This strand offers Junior Lifeguards the opportunity to challenge themselves through further developing lifesaving and physical skills such as strength, speed, accuracy and stamina..
Learning Outcomes
- Perform a rope throw to a target 3 metres away
- Perform a rope throw to a casualty 5 metres away in 60 seconds
- Swim 40 metres in 60 seconds
- Swim 10 metres, perform a head first surface dive, swim 3 metres underwater, swim 10 metres
- Swim 80 metres using lifesaving medley
Learning Outcomes
- Perform a rope throw to a target 3 metres away in 2 minutes
- Perform a rope throw to a casualty 8 metres away in 60 seconds
- Swim 40 metres and casualty tow 10 metres in 1 minute 20 seconds
- Swim 20 metres, perform a head first surface dive, swim 3 metres underwater, retrieve a submerged object, swim 20 metres
- Swim 160 metres using lifesaving medley
Learning Outcomes
- Perform a rope throw to a target 5 metres away in 2 minutes
- Perform a rope throw to a casualty 10 metres away in 60 seconds
- Swim 100 metres with a rescue tube and casualty tow 20 metres in 3 minutes
- Swim 50 metres, perform a head first surface dive, swim 3 metres underwater using butterfly leg action, retrieve a submerged object, swim 30 metres
- Swim 300 metres using lifesaving medley
Learning Outcomes
- Run 100 metres in 30 seconds
- Perform a duck under
- Perform a 5 metre surf running entry
- Swim 25 metres using a head up stroke
- Run 25 metres, swim/wade 25 metres, run 10 metres to the finish
- Mount a boogie board, paddle for 2 minutes, glide to shore
- Perform a boogie board roll
- Mount boogie board, paddle 25 metres, turn and paddle 25 metres
- Swim 25 metres, run 100 metres, paddle 25 metres using a boogie board, run 25 metres to finish
- Perform a rescue tube rescue to a casualty 15 metres away
Learning Outcomes
- Run 150 metres in 1 minute
- Perform a dolphin dive
- Perform a 10 metre surf running entry
- Swim 25 metres using a head up stroke
- Run 50 metres, swim/wade 50 metres, run 20 metres to the finish
- Mount a boogie board, paddle for 3 minutes, catch a wave
- Perform a duck under on a boogie board and remount
- Mount boogie board, paddle 100 metres, turn and paddle 100 metres
- Swim 50 metres head up front crawl, run 200 metres, paddle 100 metres using a boogie board, perform a casualty pick up, run 25 metres to finish
- Run 50 metres, perform a rescue tube rescue to a casualty 25 metres away
Starts and Turns
Learning Outcomes
- Perform a safe shallow water dive and glide 8 metres underwater
- Perform a grab, wind up and track start followed by front crawl leg action
- Perform a grab, wind up and track start followed by butterfly leg action
- Perform a grab, wind up and track start followed by breaststroke pull and kick
- Perform a backstroke start with transition
- Perform a front crawl tumble turn
- Perform a backstroke tumble turn
- Perform a butterfly and breaststroke touch turn
- Swim an individual medley with correct turns
