Individual Award Requirements

MILE SWIM, BSA

1. Explain how regular exercise contributes to good health and why swimming is one of the best forms of exercise.
2. Tell what precautions and procedures a swimmer and escort must follow for distance swimming over open water.
3. Under the supervision of a currently qualified certified aquatics instructor, BSA, or equivalent, participate in four hours of training and preparation for distance swimming (one hour a day maximum).
4. Swim one mile (1,600 meters) over an approved, measured course.

Source: Boy Scout Requirements, #33215E, revised 2002

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