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Swimming

Overview

This honor can be earned by completing the Red Cross Swim level VI–Skills Proficiency course or by completing the requirements listed on the requirements page.

Requirements

Prologue: Complete the Red Cross Swim level VI–Skills Proficiency or the following:

1. Demonstrate approach and hurdle on the diving board.

2. Demonstrate jump tuck from diving board.

3. Swim front crawl stroke–100 yards.

4. Swim back crawl stroke–100 yards.

5. Swim breaststroke–25 yards.

6. Swim side stroke–25 yards.

7. Swim butterfly—10 yards.

8. Swim approach stroke–25 yards.

9. Demonstrate breaststroke turn.

10. Demonstrate speed turn and pull-out for breaststroke.

11. Demonstrate speed turn for front crawl.

12. Demonstrate flip turn for front crawl.

13. Demonstrate pike surface dive.

14. Demonstrate tuck surface dive.

15. Tread water for three minutes (one minute with no hands).

16. Demonstrate throwing rescue.

17. Demonstrate rolling spinal injury victim to face up.

Answer key & resources

Master awards

This honor counts toward:

Investiture Achievement

This honor is required, suggested or listed as an option in:

Patch history

Earlier designs of this patch. See all outdated insignia.

Old Swimming patch

Swimming

Changed in an unknown year

Swimming originally had for its design a diver with outstretched arms. It was later changed to the diver touching their toes.

See also

Adapted from AY Honors/Swimming on the Pathfinder Wiki, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See the original page's history for its authors.
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