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Carver Center Swim Team Clinic

This program focuses on drills to enhance proper technique and to prevent injuries during endurance training, starts and turns. We practice for faster finishes, pacing training for specific strokes and events. Participants are introduced to multiple types of training in water and out. Dry-land training may consist of stretching and proper positioning.

Lifeguard & CPR Classes

The Carver Center provides entry-level participants the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until EMS personnel take over.

Learn the latest safety and rescue techniques from experienced instructors, and develop skills to use for a lifetime. As a student, you will develop skills that will not only help you stay safe and help others enjoy the water safely, but also help you begin, or advance, your career.

MINIMUM AGE: 15 years; Participants who successfully complete the Lifeguard Training Course receive an American Red Cross certificate for Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED, valid for 2 years. The Lifeguard manual is provided at the completion of the course.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Swim 300 yards continuously; tread water for 2 minutes using only the legs; complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds by starting in the water, swimming 20 yards; surface dive to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object, return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point; exit the water without using steps of ladder.

*Must score 80 or above on written tests for CPR/AED/First Aid and Lifeguard Skills.

Questions about our Lifeguard Training Courses, the Lifeguard Work Opportunity and our next CPR Training class? Please contact Grace Quinton 914-305-6010 / gquinton@carvercenter.org for details.