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Susan J. Grosse, MS, is the president of Aquatic Consulting & Education Resource Services in Milwaukee. Grosse has more than 45 years of experience in aquatics and education and has published extensively in the areas of aquatics and exceptional education. Grosse received a 40-year pin from the American Red Cross as a volunteer instructor and instructor trainer.
The aquatic leader, head lifeguard, or program manager must ensure that each participant gets maximum benefit for the time and effort spent in the activity. Understanding the purpose of an activity helps lifeguards build a repertoire of ways to maintain their own personal fitness level. This should include taking the time to plan ahead, having equipment organized ahead of time, providing a sound explanation of the activity and why participation is important, monitoring the execution of the ...
Equipment Cage ball (Note: If a cage ball is not available, a buoy ball, balance ball, or earth ball may be easily substituted.) After putting on the pants, the swimmer proceeds to the second, third, and fourth lines, putting on clothes at each line (if the shoes are reached before the socks, the swimmer must remove and redo the shoes when the socks are reached). The tagged swimmer now repeats the swim of the first swimmer, putting on clothing at each line, tagging the wall at the far end, ...
Submerged victim rescues are particularly difficult because humans cannot always stay on the bottom long enough for novice rescuers to perform a correct rescue. Vary the victim size and weight by using child manikins as well as adult manikins. Using manikins of different skin color, particularly during open-water training, can challenge the lifeguards’ victim recognition skills.
