hi! i know its been two years since you commented this but how did it go?? Im currently looking to get certified. Do they let you wear a cap and goggles? and a nose plug if needed?
I know it's 2 years late but, cpr certification. Rescue breathing, different types of saves with the rescue tube. Active drowning saves, unconscious saves. Back boarding (if you are at a water park, I had to learn that) etc. It sounds like a lot but it's really easy as long as you have a brain and can learn and know how to swim lmao
*laughs in Canadian* our test is a 400m swim in 10 mins, a 1 minute head up 50m sprint, retrieving a 20 pound brick from 10 feet within 40 seconds, a minute thirty approach and carry for 50m, and a 15m underwater swim. This is sooooo much easier
Laughs in Croatian. Around here we have 400 m in 8 minutes, 1 minute 50 m sprint, retrieving the brick, 25 meter underwater swim, and a 2 km swim here and back in two hours (in open waters, of course)
@@rankociric8814 Geez, 25 meter underwater swim sounds terrible. Even our 15m underwater swim had me completely out of breath. Also Aiden forgot to mention the 5m no tube pia carry. It sounds easy, but our instructor made us keep the chest well out of the water. In my opinion the most physically challenging aspect.
@@matthewfreitag1781 It is explicable. Croatian economy depends practically entirely on tourism so the summer seasons have to be top notch (this involves security also). The lifeguards are therefore among the very best.
If you are considering NL you 100% need to know front crawl, and should definetly know breast stroke. That being said, this isn't WSI, so they are more relaxed on things like technique. That being said, they will dedicate zero time to teaching strokes. You should try to get a private lesson at your local pool if you need to brush up.
I am a post pandemic lifeguard and our requirements were not this astringent! They are pretty desperate for guards right now so they have loosened up a lot.
The best way is pinch your nose, close your mouth and force yourself to blow... As you do that, you will feel as your eardrum will be pushed out.... And this will make the pressure in your ear and the water pressure balance thus reducing the pain.... I believed I have helped you... Have a nice day... Tc..
@@nicolelourdes6269 WRONG, it is indeed called "front crawl", freestyle is semantically inclusive of ALL strokes, hence why it is called "FREE STYLE", there's good reason why front crawl is what you see swimmers doing when "free style" is the designation.
in Montenegro: - 25m diving (without aids, with one breath at the beginning only) - 100m in 1:40 minutes - 300m with fins in 4:30 minutes - 400m (200 breaststroke, 200 crawl) in 9 minutes - theory - kpr
@@flipperbooch2194 Seals can do 3 mile swims out in the actual ocean when it's 52 degrees and tread water for hours miles apart from any of the other seals all while sleep deprived and starved. Don't ever compare high school swimming to a Seal lmao
This really relieved me, in the description for my class it made it seem much more horrendous!
ME TOO!! I was actually considering not doing it out of fear that I wouldn’t be able to do it but seeing this makes me feel soooo much better
Well, one thing that fooled me the first time as well was that we only saw her do 2 laps, there are 12 :(
Yeah doing 12 laps was rough 😂
In our lifeguard training our instructor was so nice and kind. He was very understanding and let people re-do some of the attempts twice.
Christine trayine
Christine trayine
Ok I'll come and everything for you
easy if you're on a swim team
yeah and then there's ocean lifeguard-- whole another level lol
I know right
Allen Ibarra facts
Allen Ibarra not really it get painful for me
I’m on swim team at my high school, and I just passed my lifeguard course!😄
This was helpful. I had no clue what I was in for!
Thank you for making this video. I'm going to a lifeguarding course in two months, so I'm sure this video will help me!
hi! i know its been two years since you commented this but how did it go?? Im currently looking to get certified. Do they let you wear a cap and goggles? and a nose plug if needed?
@@x1dogfood137 it didn’t work out. But they did let me wear goggles at least. I’m going to try again.
we have to swim 500 yards tread water for 5 minutes and retrieve a 10 pound brick from 13 feet where I live
Is the brick easy
in russia we have to do a 200 pound brick 500 feet underwater and we can only do it with one breath and no oxygen tank!
Ok then
+stevenan93 In russia, pools guards you.
+stevenan93 In Russia the pool swims while you watch.
