YMCA Lifeguard Classes

Dates
Spears Y | Registration Open Now
April 20 and 21 | 10am-8pm
May 25 and 26 | 10am-8pm
June 1 and 2 | 10am-8pm

Hayes Taylor | Registration opens May 1
July 19 | 5pm-9pm
July 20 | 8-6pm    
July 21 | 9am-5pm

September 13 | 5pm-9pm
September 14 | 8am-6pm
September 15 | 9am-5pm 

Bryan Y | Registration Open Now
April 4 | 5pm-9pm
April 5 | 5pm-9pm
April 6 | 8am-4pm
April 7 | 12pm-6pm

May 2 | 5pm-9pm
May 3 | 5pm-9pm
May 4 | 8am-4pm
May 5 | 12pm-6pm
May 9 | 5pm-9pm
May 10 | 5pm-9pm
May 11 | 8am-4pm
May 12 | 12pm-6pm

June 6 | 5-9pm                                                                                
June 7 | 5-9pm                                                                
June 8 | 8am-4pm                                                          
June 9 | 12-6pm
June 27 | 5pm-9pm                                                                                
June 28 | 5pm-9pm                                                                
June 29 | 8am-4pm                                                          
June 30 | 12pm-6pm

Reidsville Y
April 24-25 & April 27
June 5-6 & June 7

Cost
Recertifications: $175 Members | $175 Community Guests
Classes: $275 | Register Online (Cannot register online at the Spears Y)

Learn lifesaving skills! The YMCA Lifeguarding course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel take over.

Want to take this course for free? You could, thanks to a grant from PoolCorp! To take advantage of this offer, you must successfully complete the below swim requirements prior to registering for the class. Contact the Bryan Y, Hayes-Taylor Y, Reidsville Y or Spears Y Aquatics Director to complete the swim requirements and register for the course.

Prerequisite Swim Requirements

•    Swim 150 yards (freestyle or breaststroke)
•    Immediately tread water for 2 minutes (hands are in armpits or above the surface of the water and keeping face at or near the surface)
•    Immediately swim 50 yards (freestyle or breaststroke)
•    Start in the shallow end and swim 20 yards, surface dive 7-10 feet and retrieve a 10-pound object, swim back to the starting point on your back holding the object. Once at the wall, place the object on the wall and hop out. You will have 1 minute 40 seconds to complete the circuit.