Swim to Survive

Treading water

Non contact rescue 

Swim to survive aims to  reduce the number of drownings in New Zealand. Room five has walked to and from the pools each afternoon. After just 5 days there has been a noticeable increase in skills. Our 3 instructors work on fitness and stamina, concentrating on kicking effectively, breaststroke, floating, treading water and sculling. Each student has practiced contact and non-contact towing, taking turns to rescue and be rescued.

Above: Contact towing requires a steady breaststroke kick. Below: Learning how to kick  effectively.