MERIT BADGE TROOP 28 WATER SPORTS MERIT BADGE REQUIREMENTS SHOW THAT YOU KNOW FIRST AIDE FOR INJURIES THAT OCCUR WHILE PARTICIPATING IN WATER SPORTS CPR WHEN AND HOW COMPLETE BSA SWIMMER TEST ID: 403418
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WATER SPORTSMERIT BADGE
TROOP 28!Slide2
WATER SPORTS MERIT BADGEREQUIREMENTS
SHOW THAT YOU KNOW FIRST AIDE FOR INJURIES THAT OCCUR WHILE PARTICIPATING IN WATER SPORTS
CPR – WHEN AND HOW
COMPLETE BSA SWIMMER TEST
DISCUSS BSA SAFETY AFLOAT POLICY
NAME DIFFERENT TYPES OF PFDS – PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES
KNOW THE WATER SPORTS SAFETY CODESlide3
WATER SPORTS MERIT BADGEREQUIREMENTS
KNOW SKIER SIGNALS
ENTER THE WATER FROM BOAT AND MAKE DEEP WATER START
CROSS THE WAKE 4 TIMES AND THEN RETURN TO CENTER WITHOUT FALLING
FALL PROPERLY TO AVOID AN OBSTACLE
DROP HANDLE AND COAST TO STOP WITHOUT LOSING YOUR BALANCE
ADJUST BINDINGS ON SHORE AND IN DEEP WATERSlide4
BSA SAFETY AFLOAT
QUALIFIED SUPERVISION
PHYSICAL FITNESS
SWIMMING ABILITY
PERSONAL FLOTATION EQUIPMENT
BUDDY SYSTEM
SKILL PROFICIENCY
PLANNING – FLOAT PLAN/NOTIFICATION/LOCAL RULES/WEATHER/CONTINGENCIES
EQUIPMENT
DISCIPLINESlide5
PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES
TYPE 1 – OFFSHORE
TYPE 2 – NEAR SHORE
TYPE 3 – FLOTATION AIDE – WILL NOT KEEP UNCONCIOUS PERSON FACE UP
TYPE 4 – THROWABLE DEVICESlide6
PFD TYPESSlide7
WATER SPORTS SAFETY CODE
GOOD INSTRUCTION
WEAR TYPE 2 OR 3 PFD
LOOK AHEAD AND KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING
STAY AWAY FROM SOLID OBJECTS
BE COURTEOUS
RUN PARALLEL TO SHORE AND COME IN SLOWLY WHEN LANDINGSlide8
WATER SPORTS SAFETY CODE
LEARN NEW MANEOUVERS IN STEP BY STEP FASHION
EXTRA PERSON IN BOAT TO WATCH SKIER
SIGNAL “SKIER SAFE” AFTER A FALL
SIGNAL “SKIER IN THE WATER” WHILE WAITING IN THE WATER
EQUIPMENT CHECK
ALWAYS USE A STERN PLATFORM OR A LADDER WHEN CLIMBING IN THE BOATSlide9
WATER SPORTS SAFETY CODE
NEVER WATER SKI AT NIGHT
NEVER WATER SKI DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ANOTHER BOAT
NEVER WATER SKI DOUBLE WITH DIFFERENT LENGTHS OF ROPE
NEVER ATTEMPT FAST LANDING DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE
NEVER JUMP FROM BOAT WHEN IT IS MOVING
NEVER CLIMB INTO THE BOAT WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNINGSlide10
WATER SPORTS SAFETY CODE
NEVER SKI IN SHALLOW WATER – MINIMUM 5 FEET OR YOUR HEIGHT WHICHEVER IS GREATER
NEVER PUT PART OF YOUR BODY THROUGH THE TOW ROPE
NEVER YELL “HIT IT” UNTIL TOW ROPE IS TIGHT
STOP WHEN TIREDSlide11
SKIER SIGNALS
SKIER SAFE
FASTER
SLOWER
TURNS
BACK TO DOCK
CUT MOTOR
SKIER IN WATERSlide12
SKIER SIGNALSSlide13
SKIER SIGNALSSlide14
TECHNIQUE