[GingitsuneSpirit]

Hi i'm desperate right now

I failed the "get an object from 10 ft under the water" part of the lifeguard pretest and i have to retake it tomorrow...

are there any tricks to get down into the water?

please please please reply!!! i really really need your help!!!!

thx!

[Exquoise]

you have to push yourself underwater with your arms i guess. I can't really give you a great detail of it but that's what i do. It's hard but it take practice. Good luck!

[Tamago86]

Swim downwards?


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[Bigdog]

while you're treading water, take a deep breath and dive down. using ur hands and pull back from over your head down into your stomach, while kicking (once ur legs are in the water).


Good luck! haha i had to pull my 200lbs+ coach from 10 feet under, then drag him across a 50m pool that was when i weighed 120lbs

[Epitaph]

blow the air out of your nose, really.

[emma007]

I don't really have any advice. I just wanted to wish you good luck. I am a lifeguard too, so I know how much work it takes to get certified.

[oppas4all]

If you put both your arms up over your head and hold your hands together, you should go down faster.

[krnballer24]

its harder than most people think.. u need a strong breathe and kick with ur legs with a lot of force.. good luck

[n4n45h1]

i personally like using the scissor kick when trying to get really deep

i also took a snorkeling test a couple years ago where i had to pull a 25kg block from 25 ft under, but its different since we were supposed to store air inside the snorkel tube thing...which was way too hard

[triple_D]

tie urself to a 1 ton weight...once u reach the bottom, grab the object release urself from the weight and swim up ^^

[aznxkpx88]

the tip about blowing all ur air out or watever works but shouldnt be used. yes letting all the oxygen out of ur body wlil allow you to sink to the bottom but u have to release ur air little by little dont let it all out at once. just swim down not much to it then that