SCDNR’s basic aquatic competency swim lesson initiative building safer futures for all South Carolinians
Swimming lessons that many of us grew up with are not something that all families have always had access to, and if the parents themselves haven’t learned to swim – and many have not – the problem of water proficiency sometimes becomes a generational issue.
Teaching every child Basic Aquatic Competency including floating, breathing, and calm is not merely learning a sport. It is providing that child with a lifesaving skill, a measure of confidence that he or she perhaps did not have prior to any level of water survival instruction, and it is helping guarantee a safer future around South Carolina’s waters for all…