Step 8a
No swim aids for testing
- Tread water for 20 seconds
- Using a good stroke swim 50 metres
- Perform a pencil jump into deep water followed by 10 seconds treading water
- Scull 10 metres head first on back maintaining horizontal position throughout
- Push, glide and begin front crawl. 10 metres to be completed with correct breathing technique
- Demonstrate correct breast stroke breathing technique over 20 metres
- Perform head first surface dive in water more than head height to collect object from bottom
- Show basic butterfly arm and leg action over 5 metres
- Perform a sitting dive
- Start with push and glide on back, into backstroke using correct arm and leg technique for 1 width
Step 8b
No swim aids for testing
- Tread water for 60 seconds
- Swim 2 lengths using 2 different strokes with correct technique throughout
- Demonstrate a kneeling dive with hand/head first entry
- Scull head first 10 metres on back then turn onto front and immediately perform forward roll
- Swim 10 metres, perform a surface dive and collect an object from deeper than 1.5 metres, then scull 10 metres back to side
- Perform 1 length breast stroke with correct technique throughout
- Show butterfly with basic technique including breathing for 10 metres
- Swim 10 metres in shorts and t-shirt
- Swim 50 metres without stopping and using correct technique throughout
- Jump in, swim 10 minutes, surface dive and swim 5 metres under water