Scared of jumping in

Anxious about entering the water from the side without the steps.

Activities that help

• Entry Menu – Swimmers choose the right entry for the depth – step, slide, jump, crouch fall – and explain their choice.
• Jump and Turn – Swimmers jump in, turn straight back to face the wall and swim to it – the essential safety habit after any entry.
• Shape Jumps – Swimmers jump in making different shapes – pencil, star and tuck – learning body control in the air and on landing.
• Sit, Swivel and Slide – A calm, controlled seated entry from the pool edge that builds the habit of getting in safely.
• Sitting Dive – The first head-first entry: from sitting on the edge, arms over the head, swimmers overbalance forward into a shallow glide.
• Supported Jump-In – A step-by-step progression to a first jump-in, with a helper in the water, for swimmers ready to go beyond a seated entry.