Lifeguard Training
This is the Red Cross course to become a lifeguard.
Prerequisites are:
1. Swim 500 yards continuously using these strokes in the following order - 200 yards of front crawl using rhythmic breathing and a stabilizing kick - 100 yards of breaststroke - 200 yards of either front crawl or breaststroke. These 200 yards may be a mixture of front crawl and breaststroke.
2. Swim 20 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive to a depth of 7-10 feet, retrieve a 10-pound object, return to the surface, and swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the object.
This course is held at Simsbury Farms only and student must be 15 by the end of class.
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