| | Program
Part | General
Description Of This Part |
| 1. | Health
& Safety Emphasis |
The USWFA Motto is “The Health And Safety Of Our Participants Is Our Top
Priority”. What do you do to emphasis health & safety? We
strongly encourage each facility and aquatic staff member to adopt this motto! |
| 2. | Promotion
of Aquatics in Your Community | Turn your community on to aquatics.
The USWFA encourages you to “infect your community with aquatic fever.” Get
publicity for your program by using radio, TV, and newspapers in your target
market area. |
| 3. | Consumer
Education |
Educating the community about the benefits of participating in various aquatic
activities. This could consist of distribution of flyers, public seminars,
water safety demonstrations, round table discussions, speaking to civic
organizations, etc. |
| 4. | Instruction |
Teaching a wide variety of aquatic skills including swimming instruction, water
orientation for infants, health and safety in, on and around the water, etc. |
| 5. | Recreation |
No structured program, just open swim. Time for people to play and have
fun in the water. New facility designs including wave-making pools, water-walking
pools, water slides, etc. have helped to increase recreation opportunities and
fun for people of all ages! |
| 6. | Competition |
Contest between two or more people. Individuals or team practice sessions
or meets. Some pools have a wide variety of competitive programs including
fun/recreation type teams, age group teams, masters programs, etc. |
| 7. | Water
Exercise | Informal
or formal exercise. We get many calls from newspapers and magazines that
want to do an article on “Aqua Aerobics”. We explain to them
that “Aqua Aerobics” is a generic name that is usually used for a
type of water fitness class. We then explain the following five parts of
water exercise: - Adapted
Aquatics
- Water
Fitness
- Aquatic
Fitness Personal Training
- Aquatic
Therapy (including Aquatic Rehabilitation)
- Aquatic
Physical Therapy
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| 8. | Special
Events |
Events other than regular classes or programs. Birthday parties, etc. |
| 9. | Water
Pagents, Shows & Carnivals |
Well organized special events that can include a wide variety of parts including
fancy and clown diving, water ballet, safety training, skits, relays, races (serious
and funny), dive for coins, etc. These types of events can be one hour or
more or just a 30 minute water carnival that produces fun for a group of people. |
| 10. | Social |
Groups of people spend time together at informal or formal social events. |
| 11. | Open
Water Aquatics | Includes
a wide variety of aquatic activities in lakes, rivers, streams, lagoons,
oceans, seas, etc. |
| 12. | Water
Parks | These
facilities often include lazy rivers, slides, log rolling, pools built
especially to help produce fun, water playgrounds, splash pads,
climbing walls, wave making devices, etc. |
| 13. | Outreach |
Conducting programs at facilities other than your regular facility. There
are pools at many apartment, condo, complexes, hotel and motel pools in almost every community
that are under utilized where programs could be developed. |
| 14. | Service
to the Community |
Helping the community. Showing that you care about the community.
Could be yearly free learn to swim program, free open swim and/or instruction
for people with disabilities, Special Olympic special events, etc. |
| 15. | Self
Development |
Helping people to develop their leadership skills and reach a higher level of
their potential. This could include junior aquatic leaders, jr. lifeguards,
aquatic leaders, etc. |
| 16. |
Volunteers |
Persons who donate time to an organization. The more the person believes
in the organization the more anxious they will be to volunteer. |
17. |
Fund Raising |
Raising funds for your facility such as equipment, certifications, uniforms, printed materials, charities, etc.
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