There will be an American Red Cross Lifeguard Training Course offered at the Blanding Swimming Pool. To be eligible for the Lifeguarding course, the participant must be 15 years of age on or before the final scheduled session of this course. The participant must successfully complete the following:

1.  Swim 300 yards continuously, using these strokes in the following order:

        100 yards of front crawl using rhythmic breathing and a stabilizing, propellant kick. Rhythmic breathing can be performed either by breathing to the side or to the front.

        100 yards of breaststroke using a pull, breathe, kick and glide sequence.

        100 yards of either the front crawl or breaststroke. The 100 yards may be a combination of front crawl and breaststroke.

2.   Starting in the water, swim 20 yards using fron crawl or breaststroke, surface dive 7 - 10 feet, retrieve a 10-pound object, return to the surface, swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the object and exit the water without using a ladder or steps, within 1 minute, 40 seconds.

Participants can pass off the swim test on Monday, August 2, 2010 at 10:30 am. Class will begin on Tuesday, August 3, 2010.

Cost for the class is $30. On the first day of class all participants will also be required to have a current Lifeguard Training Manual. Students will not be allowed to share.

Participants may purchase manuals at shopstaywell.com. Once on the website, click on aquatics, then Lifeguarding. Select 655731 - Lifeguarding Manual. The price is $34.99.

Sign up for the course at the Blanding City Pool.