Explain to your counselor how scoutings safe swim defense plan anticipates, helps prevent and mitigate, and provides responses to likely hazards you may encounter during swimming activities. The maximum class size is 15 students, minimum is 4 students. May, 2014 requirements for the swimming merit badge. How to get swimming merit badge my first winter camp at. In water over your head, but not to exceed 10 feet, do each of the following. You still must satisfy your counselor that you can demonstrate each skill and have learned the information. Boy scouts merit badge fairmont aquatic center slco. Swimming merit badge requires 2 days to complete and the lifesaving merit badge requires 5 days. Discuss the prevention and treatment of health concerns. Also, if scouts cannot pass requirement 2 the swim test they will not be allowed to participate in the rest of the session due to safety reasons.
Digital technology, communications, family life and personal fitness are scheduled to launch in july, with the remaining eaglerequired. Oceanography merit badge workbook this workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet. Merit badges are awards earned by members of the boy scouts of america, based on activities. The swimming merit badge is required for the rank of eagle.
There are more than 5 merit badges, and any scout, or any qualified venturer. Johanna, most swimming merit badge counselors including myself want to see a current run on the full bsa swimmer test 100 yards in person. This document is a guide for both youth scouts and adult scouters and merit badge counselors alike. Swimming merit badge and worksheet boy scout trail. The swimming merit badge program requires at least 2 buddy teams to effectively conduct the course. Discuss the prevention and treatment of health concerns that could occur while swimming, including hypothermia, dehydration, sunburn, heat exhaustion. Boy scout swimming merit badge scuba adventures in plano. Do a headfirst surface dive pike or tuck, and bring the object up again.
This workbook can help you organize your thoughts as you prepare to meet with your merit badge counselor. Boy scouts swimming merit badge requirements scoutbook. I go over many of the requirements and provide tips on how to earn your. Before doing the following requirements, successfully complete the bsa. Enhancing our youths competitive edge through merit badges. Sports the swimming merit badge requirements were last updated in 2014. This will lay a suitable foundation for safety and first aid requirements 1 and 2. Scoutmaster bucky is proud to offer a comprehensive merit badge application blue card instruction guide aka how to fill out a blue card. This gives us a really good idea of the current swimming ability of the scout and what were going to need to help them work on. This has some footage of the lanoche swimming pool and me explaining how to effectively earn the swimming merit badge. Robotics, first aid and cooking are available as interactive digital merit badge pamphlets. Use the feet first method of surface diving and bring an object up from the bottom.
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