Requirements:

Belt Loop
Complete these three requirements:

1.Explain the rules of Safe Swim Defense. Emphasize the buddy system.

2.Play a recreational game in the water with your den, pack, or family.

3.While holding a kick board, propel yourself 25 feet using a flutter kick across the shallow end of the swimming area.

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Earn the Swimming belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:

1.Practice the breathing motion of the crawl stroke while standing in shallow water. Take a breath, place your head in the water, exhale, and turn your head to the side to take a breath. Repeat.

2.Learn two of the following strokes: crawl, backstroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, or breaststroke.

3.Learn two of the following floating skills: jellyfish float, turtle float, canoe (prone) float.

4.Using a kickboard, demonstrate three kinds of kicks.

5.Pass the “beginner” or “swimmer” swim level test.

6.Visit with a lifeguard and talk about swimming safety in various situations (pool, lake, river, ocean). Learn about the training a lifeguard needs for his or her job.

7.Explain the four rescue techniques: Reach, Throw, Row, and Go (with support).

8.Take swimming lessons.

9.Attend a swim meet at a school or community pool.

10.Tread water for 30 seconds.

11.Learn about a U.S. swimmer who has earned a medal in the Olympics.

12.Demonstrate the proper use of a mask and snorkel in a swimming area where your feet can touch the bottom.

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