Bear Elective Adventures: Salmon Run

Bear Elective Adventures: Salmon Run

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For insurance reasons our pack has decidd nto to pursue the swimming electives, so I don't' have much guidance for these.

 

1. Explain the safety rules that you need to follow before participating in boating.

2. Identify the equipment needed when going boating.

3. Demonstrate correct rowing or paddling form. Explain how rowing and canoeing

are good exercise.

4. Explain the importance of response personnel or lifeguards in a swimming area.

5. Show how to do both a reach rescue and a throw rescue.
Reach and Throw are described here

Video from Corps of Engineers on Reach and Throw and more

6. Visit a local pool or swimming area with your den or family, and go swimming.

7. Demonstrate the front crawl swim stroke to your den or family.

8. Name the three swimming ability groups for the Boy Scouts of America.
See the link for #9, they are Non-swimmer, Beginner, Swimmer

9. Attempt to earn the BSA beginner swimmer classification.
The Reqs for the swim test are here, look under Beginner