Swimmer's Daily

  • The swimming, knowledge, and rescue skills needed to become a Lifeguard.

    Swimming Skills:

    If you can answer “yes” to the following questions, you will pass the swimming test portion of the lifeguard certification requirements.

    • Can you swim for 300 yards without stopping using the following 3 strokes in this order and with the proper form?
    • Front crawl (freestyle) for 100 yards
    • Breaststroke for 100 yards
    • Either the front crawl or the breaststroke for the final 100 yards
    • Can you retrieve a weight from the bottom of the pool within a time limit of 1 minute and 40 seconds? Beginning in the water, you must swim for 20 yards using either the front crawl or the breaststroke. You must then complete a surface dive to “rescue” a 10- weight that is 7–10 ft below the surface. Once the weight is retrieved, you must swim back to the point where you started (a distance of 20 yards) and get out of the pool without using steps or a ladder.

    Rescue Skills:

    • Slide-In Entry
    • Stride and Compact Jumps
    • Rescue Approach—Front Crawl or Breaststroke
    • Simple Assist
    • Extension Assist from the Deck
    • Reaching Assist with Equipment and
    • Throwing Assist
    • Swimming Extension Rescue
    • Active and Passive Drowning Victim Rear Rescue
    • Two-Person Removal from the Water
    • Using a Backboard
    • Passive Submerged Victim—Shallow Water
    • Submerged Victim—Deep Water
    • Multiple-Victim Rescue
    • Feet-First Surface Dive
    • Front and Rear Head-Hold Escape
    https://youtu.be/1L_Om34i3KU

  • First responders are urging caution from swimmers after a man has been thrown overboard, and several other tourists injured, after a charter boat was battered in rough seas off the Far South Coast of NSW.

  • What does showing your armpit have to do with momentum and rhythm in freestyle? Let’s take a look

  • Anti-Doping Singapore has said that the recent drug scandal involving national swimmers is a timely call to educate better sportsmen and sportswomen, who will be subjected to more frequent testing in the future. Athletes could be sanctioned for anti-doping violations, even if they do not test positive for a banned substance.

  • It could have been a scene straight out of “Jaws.”

    Swimmers at Hillary’s Dog Beach near Perth, Western Australia, came dangerously close to death on Dec. 28 after a tiger shark was spotted lurking near the shore.

    Heart-stopping drone footage captured by beachgoer Sam Wood shows the giant predator in the clear and iridescent Aussie waters — just meters from unsuspecting bathers.

    At one point, the shark can be seen charging toward one woman before it drastically does a U-turn, deciding it’s uninterested in her.

    Read New York Post

  • Takeover Melbourne winner Caitlin is sharing a story about developing obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID lockdown. Caitlin describes experiencing anxiety during this period with symptoms including perfectionism, cleanliness, and dermatitis. However, after pursuing an interest in competitive swimming Caitlin found a pathway to better health and wellness.

  • Rivers and lakes “pose a higher risk of drowning” due to their absence of lifeguards and lifesavers, as well as how isolated they often are, says Royal Life Saving National Manager of Research Stacey Pidgeon.

    Ms. Pidgeon said, “there’s a lot of rivers and lakes that are very full at the moment because of flooding that’s gone on around the country”.

    “Don’t go alone, avoid alcohol, wear a lifejacket, and of course with young children around water, always making sure you supervise them as well.

    “It doesn’t really matter how good a swimmer your child may be. It’s really important to make sure we do supervise children of all ages because of course swimming in a swimming pool is very different to open water environments like rivers and lakes and beaches.”

  • Hundreds gathered in Rome to watch the traditional Tiber River New Year’s plunge on Sunday, with one veteran diver dedicating his dive to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

    Following the true Roman tradition, four Italian divers jumped into the river from the 15-metre-high bridge to welcome in the New Year.

    One of the divers was Maurizio Palmulli, 70, who plunged into the water for the 35th year in a row as crowds of bystanders watched.

    “We are diving just to keep this Roman tradition alive. Here there is neither politics nor money. I am happy to see many children because they are the ones who will continue this nice tradition,” he said.

    See Euronews