turns and push-offs

  • Swims with self-awareness, adapting technique when needed

​✅ Progress when swimmer moves with ease and rhythm across strokes and understands how to swim efficiently.

ADVANCED 2

Performance & Self-Mastery in the Water

🧠 Focus: Endurance, Precision, Independence

  • Mastery of all four strokes with smooth transitions and breathing

  • Swims continuous laps confidently and with endurance

  • Applies knowledge of starts, turns, and underwater phases

  • Demonstrates independence, control, and awareness in all aspects of swimming

​✅ Graduates when the swimmer consistently performs with strength, skill, and full understanding of technique and water safety.

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