Water Safety: Step by Step

Select a category and start your training with the fundamentals of water safety. Our courses cover everything from basic skills and front crawl to breaststroke, teaching you rescue techniques and safe conduct in water and on ice. Begin with the basics and advance to deeper knowledge to feel confident in any aquatic environment.

Categories

1 Getting used to the water
1.1 Getting used to the water games
2 Shallow diving
2.1 Shallow diving games
2.2 Shallow diving - common mistakes
3 Floating
3.1 Floating games
4 Gliding
4.1 Gliding games
5 Sculling
6 Propulsion
6.1 Propulsion games

1 Demonstration pictures and tasks
2 Steps for learning front crawl
3 Flip turn
Common mistakes: Head above water - breathing technique
Common mistakes: Poor leg technique - weak propulsion
Common mistakes: Arm recovery - to early out of the water
Common mistakes: Lack of core stability - "wobbly" swimming
Common mistakes: Lacking shoulder and hip rotation
Common mistakes: Lead arm in front drops while breathing
Common mistakes: Lack of high elbow during the pull

1 Demonstration pictures and tasks
2 Steps for learning breaststroke
Common mistakes: Poor leg technique - weak propulsion
Common mistakes: Poor arm technique - too large or too small strokes
Common mistakes: Wrong rhythm - arms vs legs
Common mistakes: Lack of gliding phase
Common mistakes: Lack of high elbow

1 Demonstration pictures and tasks
2 Steps for learning backstroke
Common mistakes: Lifting head out of the water
Common mistakes: Bent arms during recovery phase
Common mistakes: Poor leg technique - weak propulsion
Common mistakes: Lack of core stability - "wobbly" swimming
Common mistakes: Lack of shoulder and hip rotation - poor entry arms
Common mistakes: The entry of the arms cross the centre line of the body
Common mistakes: Lack of S-like pattern in the pull

1 Demonstration pictures diving techniques
2 Steps for learning to dive deeper
Common mistakes: Head first technique - not getting your legs in the air
Common mistakes: Jumping in - failing to descend straight
Common mistakes: Forget to equalise pressure
Find neutral buoyancy, relaxing diving

1 Techniques for rescuing a lifeless person ashore
2 Steps for learning to rescue a lifeless person
Reaching assist - for your own safety
Picking up a person from the bottom
Stride entry
Self-rescue challenges
Common mistakes: Rescue - the person grabs you
Common mistakes: Rescue – problem with self buoyancy
Common mistakes: Rescue - poor leg technique, weak propulsion
Common mistakes: Rescue - lifting one`s own head
Common mistakes: Rescue – lifting the head of the person being saved
Common mistakes: Lifebuoy misses target

1 Demonstration pictures and tasks
2 Steps for learning to dive in
Common mistakes: Lifting the head to look forward - belly flop

Getting used to water, dive and float
Jump
Lifesaving skills
Swimming in rivers
Wetcard lifesaving

Equipment for safe travel on ice
Safe learning environment on ice
Self-rescue on ice
Rescue on ice

Rips

Swim test - 7 challenges