SWIMMING TEST for KAYAKING CLUB

To be able to check out Wittenberg kayaks, one must have passed a 4 hour kayak training class (two 2-hour sessions, one in the pool, second on the river), and to take that class, one must have first passed the following swimming test.

The Swimming Test can be administered by any lifeguard at the pool, at any time the lifeguards are on duty, and not busy, during open swim hours. The swimmer must be able to: Satisfactory  • swim four laps continuously, in the following styles o two laps freestyle, continuing on to [ ] o a third lap on one’s back, pausing to don a PFD, for a [ ] o fourth lap having donned a life-jacket (PFD) [ ]

• swim at least half a length underwater (goggles ok) [ ]

• float, on one’s back (30 secs), and also “deadman’s float (10 secs) [ ]

• tread water in the deep end for two minutes, including: o raising hands out of water for 15 seconds [ ] o raising elbows out of water for 10 seconds [ ] o over-all treading time, of two minutes [ ]

• retrieve a ‘brick’ from the bottom of the shallow end, 20 feet from the edge, and swim it back to the pool’s edge. Goggles ok, but no walking. [ ]

Witnessed by: ______Date: ______(lifeguard, or test administrator)

Signed by: ______Date: ______(swimmer) Please print name: ______

Copies of this certification will be kept in the Kayak Club files, and also in the Boathouse Log, for quick reference, along with confirmation that one has passed the four-hour kayak basics class (2 hours in the pool, 2 hours on the river). After that, one can check out a kayak through Student Activities, or through the Club’s officers, according to the guidelines posted on the Kayak Club’s website: http://www.wittyak.com