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Notes:
1. You don't have to do Stage 1
before Stage 2, or Stage 2 before 3 and so on, if you think you are a good
enough swimmer to do 2, 3, 4 or even 5 straightaway. People have gone straight
for Stage 4 and got it! If you're
not sure whether you can complete all the requirements for a particular
stage, have a go anyway. You'll probably succeed, but even if you don't
you'll know what you need to practice for next time.
2. The requirements at all stages are designed as a comprehensive
test of both skills and
stamina, and are a preparation for situations in which you may find yourself
later on in your career in Scouts (baling out of a capsized kayak in open
water and getting it, the paddle and yourself safely to the bank, for
example.)
Don't forget to look at
Dave's FAQs at the end of this
page.
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| Staged Activity Badges:
Swimming |
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Complete all requirements of each stage. |
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 Stage 1 |
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| 1 |
Safety |
Know the safety rules and where it is safe to
swim locally. |
| 2 |
Enter Pool |
Without using the steps, demonstrate a
controlled entry into at least 1.5 metres of water. |
| 3 |
Short Swim |
Swim ten metres on your front. |
| 4 |
Tread Water |
Tread water for 30 seconds in a vertical
position. |
| 5 |
Water Skills |
Using a buoyancy aid, float still in the water
for 30 seconds.
Demonstrate your ability to retrieve an object from chest
deep water.
Perform a push and glide on both your front and back. |
| 6 |
Distance Swim |
Swim 50 metres without stopping. |
| 7 |
Swimming Activity
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Take part in a swimming activity with your
Section. |
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Swimmer (Stage
Two) |
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Stage 2 |
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| 1 |
Safety |
Know the safety rules and where it is safe to
swim locally. |
| 2 |
Enter Pool |
Demonstrate a controlled entry or dive from the
side of the pool, into at least 1.5 metres of water. |
| 3 |
Short Swim |
Swim ten metres on your front, ten metres on
your back, and ten metres on your back using only their legs. |
| 4 |
Tread Water |
Tread water for three minutes in a vertical
position. |
| 5 |
Water Skills |
Surface dive into at least 1.5 metres of water
and touch the bottom with both hands.
Mushroom float for ten seconds.
Enter the pool and push off from the side on your front, and
glide for five metres.
From the side of the pool, push off on your back and glide
for as far as possible. |
| 6 |
Distance Swim |
Swim 100 metres without stopping. |
| 7 |
Swimming Activity
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Take part in a swimming activity with your
Section. |
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Swimmer (Stage
Three) |
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Stage 3 |
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| 1 |
Safety |
Know the safety rules and where it is safe to
swim locally.
Explain the rules covering swimming for Scouts. |
| 2 |
Enter Pool |
Demonstrate a controlled entry or dive from the
side of the pool, into at least 1.5 metres of water. |
| 3 |
Short Swim |
Swim 50 metres in shirt and shorts. |
| 4 |
Tread Water |
Tread water for three minutes with one hand
behind your back. |
| 5 |
Water Skills |
Surface dive into two metres of water and
recover an object with both hands from the bottom. Return to the
side of the pool holding the object with both hands.
Enter the water from the side of the pool by sliding in from
a sitting position. Using any floating object for support, take
up and hold the Heat Escape Lessening Posture for five minutes. |
| 6 |
Distance Swim |
Swim 400 metres without stopping. |
| 7 |
Swimming Activity
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Take part in an organised swimming activity with
your Section, since gaining your previous Swimming Badge. |
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Swimmer (Stage
Four) |
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Stage 4 |
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| 1 |
Safety |
Know the safety rules and where it is safe to
swim locally.
Explain the rules covering swimming for Scouts. |
| 2 |
Enter Pool |
Demonstrate a racing dive into at least 1.5
metres of water and a straddle jump into at least two metres of
water. |
| 3 |
Short Swim |
Swim 100 metres in less than four minutes. |
| 4 |
Tread Water |
Tread water for five minutes. |
| 5 |
Water Skills |
Surface dive into two metres of water, both head
first and feet first, and swim at least five metres under water
on both occasions.
