Yep. For anyone curious: "Diploma A" can be started at age 4. The requirements to finish the exam are:
- Swimming with clothes on after an unexpected fall into the water, able to orient themselves above water and leave the water independently.
- Enter the water in different ways, can orient themselves and proceed to swim through something.
- Can use one or more of the 4 basic strokes (breaststroke, single backstroke, front crawl, back crawl) to swim a base distance
- Can float on his back and stomach. Feels confident in the water.
- Can do water steps(?) with arms and legs, can turn and orient themselves.
The clothing required are:
- Bath clothes
- Shirt/Crew neck with long sleeves
- Long pants, dress or skirt (reaches the ankle)
- Shoes (plastic/leather/sports)
Diploma A is the first of the three diplomas (ABC). If you have all of those you meet the national swimming safety standard.
More reading: https://www.allesoverzwemles.nl/nationale-zwemdiplomas/zwem-...