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Lifeguard Training

 Lifeguard Certification Course

The American Red Cross and the YMCA have teamed up to bring our community Lifeguard Certification Course.  This three-day course will teach participants to engage in active guarding to prevent potential hazardous situations to create a safe pool to enjoy as recreation or as a fitness medium.  Those enrolled in the class will also learn to recognize an emergency and the proper response actions to an emergency.  All participants must be 15 years of age on or before the final scheduled day of the course.   Course

Prerequisites:

Participants must be 15 years of age on or before the final scheduled day of this course; must be able to swim 300 yards of freestyle and breaststroke continuously; retrieve 10-pound diving brick from deep water and swim twenty yards back to the starting point and exit the water without using a ladder or steps within 1 minute and 40 seconds. A pre-swim will be required for all participants – you will not pass the class successfully unless these prerequisites are met.

Participants must attend all three class times and demonstrate competency in all required skills and activities to pass the class successfully. The final decision belongs to the class instructor.

Participants Receive:

Participants who successfully complete the course will earn American Red Cross Certification in Lifeguarding/First Aid and CPR for the Professional Rescuer. Registration fees include the American Red Cross Lifeguard Manual, American Red Cross Breathing Mask and American Red Cross Certification cards.

Classes Offered:

               January 27th-January 29th 
                                  & 
                February 3rd-February 5th
     (required attendance of all 6 sessions is required) 

 Times:  Fridays 6-9pm, Saturdays 10-6pm & Sundays 9-6pm
 
 Fees:    $130 Y-Member
              $170 non-member

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Water Safety Instruction

The purpose of the American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety program is to teach people how to be safe in, on or around water and to teach individuals of different ages and abilities how to swim.  Programming for people with special needs, such as those with disabilities, and different skill levels is a key component.  In a logical progression, the program covers the knowledge and skills needed for aquatic skill development.  As participants develop these skills, they will become safer and better swimmers. 

Participants enrolled in Water Safety Instruction will learn how to teach pool safety, teach Preschool, Parent and Child, and Learn-to-Swim swim lessons as well as how to set up class structure to maximize the swimmers' ability to learn new skills.

Course Prerequisites:

Participants must be 15 years of age on or before the final scheduled day of this course.  Participants must be able to demonstrate all the swim strokes with proficiency.

Those enrolled in this class must attend all three class times and demonstrate competency in all required skills and activities to pass the class successfully. The final decision belongs to the class instructor.

Participants Receive:

Participants who successfully complete the course will earn American Red Cross Certification in Water Safety for the Swim Instructor. Registration fees include the American Red Cross WSI Manual,  and American Red Cross Certification cards.

Classes Offered:

Please call the Aquatic Department for next available lifeguarding class.

Splash Week at the YMCA

YMCA Splash teaches basic swimming and water safety skills.

YMCA Splash is a fun way for kids to learn how to be safer around water. 

We have:

  • Low student-teacher ratios
  • Caring, well-trained instructors
  • Safe, clean pool

Splash Week is FREE!  We believe that learning to swim and be safe around water are necessary survival skills that all youth should engage in.  With less national and local emphasis today on water safety, many people are needlessly drowning or becoming involved in water-related accidents.  YMCA water safety programs can help solve this problem.  Best of all, Splash gives your child that great feeling that comes along with learning something new. 

 

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