Intermediate 3 builds on skills from Beginner 1 and 2 by coordinating strokes and increasing endurance. Swimmers will focus on learning breaststroke as well as further developing their freestyle, backstroke, elementary backstroke and dolphin kick.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Beginner 2 and/or demonstration of all Beginner 2 certification requirements on the first day of lessons.

Swimmers will learn the following:

• Jump in from the side into deep water and return to the edge
• Submerge whole head and retrieve objects underwater while holding breath for 10 seconds
• Rotary breathing
• Front float (survival float), face in water, for 30 seconds
• Back float, ears in water, for 30 seconds
• Flutter kick (on front and back) in streamline position for 10 yards
• Breaststroke kick for 10 yards
• Dolphin kick for 10 yards
• Scissors kick (on side) for 10 yards
• Freestyle (with rotary breathing) for 15 yards
• Backstroke for 15 yards
• Elementary backstroke for 15 yards
• Breaststroke (full stroke, with kick) for 10 yards
• Treading water (in deep water) for 30 seconds
• Kneeling dive
• Learn how to perform simple, non-swimming assists (in water)
• Learn to recognize, prevent and respond to cold water emergencies