training to become a lifeguard this weekend, any tips?

[Kimon²]

anyone here ever been a lifeguard? or maybe people in a swim club or some stuff?

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[Vitawrap]

tip: save lives

[Tayasaurus]

Pool lifeguard here.

Remember that you're looking to prevent rescues, not hope for them to occur.

another tip. Make sure you're as ugly looking as possible. If you're cute people will try and drown themselves for your attention. And its always ALWAYS the ugly ones.

Try your best not to be a richard at pool rules. People are going to think you're a richard anyway, but take the nice approach first. Don't side in disputes, be the neutral barrier.

Don't be distracted. EVER. You should take the job seriously and not be looking at your phone for most of your shift.

[Bisjac]

need a hairy chest.
neeeeeeed

[bestguy22]

'Accidentally' flash your richard

[Kimon²]

tip: save lives

well yeah but people arent exactly gonna be drowning left and right, especially if i tell those rascally kids to stop running near the pool

im talking like if anybody has experience with the job and what it's like to be a lifeguard. and if any swimmers can help give me swimming tips. wading techniques. diving and surface diving techniques. advanced wavedash to uptilt comboes

Pool lifeguard here.

Remember that you're looking to prevent rescues, not hope for them to occur.

another tip. Make sure you're as ugly looking as possible. If you're cute people will try and drown themselves for your attention. And its always ALWAYS the ugly ones.

Try your best not to be a richard at pool rules. People are going to think you're a richard anyway, but take the nice approach first. Don't side in disputes, be the neutral barrier.

yeah this kinda stuff that's helpful

need a hairy chest.
neeeeeeed

yuck

[Tayasaurus]

Is it a large size community pool or is it pretty small? Its ok to be whistle (trigger) happy the larger the pool is. ALWAYS watch the kids closest.

[Vitawrap]

well yeah but people arent exactly gonna be drowning left and right, especially if i tell those rascally kids to stop running near the pool

this never ever worked once, handicapped kids will always run by the pool

[Georges]

I have friend who's a lifeguard and he says he just sits there all day pretty much. Pretty boring job, but $$$.

[Echoes]

this never ever worked once, handicapped kids will always run by the pool

cut off their legs
then they'll never run again
problem solved

[Juncoph]

iirc drowning people tend to panic and not realize it when people are trying to save them

be prepared to get fought if you have to hoist someone out of the water

[Kimon²]

Is it a large size community pool or is it pretty small? Its ok to be whistle (trigger) happy the larger the pool is. ALWAYS watch the kids closest.

question: does anybody tell lifeguards that there are epileptic kids and which ones they are? cause they seem to be the most common in pool emergencies

iirc drowning people tend to panic and not realize it when people are trying to save them

be prepared to get fought if you have to hoist someone out of the water

o boy. thanks for the tip though

actually i think at this pool we have some kind of floating board we place people on, so it probably wont be that bad

[carolcat]

iirc drowning people tend to panic and not realize it when people are trying to save them

be prepared to get fought if you have to hoist someone out of the water

this. they always told us at an island camp i went to that drowning people will try to drag you under bc they're panicking. it's also kind of hard to tell when someone's drowning i hear, sometimes they don't even really struggle, esp if they're already unconscious.

[Tayasaurus]

question: does anybody tell lifeguards that there are epileptic kids and which ones they are? cause they seem to be the most common in pool emergencieso boy. thanks for the tip though

Its kind of up to the parents/guardian to let you know. And you know how reliable those people can be.

also if you're lucky you'll get lots of swim time instead of tower time. It lets you be closer to the people in the pool in case of emergencies but also have a ton of fun and healthy exercise.

[carolcat]

here's the kind of thing i was talking about in my post
http://drbenkim.com/signs-of-drowning.htm