Swimming youth of BRK Wasserwacht

Our Water Rescue Youth Group

"For the fun of sport and the joy of helping."

Following this motto, we combine the fun of water sports with the joy of first aid.

You can participate in our youth group from age 8 to 18.

You should enjoy being in the water and meet the requirements of the Bronze swimming badge.

From about age 16, depending on your skills and after consultation with parents, you can also move to the adult group. After that, an extensive range of training opportunities from Water Rescue and Red Cross is open to you. Depending on your interests, you can further qualify as a rescue swimmer, water rescuer, paramedic, watch leader, boat operator, or instructor.

Training Content

In summer, we focus on swim training at the public pool.
  • Technique training for various starts, swimming styles and turns
  • Rescue swimming with various transport and towing grips
In winter, we focus on first aid and general topics.
  • First Aid Basics: Dare to Help
  • First Aid Advanced: Junior Helper
  • Knot tying
  • Bodies of water, nature, environmental protection
  • History and tasks of Red Cross and Water Rescue
We practise rescue equipment and rescue aids in spring during a team weekend with hands-on exercises.
  • Rescue ball, throw bag, rescue belt, etc.
Whether we can organise such a practical weekend, we cannot promise yet, but we will do our best.

Goals of Youth Training

To document the various training contents, you will receive a record booklet in which you can collect a stamp for each completed topic.

The goal of training should be to achieve the following badges, depending on age and ability. The contents of the various modules build on each other. Following the motto "From easy to difficult".

Beyond that, in the Water Rescue youth group we want to:
  • promote the development of young people into self-responsible individuals,
  • convey a positive attitude towards life,
  • encourage social responsibility,
  • inspire young people to social action.

Youth Group Training Schedule

Training takes place every Friday from 5-7 pm at Unterhaching public pool (also during school holidays). We organise pool admission for training participants. We also have the option to use the watch station in winter.

You are welcome to join for a trial session.

More Info and Contact

Flossy, one of the mascots of Water Rescue Youth.

If you are now interested, you can find more information in our youth flyer.
Youth Group Flyer

If you have further questions, please get in touch with us.

By email: jugend[@]wasserwacht-unterhaching.de
or via our contact form.