To obtain a list of registered merit badge counselors, or to begin a merit badge, please contact your scoutmaster or council service center. And you use muscles that you wouldnt normally use on a daily routine. Depending on the badge, scouts can complete most or all of the requirements. Explain to your counselor how scoutings safe swim defense plan anticipates, helps. This badge is a requirement for the eagle scout award.
Per national regulations, the only person who may sign off on requirements is a merit badge counselor, duly registered and authorized by the local council. Scouts who earn this badge will learn about safety when swimming and diving, how swimming can contribute to overall fitness and health, and gain some basic competitive swimming skills. Scouts learn how to help those in trouble in the water while working on the lifesaving merit badge. In water over your head, but not to exceed 10 feet, do each of the following.
Before doing the following requirements, successfully complete the bsa. Scouts registered for the life saving merit badge or the swimming merit badge must obtain and read the current merit badge book before coming to the pool. Illinois boy scout merit badge finder shared a link. Swimming is a leisure activity, a competitive sport, and a basic survival skill. Like other merit badges, the scuba diving merit badge has been developed to teach and train youth in a manner consistent with the overall goals and values of the boy scouts of america. Scoutingbsaswimming merit badge wikibooks, open books. The swimming merit badge is a prerequisite for the lifesaving merit badge. The requirements published by the boy scouts of america should always be used over the list here. In the swimming merit badge it states to successfully complete the bsa swim test. For the swimming merit badge, scouts should bring an extra set of clothes on january 26 th and to all sessions after that until they pass the requirement for swimming. Learn merit badge with free interactive flashcards.
Enhancing our youths competitive edge through merit badges. Do a headfirst surface dive pike or tuck, and bring the object up again. Boy scouts swimming merit badge requirements scoutbook. Workbooks can help scouts organize notes, listen actively, and document their work. Boy scouts of america bookletpamphlet with 96 pages. Swimming merit badge series paperback january 1, 2010 see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. These are not giveaway merit badges, and this is not a merit badge factory. The requirements to this merit badge are ed by the boy scouts of america. Swimming merit badge scouts bsa program scouting forums. Explain to your counselor how scoutings safe swim defense plan anticipates, helps prevent and. Nov 16, 2015 how to get swimming merit badge my first winter camp at lanoche duration. 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. Make offer vintage boy scouts of america bsa swimming merit badge patch required eagle usa vintage 1973 swimming bsa boy of scouts.
Each scout is expected to fulfill all the requirements by reading the merit badge book ahead of time. Portsmouth troop 164 historic district daniel webster council front of blue card on the back of the blue card fill in the merit badge name three. The leap from a 50 feet test 16 yards to a 100 yard and then a 150 yard test is immense. Quicky look up the latest merit badge requirements for all 8 merit badges by name or category. How to get swimming merit badge my first winter camp at lanoche duration. C lick a merit badge name below for the current requirements.
This saturday, we will have counselors helping scouts earn swimming merit badge. Scoutingbsarailroading merit badge wikibooks, open books. Choose from 200 different sets of merit badge flashcards on quizlet. Jan 11, 2020 in the swimming merit badge it states to successfully complete the bsa swim test. There is more to them than an introduction to lifetime hobbies, or the inspiration to pursue a careerthough these invaluable results occur regularly. It all begins with a scouts initial interest and effort in a merit. Swimming merit badge series paperback june 1, 1997 by boy scouts of america author visit amazons boy scouts of america page. Next week, my son will begin work on his swimming mb at summer camp. They also find out how to determine which rescue technique to use and how to keep themselves safe while giving assist. Apr 12, 2020 fulfills the requirement for the swimming merit badge which can be used for the rank toward becoming an eagle scout. Actually, the text per the 2019 requirements book says 2. 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.
Scoutbook boy scouts swimming merit badge requirements. If you need help finding a counselor, ask one of the troops adult leaders. This workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet book. If youre considering earning any of the other badges though, check out my article answering the question, should i complete the swimming, hiking or cycling.
They are reproduced in part here under fair use as a resource for scouts and scouters to use in the earning and teaching of merit badges. Course is taught by boy scout counselor adrienne davies. The size of each class is limited based on the number of volunteers. Merit badge book library princeton, texas troop 229.
To earn this badge a scout must, among other things, complete the bsa swimmer test, demonstrate water rescue methods, and display multiple swimming techniques. Swim continuously for 150 yards using the following strokes in good form and in a strong manner. If a new edition of a merit badge pamphlet is introduced with updated requirements after the scouts bsa requirements book has been released, a scout who is starting the badge may choose to follow either set of requirements until the end of the year. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Any scout can come to new england base camp in milton, ma and work on merit badges, including eaglerequired badges. Join us saturday, july 11th to earn your swimming merit badge. Fulfills the requirement for the swimming merit badge which can be used for the rank toward becoming an eagle scout.
Scouts may begin or continue working on swimming merit using either the old or new swimming merit badge requirements. This will lay a suitable foundation for safety and first aid requirements 1 and 2. Scoutbook 2020 scouts bsa merit badge requirements. Boy scouts of americas merit badge series pamphlet for swimming. Swimming merit badge and worksheet boy scout trail. Scouts need to bring blue cards and merit badge book. May, 2014 requirements for the swimming merit badge. This merit badge pamphlet gives scouts all the information they need to successfully complete the requirements to earn the swimming merit badge for scouts. The merit badge book is located beneath each picture. See the complete merit badge series book list in order, box sets or.
Illinois boy scout merit badge finder home facebook. Rightclick on a workbook name to save or print the optional workbooks. Adrienne holds various certifications from the american red cross including wsi, wsit, lgt and lgit. Search and rescue sar merit badge, kayaking merit badge, welding merit badge. For example, the chemistry merit badge is best obtained after taking high school chemistry. Swimming, hiking, and cycling, the swimming merit badge is definitely the fastest to earn if you have the location and supplies for it. Wear class a uniform, bring scout book if you are not at least first class, blue card, bring swim suit, towel, goggles, lunch, money for vending machine. They practice and demonstrate the skills for reaching, throwing, and go rescues. This event, sponsored by ship 378 click here for more information on the ship. These workbooks can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet. The merit badge book series by multiple authors includes books atomic energy merit badge, whitewater merit badge, textile merit badge pamphlets sl3344, and several more. Counselors for the scuba diving merit badge must be registered with the boy scouts of america and be approved by the districtcouncil advancement committee.
Before you begin work on a merit badge, you must request approval from the scoutmaster and get a merit badge blue card on the front of the blue card fill in your name, address, city, troop, troop number, district and council. Swimming merit badge pamphlet boy scouts of america. If your scout is not yet capable of passing the bsa beginner test, i would not enroll them in the swimming merit badge. Swimming merit badge swimming merit badge pamphlet 35957. Scoutingbsarailroading merit badge wikibooks, open.
Lot of 4 vintage boy scouts of america merit badge pamphlets. Public bsa merit badges boy scout troop 468 largo, florida. Level off and swim 75 yards in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes. Click on the merit badge to show the requirement worksheet.
At the start of the new year, scouts who are beginning must use only the new requirements. Before doing the following requirements, successfully complete the bsa swimmer test. Use the feet first method of surface diving and bring an object up from the bottom. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while swimming. Why swimming is favored for fitness and therapeutic. Demonstrate survival skills by leaping into deep water wearing clothes shoes, socks, swim trunks, long pants, belt, and longsleeved shirt. Wolves, bears, webelos, and siblings going into 2nd grade and up. The swimming merit badge is earned by scouts who are responsible and respectful of swimming for its leisure and survival importance. Scoutingbsaswimming merit badge wikibooks, open books for.