Swimming for adults incorporates three different types of classes that we offer:

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Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced: This covers water safety, body buoyancy and width swimming and basically helping yourself in the pool.

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BEGINNER ADULT CLASSES ARE FOR:

People who cannot help themselves in the water at all; and who are fearful of putting their faces in the water and being fully submerged. As well as swimmers who’ve had trauma or a bad experience in water or who have never swum before and now want to start learning. Our eldest swimmer has been a 75 year old. We have successfully taught a 65 year old to go on to scuba diving after 30 years of no swimming, with her husband. Our reputation is that we take 10 hours to get a non-swimming adult to swim 14 meters and be safe.

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New beginner courses are mostly held 3 times a week.

Mavela is a recognised Awarding Organisation, which provide members with a wide range of regulated qualifications for disciplines in swimming teaching, lifesaving, first aid, pool plant and health and safety. Mavela is pleased to offer both regulated qualifications and unregulated courses, allowing learners across the globe to gain the necessary training within the leisure industry. We are delighted to offer unregulated international training for swimming teaching, baby and pre-school teaching and pool lifeguarding, so you can do your job with confidence, no matter where you are.

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SOME OF THE KEY SKILL POINTS ARE:

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• Backfloat and forward float

• Sculling and treading water

• Push off and gliding in the pool

• Body position and buoyancy in the pool

• Body swimming position in the pool

• Arm drills and leg drills, basic doggy paddle

• Jumping into the deep end

• Managing to swim the length of the pool

• Managing a swim cramp and swimming survival techniques

• Rescue techniques for a conscious and unconscious swimmer
   

Once you have done your first 10-hour course we are able to progress you to the NEXT intermediate level

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Intermediates: Strokes and stroke correction, length swimming, breathing techniques and control.

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Advanced: Racing dives, tumble turns, resistance swimming, as well as distance training for biathlons, triathlons including Open Water Dam swims.

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We can also accommodate groups of adults for training, be it a teambuilding for yourself and your colleagues or just for a group of friends that would like to learn together, we would be happy to customise a session specifically for your request. Please contact us to book your session.

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The classes are kept small and personal. Demand dictates opening of these classes.

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OR WE HAVE AN OPTION TO LEARN PRIVATELY:

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An intense crash course 7 hours or under one on one with Instructor Mbuso. Depending on your ability. THIS IS ONLY available in the weekday mornings and will be arranged privately between you and the swim Instructor.

This program is for students who do not have the time required to complete the full Open Water Diver program but provides the training and experience required to dive in open water environments under the supervision of a dive instructor. It involves training and theory sessions and allows diving to a depth of 12 meters under the direct supervision of our instructors.

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This course is aimed at people who would like to become a swimming teacher, there is no previous swimming teaching experience required. The course covers teaching adult swimmers as well as children. Learners are required to teach a range of swimmers from non-swimmers to advanced swimmers throughout the course.  On successful completion of the course, learners will be issued with a Mavela International Swimming Teacher Certificate.

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Where it all begins!

Learn to become an Open Water, recreational diver and get certified to dive anywhere in the world. Let one of our professional instructors guide you through the training process at your own pace and introduce you to the wonders of the ocean environment. This globally-recognised certification program is the best way to begin your life-long adventure as a certified open water diver. It Involves theory and training sessions for you to master the skills of scuba diving and after your course, you will be certified to dive with a dive buddy of the same or higher level to a maximum depth of 18 meters.

This course is aimed at people who would like to become a baby and pre-school teacher, there is no previous teaching experience required. Learners are required to teach a range of babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers, 0 – 4 years old, with their accompanying adults throughout the course.  On successful completion of the course, learners will be issued with a Mavela International Baby and Pre-School Teacher Certificate.

Mavela Life Saving’s pool lifeguard courses offer expert professional training, and covers the skills and knowledge of first aid, resuscitation, swimming and water safety.

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This course is aimed at learners who are looking to become swimming teachers or who are assisting within the swimming lesson environment. Learners are required to undertake CPR and First Aid techniques as well as pool rescue skills throughout the course.  On successful completion of the course, learners will be issued with a Mavela International Lifesaving Course for Swimming Teachers Certificate. This course needs to be completed every 2 years.

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Mavela Lifeguards are world-renown for their high levels of skill and knowledge in accident prevention and rescue response. Mavela Life Saving was one of the first organisations in South Africa to start training pool lifeguards specifically and we have been doing this for over 15 years.

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Our courses provide expert professional training in using the latest techniques and technology and cover aquatic supervision, risk management, communication, rescue and emergency response techniques, first aid and advanced resuscitation, public relations, conflict management and incident investigation and reporting.

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These are valuable skills in any work context and lifeguarding is a dynamic, in-demand profession that can open up work opportunities in a wide variety of national and international locations. There are also opportunities for career advancement such as supervisor, duty manager, facility manager, swim teacher and trainer/assessor.

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Our experienced trainers will move between the theory and practical components of the course, using the latest equipment and a range of realistic and practical scenarios to help you consolidate your learning and ensure you are skilled and confident in applying newly learned strategies and techniques.

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All Royal Life Saving training is delivered in line with COVID safe requirements. Participant and trainer safety remains our number one priority.