DIY Teach Your Child How to Swim Skill #8: Back Glide with Kicks
Skill #8: Back Glide with Kicks
Goal: Learning how to independently kick in the water on their own and adding one more layer of protection
Remember to continue practicing Skill #1: Get Your Face Wet, Skill #2: Blow Bubbles, Skill #3: Front Float, Skill #4: Front Glide with Kicks, Skill #5: Arm Pulls, Skill #6: Rolling Over and Skill #7: Back Float every time you go to the pool. Learning how to swim is a lifelong process. You are helping your child foster a healthy relationship with water, which will benefit him positively for the rest of his life.
How to Back Glide with Kicks
While helping your child back float (Skill #7), reach both hands under the legs and help him kick with straight legs to make little splashes on top of the water. Take steps backward as he kicks. Learning how to independently kick on his back will give him one more skill to be proficient in the water- one more way to get him back to safety. One more layer of protection.
You don’t know what you don’t know. In this case, you want and need to know how to keep your family safe in and around water. Start at home by practicing these swimming and water safety skills with your child and taking the Home Pool Essentials online course. Developed by the American Red Cross and the National Swimming Pool Foundation, it teaches home pool owners the basics of pool and hot tub maintenance along with strategies for creating a SAFER environment. Empower yourself with this knowledge- your family deserves it.
RESOURCES
- Check out the Do-it-Yourself Teach Your Child How to Swim eBook
- Visit the our Learn to Swim Shop
- Download the FREE Safer Swimming Bundle
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