To provide the minimum necessary skill training for an individual to qualify as a lifeguard.
Lifeguarding:
Prerequisites:
1. Minimum age of 15
2. Swim 300 yards continuously, using these strokes in the following order 100 yards front crawl using rhythmic breathing and a stabilizing, propellant kick. Rhythmic breathing can be preformed either by breathing to the side or to the front. 100 yards breaststroke using a pull, breathe, kick and glide sequence. 100 yards of front crawl using rhythmic breathing and/ or breaststroke. The last 100 yards may be a mixture of front crawl and breaststroke.
3. Starting in the water, swim 20 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive 7-10 feet, retrieve a 10 pound object, return to the surface, swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the object and exit the water without using a ladder or steps, within 1 minute, 40 seconds.
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| Cost: | $200.00 Members
$225.00 Non-Members To register call 795-4050 |
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