Sting Ray (Red Cross Level 5: Stroke Refinement)

• Tuck surface dive, submerging completely

• Pike surface dive, submerging completely

• Front flip turn while swimming

• Backstroke flip turn while swimming

• Tread water, 5 minutes

• Front crawl, 50 yards

• Breaststroke, 25 yards

• Butterfly, 25 yards

• Elementary backstroke, 50 yards

• Back crawl, 25 yards

• Standard scull, 30 seconds

• Sidestroke, 25 yards

Safety Topics

• How to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR

• Recreational water illnesses

• Reach or throw, don’t go

• Look before you leap

• Think so you don’t sink

• Think twice before going near cold water or ice Wave, tide

Exit Skills Assessment

• Perform a shallow-angle dive into deep water, swim front crawl for 50 yards, change direction and position of travel as necessary and swim elementary backstroke for 50 yards.

• Swim breaststroke for 25 yards, change direction and position of travel as necessary and swim back crawl for 25 yards.