MSS Swimming Levels Overview
Our MSS program is designed for children aged 6 to 12 years old, focusing on developing swim techniques, endurance, and water safety skills. Each level ensures swimmers gain confidence, learn essential skills, and progress towards advanced techniques and lifesaving practices.
MSS Beginner
Age Group: 6 to 12 years old
Focus: Introduction to swimming basics and water safety.
This level develops water confidence, essential swim skills, and foundational safety practices through engaging activities and hands-on instruction.
- Swim Skills: Swim 10 metres, front glide (5M), back glide (5M), and open eyes underwater without goggles.
- Safety Skills: Learn swimming pool protocols, wear a life jacket, tread water for 10 seconds (with a life jacket), jump into chest-deep water, and identify who to call in an emergency.
Test Requirements:
- Swim distance: 10 metres
- Front glide: 5M
- Back glide: 5M
- Open eyes underwater (no goggles)
- Tread water for 10 seconds with a life jacket
- Jump into chest-deep water
MSS-1
Age Group: 6 to 12 years old
Focus: Building swim endurance and introducing independent swimming techniques.
This level enhances swim distance and introduces side glides and unassisted swimming. Safety skills focus on life jacket use and underwater breath control.
- Swim Skills: Swim 25 metres, front glide (10M), back glide (10M), and unassisted side glide (5M).
- Safety Skills: Put on a life jacket independently, swim 10 metres while wearing a life jacket, tread water for 10 seconds (with a life jacket), hold your breath underwater for 10 seconds, and practice submerging and exhaling underwater.
Test Requirements:
- Swim distance: 25 metres
- Front glide: 10M
- Back glide: 10M
- Side glide: 5M (unassisted)
- Hold breath underwater for 10 seconds
- Submerge and exhale 5 times
MSS-2
Age Group: 6 to 12 years old
Focus: Strengthening swim techniques and underwater skills.
This level introduces more advanced combinations, such as front and side swimming, pencil glides, and basic whip kicks. Safety focuses on retrieving objects underwater and deep-water comfort.
- Swim Skills: Swim 55 metres, front and side combination (20M), pencil glide on back (20M), and basic whip kick (15M, assisted).
- Safety Skills: Retrieve objects from the pool bottom, tread water for 30 seconds, jump into chest-deep and deep water, submerge and exhale 10 times, and learn emergency responses.
Test Requirements:
- Swim distance: 55 metres
- Front and side combination: 20M
- Pencil glide on back: 20M
- Basic whip kick: 15M (assisted)
- Tread water for 30 seconds
MSS-3
Age Group: 6 to 12 years old
Focus: Improving swim strokes and introducing deep-water entries.
This level focuses on breathing techniques during front crawl, back crawl, and unassisted whip kick. Safety skills emphasize entries like kneeling dives and forward roll entry into deep water.
- Swim Skills: Swim 55 metres, front crawl (20M, breathing every 3 strokes), back crawl (20M), and unassisted whip kick (15M).
- Safety Skills: Kneeling dive into deep water, forward roll entry, retrieving objects, and treading water for 30 seconds in deep water.
Test Requirements:
- Swim distance: 55 metres
- Front crawl: 20M (breathing every 3 strokes)
- Back crawl: 20M
- Whip kick: 15M (unassisted)
MSS-4
Age Group: 6 to 12 years old
Focus: Mastering advanced swim strokes and underwater swimming.
This level emphasizes endurance, technique improvement, and advanced skills like dolphin kicks and head-up front crawl. Safety includes standing dives and swimming underwater.
- Swim Skills: Swim 160 metres, front crawl (60M, with a high elbow), back crawl (60M), elementary backstroke (20M), and dolphin kick (20M).
- Safety Skills: Standing dive into deep water, tread water for 1 minute, swim 10 metres underwater, and practice head-up front crawl.
Test Requirements:
- Swim distance: 160 metres
- Front crawl: 60M (high elbow)
- Back crawl: 60M
- Elementary backstroke: 20M
- Dolphin kick: 20M
MSS-L5
Age Group: 6 to 12 years old
Focus: Fitness, lifesaving skills, and advanced swim endurance.
This level combines fitness training, obstacle swimming, and lifesaving techniques. Swimmers refine advanced strokes like breaststroke and scissor kicks while practicing lifesaving responses.
- Swim Skills: Swim 300 metres in 10 minutes, front crawl (100M), back crawl (80M), elementary backstroke (20M), breaststroke (80M), and scissor kicks (20M, assisted).
- Safety Skills: Eggbeater for 1 minute, obstacle swimming for 25M, lifesaving kicks, handling external bleeding, throwing rings, cannonball jumps, and buddy swimming.
Test Requirements:
- Swim distance: 300 metres (10 minutes)
- Front crawl: 100M
- Back crawl: 80M
- Elementary backstroke: 20M
- Breaststroke: 80M
- Fitness training: 350M