The STA Pool Snorkelling Programme is a series of 3 progressive awards which are designed to introduce anyone from the age of 8 to the skills and techniques required for safe and enjoyable snorkelling in a pool environment.
Swimming teachers are able to teach the Pool Snorkelling awards within their lesson programme provided they attend a seminar of instruction. Holders of an appropriate Snorkelling Instructors certificate do not need to attend a seminar.
Learning Outcomes
- Prepare and fit the equipment correctly
- Perform a safe entry into shallow water
- Clear water from the snorkel by using the blast method and resume breathing through the snorkel without lifting the face from the water
- Fin 25 metres
- Understand 4 hand signals
- Perform a surface dive and return to the surface, clearing the snorkel on the surface using the blast method
- Exit the water safely and remove all snorkelling eaquipment independantly
- Participate in a snorkelling game
Learning Outcomes
- Prepare and fit the equipment correctly
- Perform 3 different types of safe entries into the water from: Giant stride, backward roll, slide in entry and walking
- Clear a fogged mask on the surface
- Fin 100 metres
- Understand 6 hand signals
- Swim 20 metres at the surface in water too deep to stand while wearing snorkelling equipment
- Perform 1 deep and 1 shallow surface dives, clearing the snorkel on returning to the surface
- Equalise the pressure on the ears while underwater to accommodate a change in depth
- Swim 15 metres underwater
- Ascend safely from a depth of 1.5 metres
- Exit deep water safely and remove all snorkelling equipment independantly
- Participate in 2 different snorkelling games
Learning Outcomes
- Clear water from the snorkel by using the displacement method
With a buddy
- Perform 3 different types of safe entries into the water from: Giant stride, backward roll, slide in entry and walking
- Fin 100 metres
- Swim 15 metres underwater and exchange hand signals
- Exchange and correctly interpret and respond to all hand signals
- Snorkel 400 metres without lifting the face out of the water; during the swim perform 4 surface dives and swim at least 15 metres underwater on each dive
- Ascend safely from a depth of 1.5 metres
- Exit deep water safely and remove all snorkelling equipment
- Participate in 3 different snorkelling games
