RK SWIMMING
Learn to Swim
Our levels and moving up
Small, structured lessons help swimmers build water confidence and develop their skills through Levels 1–5.
New swimmers start with an assessment to find the right level. RK Swimming staff assess progress and complete promotions once every required skill for the current level is marked Achieved.
LEVEL 1
Floating and kicking
Front and back floats, side kicking and basic streamline kick.
What’s needed to move up
- Perform a front float independently.
- Perform a back float independently.
- Maintain a stable body position while floating.
- Kick on their side with basic control.
- Perform streamline kick on their front.
- Perform streamline kick on their back.
- Show increasing confidence without assistance.
- Perform basic front crawl skills.
Next step: Level 2 after staff confirm all required skills are achieved.
LEVEL 2
Streamline and freestyle
Developing stronger kicking and coordinating basic freestyle arms.
What’s needed to move up
- Maintain a strong streamline position.
- Streamline kick effectively on their front.
- Streamline kick effectively on their back.
- Kick using a kickboard with good body position.
- Demonstrate consistent flutter kick.
- Perform basic freestyle arm action.
- Coordinate basic freestyle arms with kicking.
- Perform basic breathing technique in freestyle.
Next step: Level 3 after staff confirm all required skills are achieved.
LEVEL 3
Freestyle and backstroke
Improving both strokes and learning to roll and breathe.
What’s needed to move up
- Swim freestyle with improved technique.
- Swim backstroke with improved technique.
- Maintain continuous kicking during freestyle and backstroke.
- Demonstrate basic body rotation in freestyle.
- Roll correctly to breathe during freestyle.
- Return their face to the water after breathing.
- Swim a short distance independently using controlled freestyle and backstroke.
Next step: Level 4 after staff confirm all required skills are achieved.
LEVEL 4
Introducing breaststroke
Learning breaststroke while refining freestyle and backstroke rotation and breathing.
What’s needed to move up
- Demonstrate the basic breaststroke kick.
- Demonstrate basic breaststroke arm action.
- Begin coordinating breaststroke arms and legs.
- Swim freestyle with controlled breathing.
- Maintain correct freestyle body rotation.
- Maintain correct backstroke body rotation.
- Swim freestyle and backstroke with consistent technique over an increased distance.
Next step: Level 5 after staff confirm all required skills are achieved.
LEVEL 5
Breaststroke and butterfly
Coordinating breaststroke, introducing butterfly and building technique over longer distances.
What’s needed to move up
- Swim breaststroke with coordinated arms, legs and timing.
- Maintain an effective breaststroke glide.
- Demonstrate basic butterfly body movement.
- Demonstrate basic butterfly arm action.
- Continue refining freestyle technique.
- Continue refining backstroke technique.
- Maintain correct technique over longer distances.
Next step: RK Swimming staff confirm the appropriate next level or squad pathway after assessment.
Follow your swimmer’s progress
Sign in to your family portal, open your swimmer and choose Promotion Criteria to see the progress recorded by RK Swimming staff.
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