EP051 Growing up as a Water Baby And Life as an Aquatic Professional with Alyson Arsenault

Drowning Warriors Podcast

English - April 04, 2019 19:12 - 56 minutes - 44.1 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratings
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Previous Episode: EP050 Interview With Infant Swim Instructor Kim Emery Questions Every Parent With A Child Must Know

Next Episode: EP052 Swim Lessons & Drowning Prevention: An Interview with Lindsay Pursglove of Swimtastic Swim School SW Flordia

Rick Kauffman The Kels Group aka Drowning Warriors here with a new Spotlight this week on our Podcast. We're talking with Alyson Arsenault being introduced to the water when she was very young and then becoming a Synchronized Competitive Swimmer, how that led her to follow her dreams in competitive swimming and to lead her to water safety and drowning prevention and to have an equal opportunity to learn to swim plus Introduce children to swimming at the earliest age and start early and Growing up as a Water Baby Leading to a Career in Aquatics. To Have swim skills to be able to self-rescue if your children fall into the water.

Here's some topic we'll talk about and so much more...

What You Have Learned Form Being On The Front Lines #1 - Children Abilities Who Start Early Compared To Other Children That Didn't Learn To Swim At A Older Age

Competitive swimmingTalk about water safety in the sport of swimmingDo swimmers become lifeguard as they gain more skills

What You Have Learned Form Being On The Front Lines #2 - Swimming Under The Water

Holding your breath for any length of timeCoaches to be educated about Shallow Water BlackoutCoaches to be lifeguard certified

What You Have Learned Form Being On The Front Lines #3 - How Many People Swim In Lap Lanes

People swim their laps in a pool in an open a lap laneHitting their heads because of overcrowded lanesFitness level differs as you put others in the same lane

So, here are the big Water Safety Drowning Prevention takeaways:

Anytime that you are in the water you are always at risk of drowning.Knowing your safety skills will allow you to go further as a careerIf somebody is looking to pursue a career in the area of aquatics, what should they focus on as far as education?

The big takeaway here is that you need to Introduce children to swimming at the earliest age and start early. They too can be a water baby and having the skills needed to be in the water Have these skills to be able to self rescue if your children fall into the water.

As we wrap up this episode, Alyson whats to give back to a community that has blessed her with the opportunities that Swimming and Aquatics has given her.