Pah! Zat iz nothing compared to Ukraine. Ukranian lifeguards must swim to Titanic wreckage and remove pieces of hull from bottom of ocean!
stevenan93 in Russia oxygen breaths you
These are just the prerequisites to start training? Can someone tell me what you have to do to pass the test, to be certified?
I know it's 2 years late but, cpr certification. Rescue breathing, different types of saves with the rescue tube. Active drowning saves, unconscious saves. Back boarding (if you are at a water park, I had to learn that) etc. It sounds like a lot but it's really easy as long as you have a brain and can learn and know how to swim lmao
Excellent video and I will be sending to my summer staff to prepare our new lifeguards for the test!
In England we have to do 2 timed swims- 2 laps in 60 seconds towing a casualty using a float, then 2 laps straight after using no float in 60 seconds
*laughs in Canadian* our test is a 400m swim in 10 mins, a 1 minute head up 50m sprint, retrieving a 20 pound brick from 10 feet within 40 seconds, a minute thirty approach and carry for 50m, and a 15m underwater swim. This is sooooo much easier
Laughs in Croatian. Around here we have 400 m in 8 minutes, 1 minute 50 m sprint, retrieving the brick, 25 meter underwater swim, and a 2 km swim here and back in two hours (in open waters, of course)
@@rankociric8814 Geez, 25 meter underwater swim sounds terrible. Even our 15m underwater swim had me completely out of breath.
Also Aiden forgot to mention the 5m no tube pia carry. It sounds easy, but our instructor made us keep the chest well out of the water. In my opinion the most physically challenging aspect.
@@matthewfreitag1781 It is explicable. Croatian economy depends practically entirely on tourism so the summer seasons have to be top notch (this involves security also). The lifeguards are therefore among the very best.
Here in America there’s a shortage of lifeguards if our test was harder we would have to close a lot of pools and beaches.
That's how the US test used to be in the 80s What happened?
I’m so screwed
You end up taking it? How was it
@@thee_rarest7201 taking it today, wish me luck
@@thee_rarest7201 also ended up joining the swim team which helps a lot
literally me rn
Same dude I take mine in the morning 🤦🏼♂️😂
If you don’t know how to do certain strokes are you taught or you already have to know them ?
ama * normally u are taught by coaches. If you do not know search up tutorials.
If you are considering NL you 100% need to know front crawl, and should definetly know breast stroke. That being said, this isn't WSI, so they are more relaxed on things like technique.
That being said, they will dedicate zero time to teaching strokes. You should try to get a private lesson at your local pool if you need to brush up.
This definitely makes me want to be a lifeguard.
My brick test was in 12ft not 7ft
That doesn't really matter....
Yes it does...
Oh hell yah it does
Mines 14....
mine was 15ft😭
So what's the best way to swim on your back while holding the brick?
With it close to your chest
Just go on UR back and flutter kick my instructor said I was the only person who has been efficient enough to do that
I am a post pandemic lifeguard and our requirements were not this astringent! They are pretty desperate for guards right now so they have loosened up a lot.
I am in the middle of the course and the extraction board so far is the hardest one.
Do I need to know how to swim to do a lifeguard training?
why Canada got so much harder tests
Do u conduct course in India. If yes? Where
they dropped my brick on the black line at the bottom of the pool so i couldn’t see it and had to try a second time🤣
😄 I didn't know there was an underwater vision test for lifeguard certification. Thanks for the heads up.
Me: I swim 500 competitively. EWW OPEN HAND TURNS UGH. FLIP TURN IS WHERE ITS AT
Race Beatty ayy i swim 500 too
We have to do two 20 pound bricks in 12 feet in Canada
I thought ya'll were on the metric system in Canada?
1-10 how hard is it
Edit:I passed easy
I'm training for my test next month and it's pretty hard definitely. Work on your stamina and endurance in the water and you'll be okay, bro
Kumo. Thanks
Easy E Good luck! I know i'm nervous as hell, but I believe the class should go over the basics too
Kumo. We got this
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In Canada, you have to swim 20 meters, than go get the 20 pounds brick at about 9feet under water and bring it back to the other side in 40seconds
how can i give this test in India
12 laps? I thought it was 6...no?
No twelve, its a 25 yard pool
front and back could be 1 lap so 12 of those could equal 6
our brick test is 10 ft...
