Wisdom Teeth | Swimming qualification

[LT Guppy]

For the 3rd class swim, they aren't very strict about form, as long as you don't look like you're struggling.

[Jazzy]

Originally Posted by Guppy2010

For the 3rd class swim, they aren't very strict about form, as long as you don't look like you're struggling.

How many times do they allow you to take the float test before you are pushed back. My boyfriend passed the swimming test and has faked the float test twice since I spoke to him last Saturday. Hopefully he passed it by now, but haven't spoken to him to find out. The second time he only had 60 secs left .

[LT Guppy]

I want to say it's something crazy like 16 attempts.

[jzhaun]

Originally Posted by Jazzy

How many times do they allow you to take the float test before you are pushed back. My boyfriend passed the swimming test and has faked the float test twice since I spoke to him last Saturday. Hopefully he passed it by now, but haven't spoken to him to find out. The second time he only had 60 secs left .

When I went thru (from Nov to March last year) it went like this: while you were in the division the RDCs would try to send you to try your swim again everyday in the early morning if there was nothing important going on.

They kept track of your tries, but no one got asmo'ed for having too many. If you didn't pass by the day of battlestations, you would be asmo'ed and your 16 last tries would start.

But I can't guarantee that's accurate anymore. The deal with the prone float is that people panic and give up. You have to convince them that they can do it.

[Jazzy]

Originally Posted by jzhaun

When I went thru (from Nov to March last year) it went like this: while you were in the division the RDCs would try to send you to try your swim again everyday in the early morning if there was nothing important going on.

They kept track of your tries, but no one got asmo'ed for having too many. If you didn't pass by the day of battlestations, you would be asmo'ed and your 16 last tries would start.

But I can't guarantee that's accurate anymore. The deal with the prone float is that people panic and give up. You have to convince them that they can do it.

Thank you. That's exactly the problem. I made him take swimming lessons before he left because he claimed he couldn't swim. Well that was a lie he can swim and actually swim very well. Our instructor mouth dropped opened. He was just scared to go to the deep in. By the end of the lessons he wasn't still comfortable enough to just float. From what he explain they are pushing him which he needs that push. Even with 60 secs left the guy was yelling not to give up that he can't drown in 60 secs. So we will. Yes it is important to know how to float.