"6 Months ago my son harry was scared of water. We could not afford swim lessons so we gave Uswim a go. We bought a Uswim pack, followed the steps and now he loves the water." Sally Robotham

Assess your child's ability

  • The Uswim Program is divided up into levels, easiest to hardest.
  • Assess your child's swimming ability so you recieve the correct level.
  • Assess by watching small video clips of other children swimming.
  • Indicate if your child can perform that skill.

Instructions for this page

1. Below are the four skills which make up this level.

2. Watch clips by clicking on them.

3. Determine if your child can perform the skill shown or not.
  for yes, can perform
  for no, cannot perform

 


LEVEL

25-metre Swimmer


Additional Information

 

The Uswim Levels

The Uswim program is broken up into levels. Each level has a set of skill requirements that determine if a child is ready for the next level. This is one of the reasons why the program is the best in the world. Children are only working on skills within one level, so we as teachers and they as students become focused on achieving that goal. The levels have been established over 40 years of constant tinkering and improvement, which has now produced a program that any child can learn, and any adult can teach. The levels get progressively more difficult and we stress that skipping skills or levels only makes future ones more difficult - e.g skipping Torpedo kicking usually results in a child's freestyle arms becoming short, weak and rushed. This is because the core (abdominal) muscles have not strengthened sufficiently to support the body.
 

Only get the levels you need

Our assessment process is designed so that you only recieve the levels that you need. If your child can already Dog Paddle, there is no need for you to get the 'Paddler' level. Watch the assessment videos until you find a video your swimmer is unable to perform. This is the level you would purchase. As long as they have the pre-requisites, swimmers will be able to improve their swimming skills by following what is in the level. When you feel your child can perform the skills the level you have purchased, you also get to print a certificate so your child maintains motivation and they have something tangible for their efforts.