Dani Denise my swim team would have brick wars at 12’
12' is much more challenging
Well I'm gonna fuckin fail
Scoper s same
Scoper s lmao I just took it failed that bitch idk what I was thinking specially since I smoke weed
Whether you think you can, or can't, you're right.
same dude... fml
I need practice good job Jessica
i have to do 12-16 feet fetch the brick :( depends on the pool we use that day. the water pressure kills my head :( help me
The best way is pinch your nose, close your mouth and force yourself to blow... As you do that, you will feel as your eardrum will be pushed out.... And this will make the pressure in your ear and the water pressure balance thus reducing the pain.... I believed I have helped you... Have a nice day... Tc..
Is it 12 laps or 6? Some people say it's only 6 laps.
12 lengths 6 laps
ew they call it front crawl wtf man
it's freestyle man
Ikr
@@nicolelourdes6269 WRONG, it is indeed called "front crawl", freestyle is semantically inclusive of ALL strokes, hence why it is called "FREE STYLE", there's good reason why front crawl is what you see swimmers doing when "free style" is the designation.
@@warioman91 Yeah but only noobs call it front crawl.... lol
I wanna join life guard team for how long it takes and what I need to have to be a lifeguard
12 **lengths**, not 12 laps.
I want to training red cross about details And contact please
HOW DO I GO ABOUT RETRIEVING MY ARC CERTIFICATION FROM LAST YEAR??????
GoldenAce57 🙃 ARC!!
in Montenegro:
- 25m diving (without aids, with one breath at the beginning only)
- 100m in 1:40 minutes
- 300m with fins in 4:30 minutes
- 400m (200 breaststroke, 200 crawl) in 9 minutes
- theory
- kpr
Just like in Italy
But how do you see the brick without goggles if you've never swam with your eyes open before
Look before you dive in
Yeah its hard. But you have to know how to because if someone is drowning you don't get to use googles. You will have to hop right in without them.
Yes look before you dive or just open them real quick under water, doesn’t hurt at all
If you're trying to be a lifeguard then you should be able to open your eyes under water.
girl don't even try and become a lifeguard if you can't look underwater with your eyes open ☠
brick part easy if your body mass isn't zero buoyancy
I want to be a lifeguard and a firefighter when I grow up I'm a 7 year old I know CPR there's 2 ways
Navy seals will laugh too this.
Sig Baconater So will a high school swim team
doujoey we’ll sometimes do a mile or two overall at practice, this is only the warm up
@@Santa-ns2nb 🙋♂️
@@Santa-ns2nb A highschool swim team has nothing on a Navy Seal lmao
@@flipperbooch2194 Seals can do 3 mile swims out in the actual ocean when it's 52 degrees and tread water for hours miles apart from any of the other seals all while sleep deprived and starved. Don't ever compare high school swimming to a Seal lmao
Can you wear goggles to retrieve the brick?
No
thanks so much for this !
I just stuck wity free with flip turns
7 ft they had me go in 12 at my pool but i passed but still
Why can’t lifeguards wear googles
You can, but when you go to rescue someone you don't have googles on, so it makes it more realistic.
Piece of cake/ fun
- Veteran Lifeguard
Anyone with two arms and half a brain can be a lifeguard at a pool...come down to Australia and try being a lifeguard in the ocean
Tf! 12 laps none stop????
right...
12 laps is nothing,
I can swim 72 laps non-stop
I can't believe i was already doing this but with 25 lbs medicine ball
don't you dive in to get the brick
+Bernardo Gonzalez Nope, you have to swim out to the brick
That's nothing I did my brick test at 13 feet
1 lap is one side and back a length is just going down
anyone else have to do there brick dive at 12 feet or just me
Christine trayner🏆🎖
Jessica???!!
*laughs in British* 50m in 60 seconds, tread water for 30 seconds, surface dive 2m, 100m continuous swim on front and back
Took it twice. I was cooked😮💨might not go back..
I can’t swim...... LOLL
Leasurung pace. We might need to save ourselves.
I would fucking drown.
Very easy
They've really LOWERED the standards since the 1980s
To think that I was getting worried over this 😂
why am i still worried i have my test in 1 week
@@Terry-ou4cp let me know on how it went and if you made it, Also how many people made it out of the entire class?
İzlerken yoruldum mk
chat i might be cooked
lol