Kinsmen Aquatic Centre Programs
Aqua Fitness
Enjoy the buoyancy the water provides to improve your flexibility, strength and cardiovascular fitness. Get the same benefits as aerobics, without stress on joints. Aqua Fitness requires no swimming ability and is intended for both men & women. Aqua Fitness is done in water levels between your nipples and your navel.
Baby & Me Aqua Fitness
This class is designed for parents who want to do Aqua Fitness with their baby. No need for a sitter - bring your baby and any small siblings along to the Aqua Fitness Class. When bringing other siblings they MUST be in a lifejacket and they must stay in the water beside mom/dad at all times. Fitness for you & your baby!
Modified Aqua Fitness
This class is designed to create a recreational water setting for individuals with Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Cancer and Multiple Sclerosis. This social setting helps individuals with flexibility and strengthening of muscles in a minimum impact environment. Facility is wheelchair accessible.
Lane Swim
Swimmers must be swimming laps. 25 meter, four lane pool available. The lane ropes will be in and swimming equipment like hand paddles, flippers, pull-boys and flutters boards are available.
Adult Swim
Adult Swim is designed as a fun, recreational and fellowship swim. It is for adults who would like to swim and exercise without the presence of younger children. The waves, waterslide, noodles, assorted floating and diving toys are all available. No one under the age of 18 may attend except under the discretion of the Head Lifeguard.
Parent & Tot Swim
Parent & Tot Swim is for children under the age of 5 accompanied by a caregiver who must be within arms reach at all times.
Family Swim
Family Swim is designed especially for families! No child can come alone and adults must have child/children with them. The waves, slide and umbrella will be on when requested. Noodles, balls and assorted floating and diving toys are put out for everyone’s enjoyment.
Public Swim
Public Swim is for anyone who would like to come for a swim – water logs, ladders, balls and diving toys are available, under supervision and at the discretion of the lifeguard.
Stroke & Skill Development
Stroke & Skill is for anyone who wishes to improve their technique without the time commitment of lessons. An instructor is on duty to help. Students may practice or use this time for extra instruction to master the skills needed to pass their levels. Students should bring their report card to show the instructor what skill is to be focused on.
Swimming Lessons
Red Cross Swim Preschool is a fun seven level preschool program with flexible entry and exit points – children enter levels based on age and then progress based on either age or ability.
Seven levels increase opportunity for parents and their children to take swimming and water safety lessons at an earlier age – babies as young as four months old may be enrolled. Older preschoolers learn in small groups with qualified instructors.
Red Cross Swim Kids is a 10 level program fit for today’s swimmers; kids can get through all levels and feel proud of their achievement. Swimming and Water Safety skills are taught in the water so kids are always active and wet – this approach promotes success and encourages lifelong fitness. A focus on individual achievement creates a cycle of success that is geared to kids.
Adult Lessons
AquaAdults is a Canadian Red Cross three stage swimming and water safety program that consists of Basic Swimming Strokes, Swimming Skills and Lifetime Swimming Fitness. Swimmers in AquaAdult work directly with instructors to set learning goals and priorities.
Leadership Training
Lifesaving Society Courses
Bronze Medallion teaches an understanding of the lifesaving principles that make up the four components of water rescue -- judgment, knowledge, skill and fitness. Rescuers learn tows, carries, and release methods in preparation for challenging rescues of increased risk. Lifesavers learn to respond to increasingly complex situations involving conscious and unconscious victims in contact and non-contact rescues. Lifesavers develop stroke efficiency and endurance with a timed swim.
Bronze Cross is designed for lifesavers who want the challenge of more advanced training including an introduction to safe supervision in aquatic facilities. Bronze Cross teaches the difference between lifesaving and lifeguarding, the principles of emergency procedures, and teamwork. Lifesavers learn the skills involved in the rescue of a victim with a spinal injury, the rescue of a pulseless victim, and the rescue of a victim with deteriorating circumstances. Bronze Cross is the stepping stone for all of the Society's advanced training programs in lifesaving, lifeguarding and leadership.
The National Lifeguard Service Award (NLS) builds on the fundamental skills, knowledge and values taught in the awards of the Canadian Lifesaving Program to develop the practical skills and knowledge required by professional lifeguards. Recognized as the standard measurement of lifeguard performance in Canada, NLS education is designed to develop a sound understanding of lifeguarding principles, good judgment, and a mature and responsible attitude towards the role of the lifeguard. The NLS lifeguard's primary role is the prevention of emergency situations and where this fails, the timely and effective resolution of emergencies. NLS training is designed to develop the basic lifeguarding skills, principles and decision-making processes which will assist the lifeguard to evaluate and adapt to different aquatic facilities and emergencies.
Lifesaving Instructor Course certifies instructors to teach the awards of the Canadian Lifesaving Program with the exception of the National Lifeguard Service, Aquatic Emergency Care and Boat Rescue awards. Lifesaving Instructors evaluate Swim Patrol and Bronze Star awards, as well as specified items in Bronze Medallion, Bronze Cross, Senior Resuscitation and Distinction.
Lifesaving Standard First Aid includes CPR C certification. Topics in this course include: treatment for bleeding, burns, bone and joint injuries, heat emergencies, hypothermia, head, abdominal and chest injuries, and management of medical emergencies. Lifesaving First Aid and CPRC certifications have Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health recognition.
Canadian Red Cross
Red Cross Assistant Water Safety Instructor is a prerequisite for the Red Cross Water Safety Instructor course; candidates learn foundation instructional skills including teaching methods, learning styles, physical principles, progressions, communication, safety supervision and feedback.
Red Cross Water Safety Instructor course focuses on how to apply information from the Assistant Water Safety Instructor course and develop additional instructional skills, stroke development, drills and corrective strategies to plan, teach and evaluate the entire Red Cross Swim continuum.