Swim For Life 5 For Girls – Burnhamthorpe Community Centre

This program is designed for girl participants with a woman instructor. The pool area and viewing areas will be restricted to women/girls only (except in an emergency). Men/ boys have access to common areas hallways and office areas. These junior swimmers do kneeling dives into deep water and perform in-water front somersaults. They continue to work towards the Canadian Swim to Survive® Standard: roll into deep water, tread 30 sec. and swim 25 m. They work on increasing their distance and efficiency in front crawl, back crawl and whip kick. Flutter kick interval training increases to 4 x 15 m. Recommended completed Swim For Life 4. Class Length: 45 min. Please note: Due to a revised safety standard, the diving skills in Learn to Swim levels 5 and higher will not be taught at the Frank McKechnie, River Grove, and South Common pools.