Summit To Participate In World's Largest Swim Lesson

SUMMIT, NJ — The Summit Family Aquatic Center will be participating in the World’s Largest Swim Lesson on Thursday beginning at 3 p.m. to help reduce the risk of drowning.

All are welcome, membership to the SFAC is not required to participate.

The World’s Largest Swim Lesson is a global event that will take place over the course of 242 hours at an estimated 600 locations in more than 20 countries.

Research shows participation in formal swimming lessons can reduce the risk of drowning by 88 percent among children aged 1 through 4 yet many do not receive formal swimming or water safety training.

Drowning remains the leading cause of unintended, injury-related death for children ages 1 through 4, and the second leading cause of accidental death for children under 14.

Lesson Plan

Event Registration begins at 2:45 p.m. Swimming lesson begins at 3:30 p.m. The lesson plan is as follows:

• 3:30 p.m. - Introduction - Event guidelines, lesson objectives, and instructors.
• Safety - General overview of water safety awareness messages and key skills.
• Entry - Overview of safe entry into water and review of entry hazards.
• Breathing and Submerging - Learn to comfortably submerge face and hold breath underwater.
• Floating - Front/back floating skills.
• Strokes - Basic locomotion and stroke component skills.
• 4:30 p.m.- Lesson Concludes

Vendors and exhibits will remain open until 4:30 p.m. at which time the SFAC will close until Friday when the regular season hours begin.

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