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Why Lifesaver Aquatics?
LIFESAVER AQUATICS is THE BEST provider choice for swimming lessons due to the exceptional qualifications of its owners, operators and instructors. The owners and operators are California State Board Certified Licensed Nurses/Registered Nurses. They are American Heart Association BLS Certified. Their extensive healthcare background ensures that they prioritize safety and well-being in every lesson.
Additionally, all instructors at Lifesaver Aquatics hold a range of certifications which include Survival Swimming Instructor Certified, OSA Certified, SLU Instructor-Trainer Certified and American Red Cross Certified. With such a knowledgable and skilled team, you can feel confident that your child is in safe hands while learning essential swimming and survival skills.
What is the schedule of lessons?Why are lessons only 10 minutes long several days a week?
The reasons for this approach. First, young children benefit greatly from repetition and consistency in their learning process. Research indicates that shorter, more frequent lessons lead to better retention of information. Second, many children have limited attention spans, making it difficult for them to concentrate of a task for extended periods. By keeping lessons brief, we can optimize the timing for effective learning. Lastly, while the pool temperature is maintained between 82-88F, but even at that it is still cooler than your body’s temperature. Swimming lessons require physical effort, which can lead to a loss of body heat. We as instructors look for signs of physical exhaustion.
Why should parents enroll their children in Lifesaving Survival Swim Lessons?
Parents who choose Survival Swimming Lessons for their children are perceptive and recognize their kids potential of drowning. They understand the significance of teaching their child how to ensure their own safety if they ever find themselves in the water alone. Accidents Happen even when precautions are taken, therefore they want to do their best to equipped their children with a fighting chance at survival end not become a drowning statistic. Children enrolled in survival swimming learn to navigate ehe water in as little as 4-6 weeks versus typical swimming lessons where it could take a year at minimum to see these results based upon techniques and trainings. The question to ask yourself is are you willing to wait for a year or more for them to be water safe or do you want it to happen now?
Why are these lessons 1:1 with instructors without parents involved in the water during the lesson?
In an effort to teach infants and young children to respond to an aquatic emergency intense focus and impartiality are crucial. It is imperative we teach them their own strengths and not to be reliant on a parent or another adult for their survival. In an unexpected event they need to have the confidence and knowledge to survive till assistance arrives within a few minutes of their accidental unexpected water encounter.
What is the retention rate with Survival Swimming Lessons?
Survival Swimming is teaching children to automate their response and to create a response based upon muscle memory ensuring them to navigate the water with the skills they have been taught. The idea behind this is much like riding a bike. Once someone learns to ride a bike it is typically a skill that is held onto for life. In the water once taught to survival float, the idea is that it becomes an automated response when in an unexpected situation in water. Studies have shown that the retention rate for this type of swimming is 94-100% up to one year following lessons. Certain activities may counteract or hinder the recall of these lessons so it is imperative that instructions are followed for retention and that refresher lessons ensure continued success.
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Why are children placed in clothing during some lessons?
Due to the statistic that 86% of children who fall into water due so fully clothed, we want our little swimmers to have experience with such a situation and learn how to adjust their float to the weight load variations that will affect their positioning.
