Education Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Prerequisites: None
Target Audience: Aquatic Fitness Professional, Group Fitness, Personal Trainer, Therapy, Coach
Course Description:
Buoyancy Stretches is designed to help the fitness professional enhance flexibility by utilizing Archimedes' Principle at the pool wall and exploring the use of buoyancy equipment in the water. Learn the supine, side, and front working positions enabling you to enhance relaxation, breathe more consistently and deeply, and maintain the proper level of body alignment that can help to achieve a fluid and controlled stretch.
Course Objectives
After completing this course the student will be able to:
- Learn how to guide students to enhance stretching by utilizing the wall at the deep end of the pool.
- Maximize and utilize Archimedes' Principle.
- Carefully select the placement of buoyant equipment such as a belt, noodles, ankle cuffs, buoyant wrist bands, and shoes.
- Locate the center of buoyancy and center of gravity.
- Look for body composition of participants, placement of flotation equipment, and/or type of flotation utilized.
- Learn the Supine/Side/Front Working Position to find proper neutral buoyancy and place the body in buoyant equilibrium.
- Use deep end stretches and the following practices to enhance the participant's body awareness.
- Learn how to modify exercises for the shallow end of the pool by using the appropriate buoyant equipment to obtain the desired stretch.
ISBN# 978-1-935746-12-6
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