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BLOWING BUBBLES: Why do we NOT teach Blowing Bubbles to Infants and Beginner Swimmers?

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BLOWING BUBBLES: Why do we NOT teach Blowing Bubbles to Infants and Beginner Swimmers?

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A. One of the most important skills we can teach infants and beginner swimmers for drowning prevention, is BREATH CONTROL – learning to hold our breath when our mouth and nose is submerged in water. Simply, we teach infants and beginner swimmers to hold their breath under water. This practice keeps air inside the lungs, which, in turn, increases buoyancy. If a baby or young child has lungs full of air, they will stay close to the surface easier, buying time in a ‘life threatening’ aquatic situation. Without this skill, commonly, babies, young children and non- swimmers will try and breath in while submerged in water, filling the lungs with water. Blowing bubbles empties the lungs of air. Empty lungs increase the chance of sinking under water faster.

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