mardi 17 septembre 2013

Family Fun With Foam Pool Floats

By Amanda Baird


Now that the long hot summer days are here, and the children are away from school people tend to think how to fill the days. No summer would be complete without trips for swimming. Even if you have children who are unable to swim at the moment help is at hand. It involves making use of foam pool floats.

The biggest part of learning to swim is gaining confidence in water, and this is where these items come in useful. As they're available in a wide range of bright colours, whenever used the child immediately associates them with fun. They appear non threatening and so the child feels totally relaxed around them.

It doesn't take long for the child to join in with the fun in the water. One definite bonus with these new items is that they will not deflate when you least expect them to, unlike their inflatable predecessors. Thanks to the material that they are formed from they have a natural buoyancy, and consequently provide an ideal aid to someone less than sure around water.

During the long hot days of summer the water does seem very appealing. You will notice people in and out of the water enjoying themselves, but there will also be others who are only paddling. Sometimes people see the inability to swim as a bit of a stigma, but are reluctant to use armbands or rings, but other devices can be used.

For the smaller children there are the buoyancy jackets. These jackets are lightweight and have different chambers into which buoyancy aids can be inserted. Gradually these can be removed so that the jacket is providing less of the buoyancy as the child grows more water confident. Eventually the jacket is empty but the child is happily unaware that they are floating on their own.

Older children and even adults can also benefit from a different device. These are known as noodles, and are long, thin floatation aids. If they are laid over the chest and held in position beneath the armpits they form a 'U' shape. Depending how much buoyancy is needed the number of noodles used can vary. At least now they can cool down a bit more than their feet.

Not everything poolside revolves around swimming, sometimes people want to just relax. Many will remember the old style inflatable air mattresses. Now there are vinyl coated rafts of varying sizes, some also have a very convenient head rest built into them for additional comfort. They can be used either in the water or on dry land.

For those really lazy days there are also floating trays. These are made from exactly the same material as the rafts. They are big enough to be stable and have a useful surface area, but not so big that they become a nuisance.

It is easy to see just how versatile these foam pool floats are. With their bright colours they seem to invite fun. They are robust enough that you will be able to get plenty of use from them over the years. Even if they only help one person learn to swim that is one less potential drowning victim.




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