Swimming at YMCA lagoon pools

This week for kiwi sport we went to YMCA lagoon pools. Normally we would have Cameron as our swimming instructor but this week we had 2 new swimming instructors. When we got to our swimming instructors, they said " when you get your name called out grab a life jacket and sit on the outside of the pool with your feet in.

The first thing we learnt was how to get into the pool with a life jacket on. Victoria was our demonstrator, The 2 swimming instructors told us to put one hand over your chest, one hand holding our nose and then step over the pool and drop. The reason we put our hands over our chest is because when you drop you life jacket goes up and chokes you, and the reason you put you hand over your nose is so no water can get into it.

The second thing we had to do was grab onto one another so that when your at the beach and there is a lot of you's it would be easier for all of yous to rick together. When all of us were holding onto each other the first swimming instructor pulled us half way around the pool and back.

The third thing we did was huddle up in a group so that when its cold and it is night you can get warm by huddling. The way we did this is we huddled up in a group and when miss counted to three we would have to kick back and then swim back in.

The fourth thing we did was we had to take of our life jackets and jump in the pool so we could learn how to put our life jacket on in the water. the way we did this was we had to lie on the life jacket and put our arms in then clip or zip it together. Then we jumped out of the pool and went back to school.