The Australian Life Saving Team is comprised of three squads - Youth, Pathway and Open, with top performing athletes in each discipline (pool, open water/craft and beach) selected to contest the biennial World Lifesaving Championships and other national team competitions within the two-year World Lifesaving Championship campaign.
In addition to traveling around Australia and abroad, selection to the ALT provides athletes with development and leadership opportunities in and out of the pool including access to high performance coaches and athletes, mentoring, national and international competition and touring, training and development camps, and depending on the level of representation access to individual sporting grants and funding.
To be eligible for representative teams, athletes must be a member of Royal Life Saving or Surf Life Saving, hold a current lifesaving award, and attend selection events that may include state or national championships, time trials or selection camps.
