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Swimsafer 2.0
The Swimsafer initiative is a national initiative launched by Sports SG to redefine swimming curriculum.
Students who undertake this course will be basing their competence level based on 3 aspects of water proficiency:
Water confidence, Swimming technique, personal survival/rescue theory.
There are 6 stages with progressively more challenging skills and technique that will be assessed to challenge students to be better equipped with skills of self-preservation, as well as rescue theory.
Water Confidence
Students will be taught skills to increase their confidence in any body of water. Such as opening of the eyes to see underwater while submerged, and doing underwater tasks like swimming through hoops or search and retrieve objects in shallow waters.
Upon building of water confidence, students will learn how to swim forward and backward for a short distance.
Swimming Techniques
Students will be taught the correct and efficient swimming techniques that will be useful as situation demands. The Swimming strokes that will be taught are as follows : Front crawl (Freestyle), Backstroke, Breaststroke (Frog Style), Survival Backstroke , Sidestroke and Butterfly Stroke.
On top of correct techniques, students will also be trained on speed and endurance as part of the curriculum with tests on the advance stages involving swimming at length with a time limit.
Personal Survival/ Rescue Theory
Personal survival skills and technique consist a big part of the Swimsafer 2.0 program. Students will be introduced to different scenarios and be taught skills that are useful for self-preservation. An example would be learning to wear a Personal Floatation Device (PFD) on land/in water in an event of a sinking ship, or learning to scull water using hands to keep head afloat to call for help to simulate having leg cramps.
On the other hand, we will be teaching the students on basic rescue theories and skills. These skills will teach them about danger awareness and knowing what to do if they encounter someone who needed to be rescued.