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Competitive Starts & Turns Awards
The Competitive Starts & Turns Awards focuses on ensuring that the swimmer is conscious of the safety of both themselves and others when performing both starts & turns in practise as well as in competition. The Competitive Starts & Turns Awards also ensure that the swimmers understand and follow the relevant Laws of the Sport for Starts & Turns, which include all the starting signals and the procedures relating to false starts.
It builds upon the STA's commitment to making water a safe and enjoyable environment for children and young people. They gain valuable skills for a lifetime's successful and safe competitive swimming and enjoyment of the aquatic environment.
The Competitive Starts & Turns Awards cover the four competitive strokes. The Competitive dives show competence in the Grab Start, Wind-Up Start and the Track Start in both deep and shallow water. Transition into full stroke is also taught according to the relevant Law of Sport. The Competitive Turns show competence in all four competitive stokes in both deep and shallow water according to the relevant Law of the Sport, with correct transition into full stroke.
All procedures relating to Competitive Starts are taught, including all starting signals and the procedures relating to a false start.
| Competitive Starts & Turns Level 1 |
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Learning outcomes:
At the Deep End
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Grab start, wind up start, track start for front crawl, Butterfly and Breaststroke with transition into full stroke.
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Backstroke start with transition into full stroke.
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Tumble turn for Front crawl and Backstroke.
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Butterfly and Breaststroke turn with transition into full stroke.
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Individual medley turns.
At the Shallow End
- Grab start, Wind-up start, Track start for Front crawl, Butterfly and Breaststroke with transition into full stroke.
- Backstroke start with transition into full stroke.
- Tumble turn for Front crawl and Backstroke.
- Butterfly and Breaststroke turn with transition into full stroke.
- Individual medley turns.
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Download Ticksheet as PDF
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| Competitive Starts & Turns Level 2 |
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Learning outcomes:
At the Deep End: Using Starting Blocks
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Grab start, Wind-up start, Track start for Front crawl, Butterfly and Breaststroke with transition into full stroke.
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Breaststroke start with transition into full stroke.
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Tumble turn for Front crawl and Backstroke.
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Individual medley turns.
At the Shallow End: Minimum depth 0.9 meters
- Grab start, Wind-up start, Track start for Front crawl, Butterfly and Breaststroke with transition into full stroke.
- Backstroke start with transition into full stroke.
- Tumble turn for Front crawl and Backstroke.
- Butterfly and Breaststroke turn with transition into full stroke.
- Individual medley turns.
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Download Ticksheet as PDF
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