Aquatic Courses Felisa Mastel Aquatics Coordinator

Aquatic Courses- Learn To Swim Options-- Parent and Child (1&2) Pre-school 1, 2, 3 Learn To Swim Level 1 Learn To Swim Level 2 Learn To Swim Level 3 Learn To Swim Level 4 Learn To Swim Level 5 Learn To Swim Level 6 Longfellow’s Whale Tales

Aquatic Courses- and Related Aquatic Options- Personal Water Safety Basic Water Rescue Guard Start: Lifeguarding Tomorrow Lifeguarding Water Safety Instructor (WSI) First Aid/CPR (Layperson/Professional(Layperson/Professional) Aquatic GamesAquatic Aerobics

Parent & Child (1&2) Introduce children (about ages 6 mths- 6 years) WSI to provide appropriate handouts Learn to ask before entering water Learn to exit safely Feel comfortable in water Explore submerging and buoyancy Swim OptionsSwim Options

Pre-school 1,2,3 Orient pre-school age children to aquatic environment WSI to provide appropriate handouts Begin and build basic aquatic skills Optional- Raffy Learns to Swim # Swim Options

Learn To Swim – Level 1 Positive Attitudes Good Swimming Habits Safe practices in & around water Longfellow’s Whales Tales Enter/exit--- Blow bubbles Bobbing --- Roll to back float Glides WSI to provide appropriate handouts Optional- Raffy Learns to Swim # Swim OptionsSwim Options

Learn To Swim – Level 2 Fundamental water skills Builds on level 1 Floats without support Swim 5 body lengths Longfellow’s Whale Tales WSI to provide appropriate handouts Optional – Waddles in the Deep # Swim OptionsSwim Options

Learn To Swim – Level 3 Build on level 2 skills – adding deeper water Swim front crawl – 15 yards Tread 30 seconds Swim back crawl – 15 yards Longfellow’s Whale Tales WSI to provide appropriate handouts Optional– Swimming & Water Safety Manual # Swim Options

Learn To Swim – Level 4 Develop swimmers’ confidence in level 3 skills WSI to provide appropriate handouts Improve aquatic skills such as: Head first entries Swim under water Survival swimming – Treading Front & back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke & butterfly Learn Longfellow’s Whale Tales Swim Options

Learn To Swim – Level 5 Further learn how to coordinate and refine strokes from level 4 Shallow-angle dive Tuck & pike surface dives Flip & open turns Longfellow’s Whale Tales Importance of first aid & CPR WSI to provide appropriate handouts Swim Options

Learn To Swim – Level 6 Refine strokes to swim with ease, efficiency, power & smoothness over greater distances Introduce & practice self-rescue techniques Front & back crawl – 100 yards Butterfly, Elementary Back, Breast & Side stroke-50 yrd Demonstration of skills from prior levels WSI to provide appropriate handouts Swim OptionsSwim Options

Longfellow’s WHALE Tales Inform children about safe behavior in, on or around the water Promote healthful aquatic recreation in, on or around the water Recognize potential dangers Identify rules WSI provide appropriate handouts Taught alone or within levels of swimming lessons Swim OptionsSwim Options

Personal Water Safety Builds on basic swimming and safety skills Provide swimmers with knowledge & skills to avoid aquatic emergencies Perform self-rescue in some aquatic emergency situations Swimmer will explain techniques and demonstrate Recommended Materials: American Red Cross Swimming & Water Safety Manual # Optional- Water Safety Handbook # Course Options

Basic Water Rescue Provide individuals knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies Prepare individuals for aquatic emergencies; teaching how to protect themselves while assisting others Must be comfortable in chest deep water Describe and demonstrate rescue skills Recommended materials: American Red Cross Swimming & Water Safety Manual # Course Options

GuardStart: Lifeguarding Tomorrow Provides youth with foundation of aquatic leadership knowledge, attitudes & skills for future successful completion of Red Cross Lifeguarding courses Prevention Fitness Response Leadership Professionalism Recommended Materials: American Red Cross GuardStart Lifeguarding Tomorrow Workbook # Course Options

Life Guarding Knowledge & skills to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies Minimum age 15 – swim 300 yards continuously Professional Emergency Action Plan Demonstrate rescues Learn first aid/CPR Materials: American Red Cross Lifeguarding # Course OptionsCourse Options

Water Safety Instructor (WSI) Train Instructor candidates to teach water safety, all learn to swim programs, & water exercise Minimum age of 16 American Red Cross Fundamentals of Instructor Training (FIT) Describe effective observation for teaching & how to develop Effective communication–Participants in swim lessons Materials: American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Candidate’s Kit # Course OptionsCourse Options

First Aid/CPR Professional or Lay person Provide knowledge and skills to respond to an emergency, call for help, and assist victim Activate Emergency Medical System Differentiate life threatening and non-life threatening emergencies Perform basic life saving and first aid for adults, children, and infants Materials: American Red Cross First Aid; Responding to Emergencies (4 th Edition) Course OptionsCourse Options

Aquatic Games Participate in Team Sports Develop coordination, rhythm, balance, flexibility, agility Cardiovascular fitness Muscular strength Endurance for entire body Instructor to provide appropriate handouts as needed Course Options

Aquatic Aerobics Safely participate in activity program Learn stress management through exercise Importance of lifelong physical activity Major muscle groups used in water aerobics Endurance for entire body Cardiovascular fitness Instructor to provide handouts as needed Shallow and Deep water aerobics Course OptionsCourse Options

Welcome to Wild Cat Waters at NDSCS Contact NDSCS for your Aquatic Needs We will assist you with a course or A package to customize to your needs- Felisa Mastel Aquatics Coordinator