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Stuff Every Swim Scout Should Know: free practice in 30-second cards
Stuff Every Swim Scout Should Know
Practice facts for the Swimming merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.
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84 practice questions so far. Each one is a 3-choice card that takes about 30 seconds, and the course grows as new cards pass our source checks.
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- What should you review with your counselor to learn how drowning situations are anticipated and handled?
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Safe Swim Defense guidelines. Safe Swim Defense guidelines cover common drowning situations and how to deal with them.
- Which of these is a common drowning situation Safe Swim Defense helps you anticipate?
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Unfenced residential pools. Unfenced residential pools are listed among common drowning situations to anticipate.
- Which situation should you discuss with your counselor as a drowning risk?
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Nonswimmers entering deep water. Nonswimmers entering deep water is a listed drowning situation to anticipate and deal with.
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- What should you review with your counselor to learn how drowning situations are anticipated and handled?
- Which of these is a common drowning situation Safe Swim Defense helps you anticipate?
- Which situation should you discuss with your counselor as a drowning risk?
- Which type of current is named as a drowning situation to anticipate?
- Which cold-related health concern should you discuss for swimming?
- Which heat-related health concern should you discuss for swimming?
- Which injury should you discuss preventing and treating during swimming?
- Which water hazard should you discuss preventing and treating?
- Which minor injury should you discuss preventing and treating while swimming?
- Which breathing problem should you discuss as a swimming health concern?
- Which muscle problem should you discuss preventing and treating while swimming?
- Which stroke is demonstrated with good form using the front crawl or trudgen?
- Which stroke must be demonstrated with good form on your back?
- Which stroke is demonstrated lying on your side?
- Which stroke is demonstrated with a frog-like kick?
- Which stroke is demonstrated on your back using a resting style?
- How far must you swim continuously using the listed strokes?
- How many yards of elementary backstroke are required in the continuous swim?
- How many yards of front crawl or trudgen are required in the continuous swim?
- Which rescue method uses your arm or leg to help someone?
- Which rescue method uses a suitable object to reach someone?
- Which rescue method involves throwing lines and objects?
- Why should a swimming rescue not be attempted when reaching or throwing is possible?
- Why should a rescue swimmer avoid contact with the victim?
- How far from shore should the practice victim be for the line rescue?
- How long should you float faceup in a resting position with minimal movement?
- How long should you demonstrate survival floating?
- Which two positions do you demonstrate while wearing a properly fitted life jacket?
- Why does swimming or survival floating hasten hypothermia in cold water?
- Which surface dive method brings an object up feetfirst?
- Which two headfirst surface dive styles are named?
- After a headfirst dive to at least 5 feet, how many strokes should you swim underwater?
- How many times should you repeat the dive and three-stroke sequence?
- What depth of water is required for the standing headfirst dive?
- What should you do if your local community requires a water depth greater than 7 feet for diving?
- Which two dives are shown from a dock or pool deck?
- Why is swimming favored as a fitness and therapeutic exercise?
- What health benefit does regular aerobic exercise like swimming provide?
- Which stroke is widely regarded as the fastest of the four main strokes?
- Which stroke is still used in lifesaving and recreational swimming?
- What is survival backstroke designed to do?
- What should swimmers ensure is present to prioritize safety?
- What basic water safety skill is essential for swimmers of all levels?
- What does a lifeguard watch for to spot trouble in the water?
- What body density compared to water helps most people float?
- What can increase your buoyancy in water?
- Why might males find floating a bit harder than females?
- To swim faster by reducing resistance, what body position helps?
- What does rolling your body do for efficient swimming?
- Why extend your arms as far as possible during a stroke?
- What pre-swim exercise loosens joints and warms muscles? 🔒
- What strength exercise outside the pool may support swimming? 🔒
- What reflex do babies show when immersed in water? 🔒
- About how long does the infant diving reflex last? 🔒
- What simple stroke might untrained swimmers use? 🔒
- Which four strokes are used in competition and recreation? 🔒
- What does a lifeguard's training depend on? 🔒
- What should swimmers be aware of as potential hazards? 🔒
- What is a key way to prioritize safety when swimming? 🔒
- What can panic do to an inexperienced swimmer? 🔒
- What can exhaustion do to a swimmer trying to stay afloat? 🔒
- What can hypothermia cause in a swimmer? 🔒
- What can prolonged exposure to salt water cause? 🔒
- What can blunt trauma in fast-moving river water do? 🔒
- What is surfer's ear caused by? 🔒
- What can water-borne bacteria, viruses, or parasites cause? 🔒
- What is a risk of inhaling chlorine in pools? 🔒
- What can stings come from in the water? 🔒
- What can cause puncture wounds in the water? 🔒
- What does a wetsuit provide besides insulation? 🔒
- What do goggles protect your eyes from? 🔒
- What do swim fins help build? 🔒
- What do hand paddles increase during arm movements? 🔒
- What do pull buoys keep afloat while you exercise your upper body? 🔒
- What do kickboards keep afloat while you exercise your legs? 🔒
- What do pool noodles do? 🔒
- What do earplugs prevent? 🔒
- What do noseclips prevent? 🔒
- What do tinted goggles protect your eyes from? 🔒
- What do swim caps protect the hair from? 🔒
- What does a snorkel help improve in the water? 🔒
- What do swimming parachutes add during training? 🔒
- What do inflatable armbands help the wearer do? 🔒
- What does the Talmud require fathers to teach their sons? 🔒