Offers and courses

Swimming badge examinations

The team from mattiaqua offers swimming badge testing every Thursday during the school holidays from 10 AM to 3 PM.

Beginner Swimmer (Seahorse Badge)

Theoretical Requirements:

• Knowledge of swimming pool rules

Practical Requirements:

• Jump from the pool edge followed by 25 m of swimming using any stroke in either front or back position (basic form; when swimming on the front, visible exhalation into the water)
• Retrieval of an object from shoulder-deep water using hands (shoulder depth relative to the child)

German Swimming Badge Bronze (Freischwimmer)

Theoretical Requirements:

• Knowledge of swimming pool rules

Practical Requirements:

• Head-first jump from the pool edge and 15 minutes of continuous swimming. At least 200 m must be covered: 150 m in front or back position using a recognizable stroke, and 50 m in the opposite position (position change during swimming without touching the edge)
• Dive approximately 2 m deep to retrieve an object from the bottom (e.g., small diving ring)
• Perform a tuck jump from the starting block or 1 m diving board

German Swimming Badge Silver

Theoretical Requirements:

• Knowledge of swimming pool rules and self-rescue behavior (e.g., how to react when exhausted, how to release cramps)

Practical Requirements:

• Head-first jump from the pool edge and 20 minutes of continuous swimming. At least 400 m must be covered: 300 m in front or back position using a recognizable stroke, and 100 m in the opposite position (position change during swimming without touching the edge)
• Two dives of about 2 m depth from the water surface, each retrieving an object (e.g., small diving ring)
• 10 m underwater distance diving starting from a push-off in the water
• One jump from 3 m height or two different jumps from 1 m height

Youth Swimming Badge Gold

Theoretical Requirements:

• Knowledge of swimming pool rules and assistance in water-related emergencies (e.g., self-rescue, basic lifesaving in swimming, boating, or ice accidents)

Practical Requirements:

• Head-first jump from the pool edge and 30 minutes of continuous swimming. At least 800 m must be covered: 650 m in front or back position using a recognizable stroke, and 150 m in the opposite position (position change during swimming without touching the edge)
• Racing dive and 25 m front crawl
• Racing dive and 50 m breaststroke in a maximum of 1:15 minutes
• 50 m backstroke using frog kick without arm movements or back crawl
• 10 m underwater distance diving starting from swimming position (without pushing off the pool wall)
• Three dives of about 2 m depth within 3 minutes, each retrieving an object (e.g., small diving ring)
• One jump from 3 m height or two different jumps from 1 m height
• 50 m lifesaving swim: pushing or towing a person

Schedule:
Every Thursday during the school holidays
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Finswimming

Finswimming is offered in the swimmers’ pool every Friday in the holidays from 6 pm.

During the holidays, swimmers can use fins in the water from 6 pm every Friday. Finswimming is currently the fastest way to move through water using your own muscles – you can even reach significantly higher speeds than the quickest freestyle sprinters. The classic style is striking and unique, as the body moves in waves like a dolphin. The fins make you glide through the water.