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Re:Spot the Drowning Child (2015) by keanzu on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:41AM (#22484093)
> cannot really get with an float-assist device, is putting their face in the water.

We used kickboards for this exact purpose. So you can float face down with arms outstretched holding the board. You can transition to freestyle swimming taking one hand off the board at a time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM3z1eDDcGE

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Re:Spot the Drowning Child (2015) by AstralStorm on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:13AM (#22484382)
So it was practised for teaching swimming here in Poland at schools, but these are always in a very shallow pool and supervised too.

They lack the failure mode of floating face down in water, but instead are unsafe to others who can be hit with them. And kids will collide.

The newer foam ones are much softer and safer.

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Re:Spot the Drowning Child (2015) by _ph_ on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:34AM (#22484582)
We used the same in school - mostly for training leg movements. Back then, everyone had basic swimming capabilities. But these kickboards are a totally different story than the blue donuts in the videos.
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