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Youth inc 16-17 pool training
MEMBERS ONLY Tuesdays 8:30 to 9.30pm Nippers Beach pool training
MEMBERS ONLY Thursdays: 7-9 year olds 7.00 to 7.50pm 10-12 year olds 7.55 to 8.30pm |
Guidance on Collecting Children & Parental Responsibility
Parents should be aware that the responsibility for children is automatically handed over to parents at the end of each club session. Whether on the beach, or in the swimming pool, duty of care becomes the parents/carers responsibility at the end of each training session. Parents should aim to arrive at least 5 minutes before the end of the session to collect and take responsibility for their child. Late collection of children presents a potentially difficult problem to club coaches and leaders, as SSLSC will NOT be responsible for transporting children home should parents/carers be delayed. Parents are solely responsible for any child that makes their own way to and from Southbourne Surf Life Saving Club sessions. |
Senior & Masters pool training
MEMBERS ONLY Wednesdays 8.15 to 9.30pm Senior & Masters Beach Sunday Morning
MEMBERS ONLY Sundays 8.00 to 1.00 |
Training Resources
This (link) contains 39 short video clips designed to support or lead the teaching of both first aid and lifeguard theory - including cold water shock, hand signals, CPR, how to spot a rip current and how to survive a rip current... and many more.
How to spot a rip, and what to do if you get caught in one
1. The easiest thing to remember is that often the safest/calmest most enticing looking area along a beach is usually a rip. A rip is usually the area devoid of wave activity and appears darker and deceptively calmer. It can sometimes appear milky or turbulent or have debris, but it is always pretty much void of wave activity. All that water coming in via waves has to go back out somehow, this is what a rip is. (see photos).
2. Always take 5-10 mins when you get to the beach to observe surf conditions and identify where these areas are.
3. If you are caught in a rip, DO NOT PANIC. Go into floating mode and raise one arm as a distress signal when possible. See which direction the rip is taking you, is it straight out or at an angle? Once you have determined this, and if you have the energy, swim to the right or left of the direction of flow, never against. Some rips can move at 3 times the speed of an Olympic swimmer, you won't win! If you cannot swim out to either side of the rip, just go with it. Most rips won't take you out very far, and will usually spit you out not long after they take you, so keep calm and save your energy for the swim back to shore.
1. The easiest thing to remember is that often the safest/calmest most enticing looking area along a beach is usually a rip. A rip is usually the area devoid of wave activity and appears darker and deceptively calmer. It can sometimes appear milky or turbulent or have debris, but it is always pretty much void of wave activity. All that water coming in via waves has to go back out somehow, this is what a rip is. (see photos).
2. Always take 5-10 mins when you get to the beach to observe surf conditions and identify where these areas are.
3. If you are caught in a rip, DO NOT PANIC. Go into floating mode and raise one arm as a distress signal when possible. See which direction the rip is taking you, is it straight out or at an angle? Once you have determined this, and if you have the energy, swim to the right or left of the direction of flow, never against. Some rips can move at 3 times the speed of an Olympic swimmer, you won't win! If you cannot swim out to either side of the rip, just go with it. Most rips won't take you out very far, and will usually spit you out not long after they take you, so keep calm and save your energy for the swim back to shore.
Videos demonstrating critical life saving skills: