Our Levels
We have designed our lesson plans and our level system with encouragement and a sense of accomplishment in mind. Individual attention from their instructor ensures that your child is always focusing on what is best for them. Our levels reflect that, every new skill is noticed, and each stage of growth is recognized.
We find that our focus on swimming skills has our students “learning to swim in less time”.
Below is a list of all the levels Finan Swim School teaches:
Tiny Tot #1
- Independent Mouth Bubbles
- Assisted Front Float with Bubbles 3 Seconds
- Assisted Back Float 3 Seconds
- Assisted Kicking on Front 1m
- Assisted Kicking on Back 1m
- Independent Wall Hold 3 Seconds
- Assisted Jumps
Tiny Tot #2
- Assisted Front Float with Face Submerged 5 Seconds
- Assisted Back Float 5 Seconds
- Assisted Underwater Swim 1m
- Assisted Back Push Off 1m
- Assisted Front Push Off 1m
- Assisted Front & Back Swim 1m
- Wall Crawl 1m
- Independent and Assisted Safe Entries and Exits
- Jump with Catch
Learn to Swim #1
Semi-Unassisted Front & Back Float 5 Seconds
- Assisted Jellyfish Float 3 Seconds
- Assisted Rollover
- Unassisted Front & Back Push Off 1m
- Semi-Unassisted Flutterkick with Board 1.5m
- Front & Back Swim 1.5m
- Wall Crawl 2m
- Independent Safe Entries and Exits
- Assisted Object Recovery
- Jumping in with Assisted Return
- Assisted Sitting Dive
Learn to Swim #2
- Independent Jellyfish Float 3 Seconds
- Rollover
- Flutterkick with Board 3m
- Front & Back Swim 3m
- Nose Bubbles
- Jumping in with Independent Return
- Assisted Kneeling Dive
- Independent Side Glide 3m
- Front & Back Crawl 5m
- Back Swim with Extended Arms 3m. Assisted Back Swim 5m
- Distance Swim 10m
- Assisted Seated Eggbeater 15 Seconds
- Assisted Treading 5 Seconds
- Independent Kneeling Dive
- Side Glide, Front Crawl, & Unassisted Back Crawl: 10m
- Distance Swim 20m
- Independent Seated Eggbeater
- Independent Treading 15 Seconds
- Assisted Standing Shallow Dive
- Front & Back Crawl 25m
- Head Up Front Crawl 10m
- Endurance Swim 50m
- Assisted Whipkick
- Independent Eggbeater 15 Seconds
- Independent Treading 30 Seconds
- Independent Standing Shallow Dive
- Deep Water Roll
- Front & Back Crawl 50m
- Endurance Swim 75m
- Whipkick 15m
- Introduce Breaststroke Arms
- Elementary Backstroke Kick 15m
- Eggbeater 30 Seconds
- Stride Entry
- Front & Back Crawl 75m
- Breast Stroke 25m
- Elementary Backstroke 25m
- Endurance Swim 100m
- Eggbeater 1 min
- Stride Entry with 10m Head Up Front Crawl
- Somersault
- Front & Back Crawl 100m
- Breast Stroke 50m
- Elementary Backstroke 50m
- Endurance Swim 150m
- Eggbeater with Arms Raised 30 Seconds
- Flip Turn
- Backwards Sculling 5m
- Dolphin Kick 5m
- Front Crawl with Flip Turn 150m
- Back Crawl 150m
- Breast Stroke & Elementary Backstroke 100m
- Endurance Swim 200m
- Eggbeater with Arms Raised 1min
- Forwards Sculling 5m
- Butterfly
- Scissor Kick 25m
- Entry with Object Recovery
- Front & Back Crawl 200m
- Breast Stroke & Elementary Backcrawl 150m
- Endurance Swim 300m
- Timed Swim 200m in 6 minutes
- Butterfly 25m
- “Reverse and Ready” 5m
- Sidestroke 25 m
- 4 x 20m Front Crawl Sprint
- Object Recovery with Treading
- Tread Water for 2 minutes with Flutter Board Above Head
- 400m endurance swim
- 200m each of front & back crawl, side & breast stroke,& Elementary back
- 25m butterfly
- Stride jump & head-up swim
- Drownproof & tread water 5 minutes
Partial Completion
Near Completion
Full Completion
At Finan Swim School we believe it is important to consistently recognize our students for their accomplishments during each swimming lesson. This recognition keeps our students motivated and inspired to return for their next lesson! Within each swim level we provide badges as recognition for ‘partial’, ‘near’ and ‘full’ completion at the end of each swimming lesson.