Won't open eyes underwater

Keeps eyes tightly shut under the water, so can't find objects or the wall.

Activities that help

• Duck Dive for Treasure – Swimmers learn a head-first surface dive to reach sinkers on the pool floor instead of just crouching down.
• Seabed Spotter – A memory game: swimmers look underwater at a group of sinkers and try to remember the colours they saw.
• Sinker Ladder – Swimmers retrieve sinkers placed at increasing depths – knee, thigh, then waist – so going fully under builds step by step.
• Treasure Chest Relay – Teams swim out, dive for a sinker 'treasure' and bring it back – combining travel and submersion under light pressure.
• Underwater Rock, Paper, Scissors – Pairs play rock, paper, scissors under the water – swimmers must open their eyes and stay under calmly to see who won.
• Underwater Word Hunt – Letters on sinkers or laminated cards are scattered on the pool floor; teams collect them to spell a word.