Getting In and Out of the Water: Essential Swimming Skills | Olympian Nisha Millet

Learning to get in and out of the water safely is a core competency of Water Skills for Life. For a beginner, this may appear to be an assisted safe and confident entry and exit from a pool via the pool ladder or by walking up and down a ramp. For a novice, this may appear to be a safe bomb into deep water and climbing out. Water Skills for Life expects beginners to be able to enter and exit the water safely in any situation. To achieve this skill set, it is critical to provide participants with age and stage appropriate opportunities to gain entry and exit experience in a variety of environments and situations. It is also critical for beginners to understand when they should use a particular type of entry or exit. Nisha Millet, an Arjuna award winner, is here to guide you through beginner freestyle swimming tips.