Pre-Swim Registration
Completion of a pre-swim is a requirement to gain admittance into a lifeguard class. All pre-swims are conducted at the Downtown YMCA. All participants must be 16 years of age or will be at the conclusion of
the lifeguard class they are planning to attend. See below for the upcoming lifeguard classes. The physical competency of the test include:
Phase 1: 2 minutes of treading water with legs only followed by a 100 yard (2 laps) of front crawl.
Phase 2: Swim 50 yards (1 lap) of each of the following strokes:
- Front Crawl - head up
- Breaststroke
- Breaststroke - head up
- Sidestroke
- Elementary backstroke with hands on chest (inverted whip kick)
Phase 3: Sprint 60 ft of front crawl and do an arm over arm surface dive to retrieve and object from the bottom at 7 ft. Tread water for 1 minute and return object to the bottom of the pool and then finish the length of the pool and complete 100 compressions.