Description
Only on your first booking a questionnaire & disclaimer will need to be completed & signed. These forms are available once you have added the rest of your group (your/the child). If there are any amendments from previous sessions, Sandy Toed Sea Swimmers must be notified.
Welcome to Sandy Toed Sea Swimmers, our junior sessions are available to all children under 18 years who can swim 15m+, comfortably and continuously front crawl in a swimming pool.
These sessions are 30 minutes and include a safety briefing on the beach beforehand as well as giving useful tips to help them enjoy their swim to the fullest.
As well as sharing our open water passion with your child, our sessions will give them the skills, knowledge and confidence to begin or continue with their own open water journey.
Guidance and advice will be given throughout the session to improve stroke technique.
All sessions will be held at The Boathouse Felpham
PLEASE NOTE that we may have to change venue/time on the day, please check here on the day of your session.
Requirements
- An adult must be present throughout the session, either on the beach or in the water.
- It is compulsory for all children to wear a wet suit, neoprene socks or shoes and brightly coloured swimming hat in the water. Gloves are also required in the colder months
- Must be able to swim 15m+
- Be under 18 years of age.
- A health questionnaire & disclaimer must be completed beforehand. These forms are available once you have added the rest of your group, (your/the child).
What to bring
- It is compulsory for all children to wear a wet suit, neoprene socks or shoes and brightly coloured swimming hat in the water. ( We have spare hats you can borrow).
- Gloves are also required in the colder months.
- Goggles, towel, layers of clothing, wooly hat, drink and snack.
- Changing robe is optional.
Itinerary
- At the start of a session there will be a safety briefing so time spent in the sea will be less than 30 minutes.
- Practice water safety skills.
- During these sessions, they will swim a variety of distances whilst being offered guidance and advice (such as improving stroke technique to make their swimming more efficient). We will also ask prompting questions to allow feedback on how they felt their swim went.
- Optional: Practice open water skills required for an event, such as buoy turns and sighting, mass starts and entries.