LifeSaving Society - Swimmer 1/2 for Youth

Swimmer 1: A beginner friendly course, for ages 9+, which introduces kids to the water and starts to build the foundation of solid swimming strokes and skills. Children will learn how to enter and exit shallow water and deep water (assisted), as well as tread water for 30 seconds, submerge, open their eyes, and hold their breath underwater for 5 seconds. Swimmer 1 also focuses on gaining confidence completing front and back floats, glides and a 5 m front crawl wearing a lifejacket.

Swimmer 2: For kids ages 9+, children will practice entering and exiting deep water, sideways entries with a lifejacket, treading water for 15 seconds and recovering objects from chest deep water. Other skills that will be practiced will be a 10 m front and back crawl, an assisted whip kick in a vertical position for 30 seconds, and a 10 m flutter kick on one’s front, back and side.

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For further program or registration information, please email the Client Services office at khs.cs@uregina.ca or visit http://www.uregina.ca/recservices.