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In the Netherlands, children learn early to swim in their clothes and shoes because of the risk of falling in a canal.
by dr_dshiv 7y ago
In the Netherlands, children learn early to swim in their clothes and shoes because of the risk of falling in a canal.
- orion_uranus 7y agoYep. For anyone curious: "Diploma A" can be started at age 4. The requirements to finish the exam are: - Swimming with clothes on after an unexpected fall into the water, able to orient themselves above water and leave the water independently. - Enter the water in different ways, can orient themselves and proceed to swim through something. - Can use one or more of the 4 basic strokes (breaststroke, single backstroke, front crawl, back crawl) to swim a base distance - Can float on his back and stomach. Feels confident in the water. - Can do water steps(?) with arms and legs, can turn and orient themselves. The clothing required are: - Bath clothes - Shirt/Crew neck with long sleeves - Long pants, dress or skirt (reaches the ankle) - Shoes (plastic/leather/sports) Source: https://www.allesoverzwemles.nl/diploma-a/ https://www.allesoverzwemles.nl/diploma-a/ Diploma A is the first of the three diplomas (ABC). If you have all of those you meet the national swimming safety standard. More reading: https://www.allesoverzwemles.nl/nationale-zwemdiplomas/zwem-abc/ https://www.allesoverzwemles.nl/nationale-zwemdiplomas/zwem-...