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Bronze Award

Development of student’s stroke techniques is a focus here, along with coordinated breathing in deep water. This stage sees the introduction of throw rescues and more personal survival skills. One of the goals is to achieve 100 metres of a variety of strokes.

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Takeaways

Entries and Exits

  • Compact Jumps

Sculling & Body Orientation

  • Forward somersault in the water

  • Scull, float or tread for 2 min (incorporated in Survival & Activity Skills)

Underwater Skills

  • Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 2m

Movement / Swimming / Strokes

   Swim 100m continuously:​​

  • 25m Front Crawl

  • 25m Backstroke

  • 25m Breaststroke

  • 25m Survival Backstroke

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Survival & Activity Skills

  • Scull, float or tread for 2 min.
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        Dressed in swimwear, shorts, and

        t-shirt demonstrate:

  • 3 min swimming slowly using survival backstroke, sidestroke, and survival breaststroke, changing every 15m

  • Wave and call for help Retrieve a flotation aid thrown by a ‘rescuer’ (2m away) and kick to the side of the pool and exit

Rescue

  • Throw a flotation aid to a partner 2m away and instruct the partner to kick to the edge

Knowledge

  • Principles of Personal Safety and Survival.

  • Environmental Awareness.

  • Health Awareness.

  • Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques.

  • Rescues.

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