Water Safety and Basic Skills for Beginners

Are you a complete beginner at swimming and would like an introduction to water safety and basic skills? This event is for you!

Adelaide University Swimming Club is hosting an event delivered by Royal Life Saving South Australia to teach water safety and fundamental swimming skills. Entry is only $5 - this will cover instructor and lifeguard costs.

Feel free to read the agenda below for more information on how it will go!

We will be providing a selection of light snacks to choose from; either a banana or a muesli bar with a flavour of your choice, as well as juice.

Royal Life Saving have provided some helpful resources for you to read. You can click on them to view. The first dotpoint contains some advice on what you can wear at the swimming pool, so please read these carefully:

• Factsheet - Visiting Your Local Swimming Pool
• Social, Health and Wellbeing Benefits of Learn to Swim Programs for Multicultural Communities
• Five Key Things to Remember When Swimming, Fishing or Boating

All students from the University of Adelaide are welcome.

Hope to see you there.

Info: Instructor1 will lead the group to go around the pool..

Info: Work on safe dry rescues using noodles, kickboards or other floatation devices. Group will learn about lifejackets - their usage, appropriate size and the right fit.

Info: Group will slide into the pool and exit using the ladder or ramp. Group will do water familiarisation - balance, walking, breath control, blowing bubbles, getting face and head wet. If time allows and also depending on the beginner level,can do floating on front and back, push and glide as well as kicking. Will do fall-in entries using lifejackets if time allows.

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