Enter the water as for unknown depth. Swim ten metres to a
floating object and use it to take up and hold the Heat Escape
Lessening Posture for five minutes. |
| 6 |
Distance Swim |
Swim 800 metres without stopping. You should
swim 400m on your front and 400m on your back. |
| 7 |
Swimming Activity
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Take part in an organised swimming activity with
your Section, since gaining your previous Swimming Badge. |
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Swimmer (Stage
Five) |
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Stage 5 |
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| 1 |
Safety |
Know the safety rules and where it is safe to
swim locally.
Explain the rules covering swimming for Scouts. |
| 2 |
Enter Pool |
Demonstrate a racing dive into at least 1.5
metres of water and a straddle jump into at least two metres of
water. |
| 3 |
Short Swim |
Swim 100 metres in shirts and shorts. On
completion, remove the additional clothes, and climb out of the
pool unaided. Time limit three minutes. |
| 4 |
Tread Water |
Tread water for five minutes, for three of which
one arm must be held clear of the water. |
| 5 |
Water Skills |
Scull on your back, head first for ten metres
then feet first for ten metres. Move into a tuck position and,
keeping your head out of the water, turn 360 degrees.
Swim ten metres, perform a somersault without touching the
side of the pool and continue to swim in the same direction for
a further ten metres.
Demonstrate the Heat Escape Lessening Posture.
Demonstrate a surface dive, both head and feet first into two
metres of water. |
| 6 |
Distance Swim |
Swim 1000 metres using any three recognised
strokes for a minimum distance of 200 metres per stroke. This
swim must be competed in 35 minutes. |
| 7 |
Swimming Activity
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Take part in an organised swimming activity with
your Section, since gaining your previous Swimming Badge. |
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Notes:
- Every care must be taken to check the depth of water and the safety
of the diving area when taking or practising for this award.
- Requirement 6 should be undertaken wearing a swimming costume only.
Dave's FAQ's for Badger Hill
- One length of Flitwick or Biggleswade pools = 25 metres so 200m =
8 lengths, 400m = 16 lengths and so on. You can kick off from the wall on the turns, but no stopping
for a rest. Doggy paddle is not an acceptable stroke! On your front
Freestyle (also known as front crawl), Breaststroke, Sidestroke and
Butterfly are ok, and on your back Backstroke and Old English
Backstroke are ok. If you don't know what this last one is, ask Grandad.
It used to be in the Olympics, but was dropped about 50 years ago in
favour of Butterfly - it's a very powerful stroke when done properly.
- Swimming shorts are ok for treading water and water skills items, but proper trunks,
or for girls a swimming costume, are
recommended for the distance and/or timed swims if you've got them or can borrow some -
loose shorts or "bermudas" make you
work significantly harder when you're swimming lengths because of the water drag from the extra
material flapping about! That's why lifeguards never wear them!!
- Heat Escape Lessening Posture is floating with knees up to chest, arms round knees, float
wedged between chin and knees.
- The Olympic record for 100m swimming crawl stroke is under 1
minute, so you've plenty of time on the timed swims!
- For item 6 in stages 4 and 5 you can switch between lengths of front and back
strokes, so you don't have to swim all your lengths of
stroke A followed by all the lengths of stroke B (or vice versa) The
person counting will note what stroke you've used on each length, as long
as it totals up to the required number of lengths of the required
strokes
at the end.
- The tests don't have to be done in the order above, most people
prefer a bit of a warm-up, get the distance and timed stuff over with
while you're still fresh, and then do the floating, diving etc to finish.
It's your choice on the day!
- If you're not sure you can do everything, have a go anyway.
You'll probably surprise yourself and do it all, but even if you don't,
you will have proved what you can do and what you can't and you will know
exactly what to practice before your next attempt. No-one so far has
needed more than two attempts to do even stage 5!
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