Lifeguard Pretest | American Pool

[Music] the first step to becoming a lifeguard is to pass a lifeguarding pretest during the pretest the instructor will assess your swimming abilities to ensure you can keep yourself safe and complete a rescue in this video we'll discuss the pretest requirements to be a swimming pool lifeguard but there are also opportunities to be a shallow-water lifeguard will list the differences throughout this video and review at the end let's dive in swim swim 300 yards continuously using front crawl under breaststroke demonstrate a good stroke using good breath control and rhythmic breathing but goggles are okay but you're not allowed to swim on your side or back for the shallow water test you will swim 100 yards [Music] [Music] [Music] tread tread water for two minutes using only your legs place your arms under your armpits [Music] the brick test no goggles allowed on this part you will have one minute in 40 seconds to complete the following task [Music] starting in the water swim 20 yards your face can be in or out of the water for the swimming surface dive feeder head first to the bottom of the pool 7 to 10 feet deep and retrieve a 10-pound object for the shallow water test the pool will be 4 to 5 feet deep [Music] return to the surface with the object and swim the 20 yards back to your starting point maintaining both hands on the object keep your face at or above the surface of the water so you can breathe with the object on the side of the pool and get out of the water without use of the ladder or steps some people may not be able to complete the regular lifeguarding pretest but can still qualify to be a shallow water lifeguard let's look at the differences between the regular lifeguarding pretest and the shallow water life to test the life riding pretest requires you to swim with 300 yards continuously the shallow water life earning pretest requires you to swim 100 yards continuously both tests require you to be able to tread water for two minutes using only your legs during the BRIC test the light farting pretest requires you to surface dive feeder headfirst to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve the 10 pound break but during the shallow water lifeguarding test you only need to surface dive to a depth of 4 to 5 feet you may walk or swim the object back to the edge of the pool we're here to help you become a great lifeguard the first step is to take and pass the light burning pretest [Music]

Channel: American Pool Enterprises

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Id: NUEbAG0rHUw

Length: 3min 56sec (236 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 14 2019