Certification and Training
The length of time in years that the American Red Cross Lifeguarding certification lasts.
What is two years?
Lifeguards use this to extract unconcious people from the pool.
What is a backboard?
What are private swim lessons?
The sweet treat that Sofia makes that Ariana is always asking her to make more of.
What is banana bread?
A pro swimmer who is the most decorated Olympian of all time.
Who is Michael Phelps?
Lifeguards activate this with 3 whistle blasts.
What is an EAP / Emergency Action Plan?
Lifeguards carry these 2 items inside their hip packs at all times.
What are a mask and 4 gloves / 2 pairs of gloves?
The instagram handle for Aquatics.
What is unt.aquatics? The . is important
The competition Chelsea is partaking in at the end of November.
What is Hyrox?
The oldest stroke.
What is breaststroke?
The state of Texas requires 4 hours of this per month for lifeguards.
What is in-service training?
A guard that takes pool chemicals and supervises other lifeguards.
What is a Head Guard?
The theme / title of the Swim Challenge this semester.
What is Swim with the / Catch up to Whale Sharks?
Chelsea's office number.
What is 108C?
Something that pro swimmers swim in that holds up to 850,000 gallons of water.
What is an Olympic swimming pool?
A 4 day course with the American Red Cross that prepares individuals to teach swim lessons.
What is the Water Safety Instructor certification course?
Lifeguards use this piece of equipment for rescues and the have them every time they are on stand.
What are tubes?
2 sessions are offered of each level every semester for kids and adults who are wanting to learn to swim.
What are group swim lessons?
What is 2025?
The first ocean liner (passenger ship) to have a swimming pool on board.
What is the Titanic?
A continuous 150 yard swim going directly into a 2-minute, legs only tread that is topped off with a 50 yard swim. Lastly, a brick test that requires Lifeguards to swim from the shallow to the deep end, perform a surface dive, retrieve a 10-pound object from the bottom of the pool and swim back to the shallow end with it on their chest, hands on the object at all times, all within the span of 1 minute and 40 seconds.
What is a Lifeguard skills assessment?
The names of all 3 of the Lifeguard water rescue entries.
What are compact, stride, and slide-in entries?
Offered only once a semester so lifeguards can keep up with their certification.
What is a Lifeguard Recertification course?
The positions that Chelsea and Sofia have both been in throughout their time with UNT Rec Sports.
What are Lifeaguard, Head guard, WSI, and Graduate Assistant?
Women were allowed to swim in the Olympics this year.
What is 1912?