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Swim Test: Summer Camp 2017

Posted on February 9, 2017 Updated on February 9, 2017

Last year Troop 343 hosted a district-wide swim test for summer camp. Troop 343’s Brian Crow has been working to repeat that process for the new year. Any troop interested in participating should read Brian’s email below:

Troop 343 has reserved the pool at Pike High School for [the evening of Monday,] April 17, 2017, for the swim test.

The facility fee is $120.00.  The school is providing two certified lifeguards for safety compliance only.

Each Troop wanting to attend will need to administer their own test and must have enough adults onsite to provide adequate supervision of scout’s behavior in high school and swim tests in the pool.

We will split the facility fee equally among all Troops that attend.  They will need to bring cash money on the day of the test.

More specific information about test day will be distributed in the near future.

Please have any questions forwarded to me.

Thanks.    …Brian

Remember that all scouts and adult leaders who wish to swim or participate in aquatic activities must participate in the swim test each year before they will be allowed to participate.

The advantage of this swim test is that the swimmer will have a controlled pool environment to take his or her test. Many scouts have never swum in muddy lake water before. We have had many competitive swimmers fail the swim test because of the shock of lake water or muddy lake bottom.

Give your scouts the ability to adapt to the lake environment gradually. If they don’t have the psychological pressure of demonstrating their swimming skills at the same time they are adapting to the environment, scouts often adapt quickly to the lake. The testing is a rough time to adapt to a new environment.

Give them their best chance for success: require all first-time summer campers to do the swim test in a pool before summer camp. Other swim tests with Del-Mi at the Carmel High School Pool and Pathfinder District at the Southport High School Pool will take place around the same time. Del-Mi’s is often the first weekend of May. More information to follow when it is available.