Hey everyone. Welcome to this week's video from Propulsion Swimming. I'm Dan and I'm going to
take you through the Swim England Learn To Swim stages; this week looking at stage six.
Stage six will get swimmers to work towards improving their coordination and
their streamlining. They'll also be increasing the efficiency of their stroke technique by practicing
stroke breathing. Within this stage swimmers will swim in clothes, they'll understand how
to be safe when they're in and around water and they'll have the understanding of water safety.
Outcome number one is to give two examples of how to prepare for exercise
and understand why it is important. They can give examples such as: playing a game,
doing lengths as a warm-up, or stretching to avoid injuries.
Outcome number two is to sink, push off on their side from the wall, glide, kick, and rotate into
their backstroke. In this outcome swimmers will need to sink, push off the wall on their side in
a streamlined position and then rotate onto their back and swim backstroke for a few arm strokes.
Outcome number three is to sink, push off on their side from the wall,
glide, kick and rotate into front crawl. Similar to the previous outcome, however,
this time when the swimmers rotate they'll need to rotate onto their front instead.
Outcome number four is to swim 10 meters wearing clothes.
This can be a fun but tiring outcome for swimmers to do if they haven't swam in clothes before.
It will feel very heavy for them to swim which is why they only need to swim 10 meters.
Outcome number 5 is to push and glide and swim front crawl to include six rhythmical breaths.
This outcome is swimming front crawl making sure swimmers are breathing correctly to the side,
starting from a pushing glide.
Outcome number six is to push and glide and swim breaststroke to include at least six
rhythmical breaths. To complete this outcome swimmers need to be able to push and glide
and swim breaststroke with the correct breathing technique. To breathe correctly
swimmers should lift their head up as they are doing their arm stroke.
Outcome number seven is to push and glide and swim butterfly to include at least three
rhythmical breaths. This is possibly the toughest outcome in stage six.
Starting from pushing glide, swimmers have to breathe correctly when swimming butterfly.
The breathing on butterfly is the same as it is on breaststroke. The faster the swimmers
can put their head back into the water after their breath, the easier they'll find it.
Outcome number eight is to push and glide and swim backstroke to include at least six regular
breaths. Even though when you swim backstroke your face is out the water, swimmers still need
to breathe regularly in some sort of rhythm to make sure the stroke is more energy efficient.
Outcome number nine is to push and glide and swim 25 meters
of their choice of stroke. Of the four previous outcomes swimmers will have to
choose one of them to swim 25 meters of to the Swim England expected standards. Even though
backstroke is considered the easiest stroke to do, swimmers may prefer to do another stroke.
Outcome number 10 is to perform a shout and signal rescue. They will have to demonstrate a shout and
signal rescue to someone in the water while being stood on the side of the pool. They will need
to show good communication and hand signals to guide someone back towards the side of the pool.
And last outcome, number 11, is to perform a surface dive.
For this outcome swimmers will have to perform a surface dive by swimming along the surface
and then diving down towards the bottom of the pool. As long as swimmers go down in a vertical
position, they should be able to complete this task. We hope you've enjoyed this latest video
about the Swim England Learn To Swim programme. The next time we talk about it we're going to be
looking at the stage 7 outcomes. So please make sure you SUBSCRIBE to the Propulsion Swimming
YouTube channel to make sure you don't miss out. I've been Dan and I'll catch you on the next one!