Finnatic
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I am hoping an Instructor(s) from the board can help with this. The situation is that in my OW class there is one girl who so far (3 attempts) was not able to pass the survival float (15 min) portion of our swim test. She swam the 9 laps (with mask, fins, snorkel), treaded water and has had no problem with the scuba gear underwater (our first exposure to this). The instructor has worked with her, but only in class while the rest of us "play" for the last 15 min of class. She is coming to my home today ( I have a pool) so that she can practice doing this and hopefully pass this test on our next class which is Tuesday. Has anyone had a problem with this and what did you do to overcome it? I haven't been able to observe the mechanics of why she was unable to do this as I was concentrating on practicing my own skills. BTW the survival floating is done w/o any gear on. Any tips to help us would be greatly appreciated. I am an excellent swimmer and was lifeguard certified (although many years ago...won't say how many!) so this skill comes rather natural to me and perhaps I can help.
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