Objective
Swim well enough to:
- Survive a dangerous situation in the water such as getting caught in a rip at the beach, capsizing in a boat or falling into water in full clothes
- Enjoy social events, activities or sports that involve or require good swimming abilities
Motivation
Swimming is an important life skill. It may be important for survival in some circumstances but also maximises the social events, activities or sports you can participate in enjoyably
Resources
Mentors:
Places:
Anywhere with water!!
Media:
- Man vs Ocean: Adam Walker
- No Limits: the will to succeed — Michael Phelps
Suggested Tracks
Let’s keep this simple, either become really competent in the pool (whereby swimming in open water won’t be daunting) or get comfortable swimming in open water through a surf life saving club. Either way, formal lessons / activities should continue until at least a “confident” level-headed milestone is completed.
Skill Milestones
Confident: Complete 3 months of squad training where at least 2km of swimming is conducted per session, or swim 500m in open water non-stop (eg no breath-stroke or treading water)
Advanced: Complete one year of squad training where at least 2km of swimming is conducted per session, or swim 1km or more in open water (eg no breath-stroke or treading water), or complete an iconic even such as Rottnest Swim in a team.
Excellent: Complete an iconic even such as Rottnest Swim solo