Another fatal accident in swimming pond: how do you swim safely in open water? “No, 50 meter breaststroke certificate is not enough”

A 16-year-old Belgian boy died this weekend after an accident in a swimming pond in Germany. A week earlier, a 19-year-old young man also drowned in De Plas in Houthalen. Unfortunately, no summer goes by without drowning deaths. It is often said that the victims could not swim ‘well enough’. But from when can you supposedly swim ‘good’? And how do you swim safely in open water? Tom Cocle, swimming coach and lifeguard in Blankenberge for 24 years, explains.

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