Doll (lifeguard)
In rescue sports , lifeguarding and water rescue , the doll is a hollow plastic torso without arms or legs that is filled with water. When completely filled, the doll has about the weight and resistance of a large child in the water. The doll is used to simulate the rescue of a person. In order to ensure the same conditions for the competitors in international rescue sports, the doll is standardized according to the " ILSE Competition Rulebook".
application
The doll is mainly used as a sports device in the pool competitions in rescue sports. When half filled with water, the doll floats on the surface of the water and can be towed with the belt rescuer . If the doll is completely filled with water, it sinks to the bottom in the water. She can then be raised off the bottom and towed through the water by the lifeguard. The doll is not used in open water competitions.
Doll disciplines in rescue sports
The doll is used in the following individual and team disciplines:
- Rescuing a doll (swimming 25 m in freestyle, diving the doll up and dragging 25 m)
- Rescuing a doll with fins 50 or 100 m (swimming 25 or 50 m with fins, diving up the doll and 25 or 50 m dragging the doll with fins)
- Combined rescue exercise (50 m freestyle, 17.5 m diving, doll pickup, dragging doll up to 100 m)
- Rescuing a doll with fins and belt rescuer (50 m swimming with flippers , doll takeover and 50 m towing of the doll with the belt rescuer)
- Super lifesaver (75 m freestyle, doll pickup, 25 m doll dragging, putting on fins and belt rescuer, 50 m fins swimming with belt rescuer, doll takeover, 50 m dragging of the doll with fins and belt rescuer)
- Dolls relay
- Rescue team
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rescue sport regulations - swimming pool disciplines § 10, DLRG material office
- ↑ Rescue Sports Regulations 2011. (PDF; 1.1 MB) (No longer available online.) DLRG, archived from the original on April 3, 2013 ; Retrieved May 23, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
