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SwimFin gets them swimming
SwimFin (RRP £6.99) is still the ultimate swimming aid if you are looking to get your children started swimming this summer.
The super safe soft pool ‘stone’
If you ever feared for your child slipping at the edge of a pool and banging their head then here’s an ingenious solution to take away the worry. It’s a pool stone made from soft resin which looks stylish as well as being safe. Global Resin’s patented soft resin coping stones are ingenious and are the brainchild of managing and technical director Mark Hempleman-Adams. The idea came to him whilst watching his son and daughter playing in the pool during a holiday in the South of France when Mark found he was unable to relax for fear of his children injuring themselves by hitting their heads on the pool’s copings. The copings are resistant to water, UV and most importantly, pool chemicals, and provide a soft and anti-slip surface so that any small, or large, head that accidentally connects with the pool’s edge will remain intact.
The copings also glow in the dark so making the pool’s edge clear and visible during darkness. The material used is incredibly strong but still lightweight and can be retrofitted as well as implemented in new pool installations, both indoor and outdoor. n Tel: 01249 715566 n
www.globalresins.co.uk
Wristwatch safety system wins acclaim
If you have swimming parties for your children and their friends, safety becomes even more critical. An innovative system is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after safety options for swimming pools. BlueFox Pool Safety System monitors unattended pools for unsupervised entry into the water. It also monitors individuals in the water and can operate where there are swimmers of various standards and ability in the water. The technology can monitor an unattended pool for any unsupervised entry. Simply, when an object of a minimum weight falls into the water the alarm sounds.
The system is driven by wireless technology so that remote alarms can be fitted anywhere in a house or to alert parents to any incidents in the pool. An alarm sensor receiver is located at two thirds of the water depth at the deepest point of the pool, on the pool wall. The monitors pick up the ultrasonic signals transmitted by the wrist computer units that are immersed in the pool. n Tel: +41 (0)62 767 77 99 n
www.deepbluemarine.ch
It has been the first new development in the teaching of swimming for decades – tried and tested to assist anyone in learning to swim. Unlike arm-bands and swimming- rings, which keep the body upright, it helps to develop a better swimming position. Unlike kickboards and floats, it leaves the arms free to move, significantly speeding up the learning of front-crawl, breast-stroke and butterfly. It even works for back-stroke.
It is to date, the only swimming aid to be endorsed by the UK governing body, the ASA.
Says SwimFin inventor Kevin Moseley: “The way it has been designed means it is also a self adjusting buoyancy aid, no need to inflate, deflate, add or remove additional support. Tests prove that because of its unique applications, children have learnt to swim in a fraction of the time.” n
www.swimfin.co.uk
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