Advanced courses
The participants will develop diversity within swimming during these courses. In the Advanced courses, the children will practice the use of proper technique in all four strokes, while also learning how to do start dives, a backstroke start and turns. The participants will also learn how lifesaving is done, keeping both themselves and others safe.
We try to keep the transitions from each level as natural as possible. The levels build on the skills from the previous ones, and as you reach higher levels, all the things you learn will be combined. To make sure the participant masters all exercises, the goals for each level is the requirements for the next.
Note that there have been some changes to the course system. We have the following courses:
-Vannmerket
-Hval level 1
-Pingvin level 2
-Selung level 3
-Sel level 4
-Delfin level 5
There are multiple instructors per group, where everybody is normally together in the beginning and end of the session, and in smaller groups during the lesson, suited for the individual children’s needs.
“Haimerket” has been partly removed from the swimming school, as its main focus is to learn medley, witch is not relevant for those who only wants to learn how to swim. After “Delfinmerket” the next step in the ladder will be to either join the “recruit” program, to progress into competitive swimming, or to join our youth course level 4.
Selmerket
From 7 years and up. The course is held at Sogn bad and Møllergata skolebad
After completing the course, the participants will be able to:
- 10m sculling on the belly with their hands above their heads – 10m sculling on the back with their hands by their hips.
- 10m “superman” on the right side, rotate with one stroke and then do 10m “superman” on the left side.
- Swim 25m crawl “overlapp” with a kickboard/poolnoodle/ring, with breathing.
- Swim 25m crawl, do a flipturn with push from the wall.
- Swim 25m Backstroke with “angelstroke”, bringing the arms up above water.
- Complete a backstroke start, glide underwater, swim 10m with kicks and then 10m backstroke.
- Complete an open turn on backstroke and crawl (?) with 5m swimming in and out from the wall.
- Dive from a standing position, swim 25m crawl, do a flipturn and swim 25m backstroke.
- Be able to call for help (1-1-3), diving to the bottom of the pool, be able to and know when and why to use lifesaving.
PS! the course is held in deep water. There will be multiple courses in the pool simultaneously
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Delfinmerket
From 8 and up. The course is held at Sogn Bad and Møllergata Skolebad. We recommend participants of Delfin to be at Sogn Bad, as there are better facilities to complete this course there.
After completing the course, the participant will be able to:
- Swim 10m butterfly with 3 kicks under water
- Complete 8 kicks under water with pushoff from wall
- Swim 15m breaststroke kick
- Swim 25m breaststroke
- Swim with clothes, keeping head above water for 30 seconds
- Swim 25m with clothes and removing them in the deep end.
- Relays
- Know the basics of competition, participate if desirable.
The course is held in a 25 meter pool, twice a week. There will be multiple courses in the pool simultaneously
NB! You can sign up for “Delfin” courses that are either held once or twice every week. We recommend twice as this provides faster progression and more continuity
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