ASA Awards Scheme

Contact us:

Phone: 01442 241 030

Mobile: 07930 424 731

 

E-mail: chris@thompsons65.freeserve.co.uk

From January 2009 we will be running the recently revised ASA National Plan for Teaching Swimming (NPTS)

To begin with it will be introduced alongside the existing scheme to enable swimmers to continue to improve and to allow a wider range of incentives especially at the lower levels.

Currently swimmers have been awarded the NSA “Levels 1—12” and a complimentary mix of distance awards ranging from 5metres to 1500metres, this will continue, however the new scheme is heavily loaded on learning buoyancy skills, streamlining, and ALL FOUR of the competitive strokes from the beginning which means that it may take a little longer to achieve some of the new awards and some of the old awards will appear to be easier because the distance element may not be there.

Distance badges will now be available from 5m in all four strokes although the older style distance award will be available until further notice.

If you want to read more about the scheme please visit

http://www.awards.sportcentric.com/

 

NEW GROUPS 2009

Block Stage 1—Ducklings             Orange

Block Stage 2—Ducks                  Yellow

Block Stage 3—Pool Frogs            Green

Block Stage 4—Sea Horses           Pink/Indigo

Block Stage 5—StingRays            Blue

Block Stage 6—Sharks                 Red

Block Stage 7—Dolphins              Violet